World History: Volume 1, The Ancient World to the Medieval Era, introduces students to the following topics: different cradles of civilization, including Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus Valley, China, and Mesoamerica; Ancient Greece and Rome and the foundations for Western civilization; the modern world religions of Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam; China and new technologies, such as silk-making, paper, and gunpowder, and new philosophies, such as Confucianism and Daoism; Korea, Japan, and the cultures of Southeast Asia; Mesoamerica and South America including the thriving civilizations of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca; the Middle Ages, and the African kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai.

World History: Volume 1, The Ancient World to the Medieval Era offers engagingly written text with many color illustrations, maps, vocabulary sidebars, Think Twice questions that prompt a deeper analysis of the text, Find Out the Facts assignments, Writers’ Corner boxes that include writing task such as essays, reports, and creative compositions, and a glossary.

Core Knowledge History and Geography™ (CKHG) is a comprehensive program in world and American history and geography, integrating topics in civics and the arts. CKHG helps students build knowledge of the diverse civilizations, cultures, and concepts specified in the Core Knowledge Sequence.

Using CKHG in the Classroom

• For Social Studies: Used in their recommended sequence, CKHG materials can form the basis of an engaging Social Studies program that builds historical and geographical knowledge and skills grade by grade.
• For Language Arts: You can also use CKHG to integrate content-rich nonfiction into your Reading/Language Arts lessons. CKHG objectives are correlated with the Common Core English Language Arts standards, which call for increased reading of nonfiction informational texts.