MILITARY GEOGRAPHY:  SYLLABUS 1 & 2 |  LEADERS  |  MINDS  |  TEXTS

The Narrows of War: Passes, Isthmuses and Straits. (WI Standards Addressed: A12.1, A12.2, A12.9, A12.13, B12.11)

Day 1: Battle of Megiddo (1457 BCE).
Day 2: Greco-Persian War (480 BCE).
Day 3: Peloponnesian War (435 BCE).
Day 4: Alexander's Siege of Tyre (332 BCE).
Day 5: Second Punic War (218 BCE).
Day 6: Hannibal's Ambuscade (217 BCE).
Day 7: PASSES, ISTHMUSES, & STRAITS ASSESSMENT

The Treacherous Nature of Crossing Water: Rivers, Lakes, and Seas. (WI Standards Addressed: A12.1, A12.2, A12.9, A12.13, B12.11)

Day 8: Battle of the Ice (1242).
Day 9: Mongol Invasion of Japan (1274).
Day 10: Battle of Stirling Bridge (1297).
Day 11-16: Feudal Geography as Military Defense; Philip IV Feudalism Simulation.
Day 17: Battle of the Golden Spurs (1302).
Day 18: RIVERS, LAKES, & SEAS ASSESSMENT

Penetrating the Impenetrable: Forests and Swamps (WI Standards Addressed: A12.1, A12.9, A12.13, B12.11)

Day 19: Battle of Agincourt (1415).
Day 20: Vlad III's 'Night Attack' (1462) and Geographic Strategy in Guerrilla Warfare.
Day 21: Battle of Rocroi (1643).

The High Seas: Battle in Open Water. (WI Standards Addressed: A12.1, A12.2, A12.9, A12.13, B12.11)

Day 22: Naval Strategies.
Day 23: Commerce Raiding and Piracy.
Day 24: Captain Morgan and the Sack of Panama (1671).
Day 25: The Demise of Blackbeard (1718).
Day 26: Anne Bonny at Jamaica (1720).
Day 27: Battle of Trafalgar (1805).
Day 28: NAVAL STRATEGIES IN HISTORY ASSESSMENT

At the Water's Edge: Coastlines and Peninsulas (WI Standards Addressed: A12.1, A12.9, A12.13, B12.11)

Day 29: Siege of Quebec (1759).
Day 30: Siege of Yorktown (1781).
Day 31: Battle of New Orleans (1815).

Commanding the High Ground: Hills, Ridgetops, and Depressions. (WI Standards Addressed: A12.1, A12.2, A12.9, A12.13, B12.11)

Day 32: Battle of Austerlitz (1805).
Day 33-35: Battle of Wisconsin Heights (1832).
Day 36: Antietam (1862).
Day 37-40: Gettysburg (1863).
Day 41: Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876).
Day 42: HIGH GROUND ASSESSMENT

Military Technology Shapes Battlefield Geography. (WI Standards Addressed: A12.1, A12.2, A12.9, A12.11, A12.13, B12.11)

Day 43: Airplane- First Battle of the Marne (1914).
Day 44: Submarine- Sinking of the Lusitania (1915).
Day 45: Chlorine Gas- Second Battle of Ypres (1915).
Day 46: Machine Gun- Battle of the Somme (1916).
Day 47: Mustard Gas- Third Battle of Ypres (1917).
Day 48: Flamethrower- Battle of Hill 70 (1917).
Day 49: Tanks- Battle of Cambrai (1917).