Hi, I wanted to know how history is taught in Europe.
Here in Brazil, based on what I studied, it would be something like this:
6th grade – Greece, Rome, ancient periods (Neolithic, Paleolithic, etc.), Egypt, Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Persia
7th grade – Age of Exploration, Colonization, and the Middle Ages
8th grade – Inconfidência Mineira, Independence of the United States, Spanish colonies and their independence movements, Independence of Brazil, Second Reign, Industrial Revolution
9th grade – Estado Novo, 1930–1945, Getúlio Vargas, 1964 military coup, Coffee Republic, Asian Tigers, Sub-Saharan Africa etc (lots of Brazil, Africa and Asia)
1st year of high school – Greece, Rome, ancient periods (Neolithic, Paleolithic, etc.), Egypt, Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Persia, Africa, and a little bit on China and Japanese history.
2nd year – Brazilian Colonization, Brazilian Independence, lots of Middle Ages, Renaissance and Religious Reformation, and some Middle East history
3rd year – Russian Revolution, French Revolution, Revolutions in general, World War I and II, Cold War, rise of Fascism
Many topics are covered together with Geography and some separately, such as:
globalization, Cold War, political studies, biomes, characteristics and culture of each Brazilian state, population pyramid, Industrial Revolutions, colonialism, Brazilian politics, land analysis, climate events, Earth studies, cartography, atmosphere, climate change, biomes, hydrosphere, capitalism, socialism, etc.