Unit 1 - The World and Early People
The World's Geography
Students will be able to:
Interpret information from visuals
Analyze information by finding the main idea
Create graphic organizers
Explain how physical processes created physical patterns on Earth’s surface
Identify way people modify their physical surroundings
Examine how physical processes such as ocean circulation have resulted in physical patterns on Earth’s surface
Analyze the effects of Earth’s bodies of water on humans
Understand and use latitude and longitude to read maps
Organize and interpret information presented on maps
Use appropriate mathematical skills to interpret social studies information on maps
Explore how physical processes have resulted in physical patterns on Earth’s surface
Analyze the effects of physical processes and physical surroundings on humans
Identify how people have adapted to their physical surroundings
Explain the geographic factors responsible for patterns of human population in places and regions
Explain ways in which human migration influences the characters of places and regions
Identify and analyze way in which people have adapted to the physical environment in selected places and regions
Compare selected world regions and countries by using maps
Organize and interpret information such as population density presented in maps
Use mathematical skills to interpret information found on maps
Early People
Students will be able to:
Interpret information from visuals
Analyze information by making generalizations
Create graphic organizers
Examine ways in which the earliest people interacted to meet their basic needs
Observe that the search for food and population increases led to expanded migration routes
Analyze how people in different parts of the world developed separate cultures
Examine artifacts for clues about the everyday lives of early people
Compare artifacts from early and modern times
Evaluate the changes that occurred in the food supply of early people
Analyze the effects of the shift from food collecting to food producing
Identify plants and animals that early societies domesticated
Retrieve information from parallel time lines
Compare the approximate times of development of agriculture around the world
Explore how societies became more complex in early farming settlements and cities in southwestern Asia
Examine the effects of trading in Jericho
Examine the specialization of skills and resource use in Catal Huyuk
Analyze the rise of the early city-states in Mesopotamia
Identify links between cause and effects
Interpret cause-and-effect relationships
Unit 2 - Early Centers of Civilization
The Tigris and Euphrates Valley
Students will be able to:
Interpret information from visuals
Analyze information by summarizing
Create graphic organizers
Analyze the development of city-states in Sumer
Examine Sumerian innovations as changes made to meet needs
Examine Sumerian social classes
Explore how conquest led to empire building in Mesopotamia
Analyze how ruler gained power and kept order in Mesopotamia
Identify conflicts that can resolved through compromise
Use compromise to resolve conflict
Examine the development of the Assyrian and New Babylonian Empire
Identify the accomplishments of the New Babylonian Empire
The Nile Valley
Students will be able to:
Interpret information from visuals
Analyze information by drawing conclusions
Create graphic organizers
Evaluate the impact of the Nile River on life in ancient Egypt
Analyze the relationship between nature and the religion of the ancient Egyptians
Examine how the people of Upper and Lower Egypt were in conflict and then unified
Examine the technological innovations of early ancient Egypt
Explore the innovations of the Old Kingdom, territorial expansion of the Middle Kingdom and dominant power of the New Kingdom
Understand the steps in the problem-solving process
Identify a problem and implement a plan for solving it
Examine artifacts for clues about Egypt’s wealth during the height of its civilization
Compare cultural artifacts from early and modern times
Examine why Nubia became an important trading center
Explore the influence Egypt and Nubia has upon each other
Analyze the changes brought about by Kushite rule of Egypt
Investigate the impact on the Kushites trading network
Asia and the Americas
Students will be able to:
Interpret information from visuals
Analyze information by comparing and contrasting
Create graphic organizers
Analyze the Harappan Civilization, including its development, economy, and cities
Identify Harappan advances in technology
Analyze the influence of the Huang He valley civilization upon present-day Chinese culture
Explain the significant of individuals or groups from ancient Chinese civilizations
Understand the purpose of shading on a relief map and contour lines and color on an elevation map
Interpret a relief map and an elevation map
Analyze the Olmec and the Mayan civilizations
Identify Olmec and Mayan innovations and examples of cultural borrowing
Use tables to classify and compare information
Gather and classify information to make a table
Unit 3 - Eastern Civilizations
Southwest Asian Civilizations
Student will be able to:
Interpret information from visuals
Analyze information by sequencing
Create graphic organizers
Study the origins of the ancient Israelites and their contributions to modern world cultures and religions
Analyze the rise and fall of the kingdom of Israel and the effects of the Diaspora
Identify frames of reference about an issue
Determine the elements of frame of reference that influence participants in a historical event
Learn hoe the Phoenicians influenced other cultures of their time and future cultures
Analyze the immediate and long-term effects of the Lydians money and Economy
Organize and interpret information presented on maps
Use appropriate mathematical skills to interpret social studies information presented on maps
Analyze how the Persian leader Cyrus the Great built a large empire
Evaluate why Darius I as successful in organizing the Persian Empire
Study the change in religious beliefs among Persians from polytheism to monotheism
Asia’s Classical Age
Students will be able to:
Interpret information from visuals
Analyze information by making inferences
Create graphic organizers
Analyze the effects of Aryan culture on the native people of India
Identify traces of Aryan culture in present-day Indian culture
Analyze the effect of unification on the people of the Maurya and Gupta Empires
Explain the significance of individuals or groups from South Asia’s past
Analyze the influence of the Zhou, Qin, and Han dynasties of Chinese culture and society
Explain the significance of individuals or groups from China’s past
Interpret information presented don a time line and a telescoping time line
Organize information on time lines
Examine artifacts for clues about China’s technical and artistic skills during the Zhou dynasty
Design and draw a brass musical instrument based on the Zhou dynasty examples
Unit 4 - Western Civilizations
The Ancient Greeks
Student will be able to:
Interpret information from visuals
Analyze information by sequencing
Create graphic organizers
Evaluate how geography affected people of Aegean cultures
Study the effects of trade on the growth of the Minoan civilization
Observe how the Mycenaeans adapted Minoan customs and ideas to their way of life
Analyze the Trojan culture as viewed through Homer’s epics
Compare and contrast features of the Greek city-states
Analyze the Spartan way of life
Summarize how democracy functioned in ancient Athens
Evaluate the cultural ties the Greek people has with each other
Learn why Greek city-states became allies during the Persian Wars
Analyze how Pericles improved Athenian democracy
Study the achievements of Athens’s Golden Age
Evaluate the cause and effects of the Peloponnesian War
Analyze how citizen’s participation in government can make a difference
Use a problem-solving process to act as a responsible citizen
Analyze how Alexander the Great built a vast empire
Summarize the reasons for the breakup of Alexander’s empire
Study how Alexander the Great helped spread Greek culture and scholarship to new part of the world
The Ancient Romans
Students will be able to:
Interpret information from visuals
Analyze information by determining the point of view of a speaker
Create graphic organizers
Evaluate the geographic advantages of the site of Rome
Analyze the development of government and society in the Roman Republic
Follow a flow chart to understand a complex process
Make a flow chart
Examine how Roman government changed as Rome increased its boundaries
Analyze the cause of civil wars in Rome
Organize and interpret information presented on maps
Incorporate information from several historical maps into one map
Analyze how Augustus united Roman Empire
Evaluate how the arts, literature, and language helped unify the people of the Roman Empire
Identify parts of other cultures that influenced Roman culture
Examine the origins and growth of Christianity in the Roman Empire
Analyze how Roman views on religion changed over time and how Christianity spread
Consider patterns and discuss strategies for making accurate predictions
Analyze information to predict a historical outcome
The World's Geography
Students will be able to:
Interpret information from visuals
Analyze information by finding the main idea
Create graphic organizers
Explain how physical processes created physical patterns on Earth’s surface
Identify way people modify their physical surroundings
Examine how physical processes such as ocean circulation have resulted in physical patterns on Earth’s surface
Analyze the effects of Earth’s bodies of water on humans
Understand and use latitude and longitude to read maps
Organize and interpret information presented on maps
Use appropriate mathematical skills to interpret social studies information on maps
Explore how physical processes have resulted in physical patterns on Earth’s surface
Analyze the effects of physical processes and physical surroundings on humans
Identify how people have adapted to their physical surroundings
Explain the geographic factors responsible for patterns of human population in places and regions
Explain ways in which human migration influences the characters of places and regions
Identify and analyze way in which people have adapted to the physical environment in selected places and regions
Compare selected world regions and countries by using maps
Organize and interpret information such as population density presented in maps
Use mathematical skills to interpret information found on maps
Early People
Students will be able to:
Interpret information from visuals
Analyze information by making generalizations
Create graphic organizers
Examine ways in which the earliest people interacted to meet their basic needs
Observe that the search for food and population increases led to expanded migration routes
Analyze how people in different parts of the world developed separate cultures
Examine artifacts for clues about the everyday lives of early people
Compare artifacts from early and modern times
Evaluate the changes that occurred in the food supply of early people
Analyze the effects of the shift from food collecting to food producing
Identify plants and animals that early societies domesticated
Retrieve information from parallel time lines
Compare the approximate times of development of agriculture around the world
Explore how societies became more complex in early farming settlements and cities in southwestern Asia
Examine the effects of trading in Jericho
Examine the specialization of skills and resource use in Catal Huyuk
Analyze the rise of the early city-states in Mesopotamia
Identify links between cause and effects
Interpret cause-and-effect relationships
Unit 2 - Early Centers of Civilization
The Tigris and Euphrates Valley
Students will be able to:
Interpret information from visuals
Analyze information by summarizing
Create graphic organizers
Analyze the development of city-states in Sumer
Examine Sumerian innovations as changes made to meet needs
Examine Sumerian social classes
Explore how conquest led to empire building in Mesopotamia
Analyze how ruler gained power and kept order in Mesopotamia
Identify conflicts that can resolved through compromise
Use compromise to resolve conflict
Examine the development of the Assyrian and New Babylonian Empire
Identify the accomplishments of the New Babylonian Empire
The Nile Valley
Students will be able to:
Interpret information from visuals
Analyze information by drawing conclusions
Create graphic organizers
Evaluate the impact of the Nile River on life in ancient Egypt
Analyze the relationship between nature and the religion of the ancient Egyptians
Examine how the people of Upper and Lower Egypt were in conflict and then unified
Examine the technological innovations of early ancient Egypt
Explore the innovations of the Old Kingdom, territorial expansion of the Middle Kingdom and dominant power of the New Kingdom
Understand the steps in the problem-solving process
Identify a problem and implement a plan for solving it
Examine artifacts for clues about Egypt’s wealth during the height of its civilization
Compare cultural artifacts from early and modern times
Examine why Nubia became an important trading center
Explore the influence Egypt and Nubia has upon each other
Analyze the changes brought about by Kushite rule of Egypt
Investigate the impact on the Kushites trading network
Asia and the Americas
Students will be able to:
Interpret information from visuals
Analyze information by comparing and contrasting
Create graphic organizers
Analyze the Harappan Civilization, including its development, economy, and cities
Identify Harappan advances in technology
Analyze the influence of the Huang He valley civilization upon present-day Chinese culture
Explain the significant of individuals or groups from ancient Chinese civilizations
Understand the purpose of shading on a relief map and contour lines and color on an elevation map
Interpret a relief map and an elevation map
Analyze the Olmec and the Mayan civilizations
Identify Olmec and Mayan innovations and examples of cultural borrowing
Use tables to classify and compare information
Gather and classify information to make a table
Unit 3 - Eastern Civilizations
Southwest Asian Civilizations
Student will be able to:
Interpret information from visuals
Analyze information by sequencing
Create graphic organizers
Study the origins of the ancient Israelites and their contributions to modern world cultures and religions
Analyze the rise and fall of the kingdom of Israel and the effects of the Diaspora
Identify frames of reference about an issue
Determine the elements of frame of reference that influence participants in a historical event
Learn hoe the Phoenicians influenced other cultures of their time and future cultures
Analyze the immediate and long-term effects of the Lydians money and Economy
Organize and interpret information presented on maps
Use appropriate mathematical skills to interpret social studies information presented on maps
Analyze how the Persian leader Cyrus the Great built a large empire
Evaluate why Darius I as successful in organizing the Persian Empire
Study the change in religious beliefs among Persians from polytheism to monotheism
Asia’s Classical Age
Students will be able to:
Interpret information from visuals
Analyze information by making inferences
Create graphic organizers
Analyze the effects of Aryan culture on the native people of India
Identify traces of Aryan culture in present-day Indian culture
Analyze the effect of unification on the people of the Maurya and Gupta Empires
Explain the significance of individuals or groups from South Asia’s past
Analyze the influence of the Zhou, Qin, and Han dynasties of Chinese culture and society
Explain the significance of individuals or groups from China’s past
Interpret information presented don a time line and a telescoping time line
Organize information on time lines
Examine artifacts for clues about China’s technical and artistic skills during the Zhou dynasty
Design and draw a brass musical instrument based on the Zhou dynasty examples
Unit 4 - Western Civilizations
The Ancient Greeks
Student will be able to:
Interpret information from visuals
Analyze information by sequencing
Create graphic organizers
Evaluate how geography affected people of Aegean cultures
Study the effects of trade on the growth of the Minoan civilization
Observe how the Mycenaeans adapted Minoan customs and ideas to their way of life
Analyze the Trojan culture as viewed through Homer’s epics
Compare and contrast features of the Greek city-states
Analyze the Spartan way of life
Summarize how democracy functioned in ancient Athens
Evaluate the cultural ties the Greek people has with each other
Learn why Greek city-states became allies during the Persian Wars
Analyze how Pericles improved Athenian democracy
Study the achievements of Athens’s Golden Age
Evaluate the cause and effects of the Peloponnesian War
Analyze how citizen’s participation in government can make a difference
Use a problem-solving process to act as a responsible citizen
Analyze how Alexander the Great built a vast empire
Summarize the reasons for the breakup of Alexander’s empire
Study how Alexander the Great helped spread Greek culture and scholarship to new part of the world
The Ancient Romans
Students will be able to:
Interpret information from visuals
Analyze information by determining the point of view of a speaker
Create graphic organizers
Evaluate the geographic advantages of the site of Rome
Analyze the development of government and society in the Roman Republic
Follow a flow chart to understand a complex process
Make a flow chart
Examine how Roman government changed as Rome increased its boundaries
Analyze the cause of civil wars in Rome
Organize and interpret information presented on maps
Incorporate information from several historical maps into one map
Analyze how Augustus united Roman Empire
Evaluate how the arts, literature, and language helped unify the people of the Roman Empire
Identify parts of other cultures that influenced Roman culture
Examine the origins and growth of Christianity in the Roman Empire
Analyze how Roman views on religion changed over time and how Christianity spread
Consider patterns and discuss strategies for making accurate predictions
Analyze information to predict a historical outcome
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