Millington Middle School, Millington, TN Syllabus Grade … 8/22/16 Millington Middle School,...

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MillingtonMiddleSchool,Millington,TNSyllabus

GradeSix–Dr.BatsonandMrs.OsbySubject SocialStudies

WorldHistoryandGeography:EarlyCivilizationsthroughtheDeclineoftheRomanEmpire(5thcenturyC.E.)CourseDescription:SixthgradestudentswillstudythebeginningofearlycivilizationsthroughthefalloftheRomanEmpire.Studentswillstudythegeographical,social,economic,andpoliticalfoundationsforearlycivilizationsprogressingthroughtheRomanEmpire.Theywillanalyzetheshiftfromnomadicsocietiestoagriculturalsocieties.Studentswillstudythedevelopmentofcivilizations,includingtheareasofMesopotamia,Egypt,India,China,AncientIsrael,Greece,andRome.Thestudyofthesecivilizationswillincludetheimpactofgeography,earlyhistory,culturaldevelopment,andeconomicchange.Thegeographicfocuswillincludethestudyofphysicalandpoliticalfeatures,economicdevelopmentandresources,andmigrationpatterns.ThesixthgradewillconcludewiththedeclineandfalloftheRomanEmpire.Thiscoursewillbethefirstconcentratedstudyofworldhistoryandgeographyandwillutilizeappropriateinformationaltextsandprimarysources.

NineWeek First(2016-2017)Standard

6.1IdentifysitesinAfricawherearchaeologistsandhistorianshavefoundevidenceoftheoriginsofmodernhumanbeingsanddescribewhatthearchaeologistsfound.(G,H)6.7Recognizetimedesignationsandtheabbreviations,including:(H)B.C.,B.C.E.,A.D.,C.E.,circa(c.orca.),decades,centuries,prehistoric,historic6.1IdentifysitesinAfricawherearchaeologistsandhistorianshavefoundevidenceoftheoriginsofmodernhumanbeingsanddescribewhatthearchaeologistsfound.(G,H)6.2Providetextualevidencethatcharacterizesthenomadichunter-gatherersocietiesofthePaleolithicAge(theiruseoftoolsandfire,basichuntingweapons,beadsandotherjewelry).(C,H)6.3Explaintheimportanceofthediscoveryofmetallurgyandagriculture.(E,H)6.4Evaluatetheclimaticchangesandhumanmodificationsofthephysicalenvironmentthatgaverisetothedomesticationofplantsandanimalsandnewsourcesofclothingandshelter.(C,G,H)6.5Summarizetheimpactofagriculturerelatedtosettlement,populationgrowth,andtheemergenceofcivilization.(C,G,H)6.6Identifyandexplaintheimportanceofthecharacteristicsofcivilizations,including:(C,E,G,H,P)·thepresenceofgeographicboundariesandpoliticalinstitutions·aneconomythatproducesfoodsurpluses·aconcentrationofpopulationindistinctareasorcities·theexistenceofsocialclasses·developedsystemsofreligion,learning,art,andarchitecture·asystemofrecordkeeping·technology6.8Onahistoricalmap,locateanddescribetheTigrisandEuphratesRivers,ZagrosandCaucusesMountains,PersianGulf,CaspianandBlackSea,DeadSeaandSeaof

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GalileeandexplainwhytheregionisreferredtoastheFertileCrescent.(G)6.9SummarizeSumer,Babylon,andAssyriaassuccessivecivilizationsandempiresandexplainthedevelopmentofcity-states,identifyKish,Akkad,Ur,andNineveh,andthesignificanceofSargonandHammurabi.(G,H)6.10Tracethedevelopmentofagriculturaltechniquesthatpermittedeconomicsurplusandtheemergenceofcitiesascentersofcultureandpower.(C,E,H)6.11Explainthesignificanceofpolytheism(thebeliefthattherearemanygods)asthereligiousbeliefofthepeopleinMesopotamiancivilizations.6.12Explaintheeffectsofhowirrigation,metal-smithing,slavery,thedomesticationofanimals,andinventionssuchasthewheel,thesail,andtheplowonthegrowthofMesopotamiancivilizations.6.13AnalyzetheimportantachievementsofMesopotamiancivilization,includingitssystemofwriting(anditsimportanceinrecordkeepingandtaxcollection),literature(EpicofGilgamesh0,monumentalarchitecture(theziggurat),andart(largereliefsculpture,mosaics,andcylinderseals.)6.14WriteaninformativepieceexplainingthesignificantcontributionsofMesopotamianleaders,includingHammurabiandSargon,andexplainthebasicprincipleofjusticeinHammurabi’sCode(“aneyeforaneye”)6.22Compareandcontrastthereligious,social,andpoliticalstructuresinMesopotamiaandEgypt6.15OnahistoricalmaplocatetheMediterraneanandRedSeas,theNileRiverandDelta,andtheareasofancientNubiaandEgypt.IdentifythelocationsofancientUpperandLowerEgyptandexplainwhatthetermsmean.Onamodernmap,identifythemoderncountriesofEgyptandtheSudan.(G,H)6.17DevelopavisualrepresentationofthestructureofEgyptiansocietyincludingtheroleofthepharaohasgod/king,theconceptofdynasties,theimportanceofatleastoneEgyptianruler,therelationshipofpharaohstopeasants,andtheroleofslavesinancientEgypt.(C,E,H,P)6.18SiteevidencefrominformationaltextstoexplainthepolytheisticreligionofancientEgyptwithrespecttobeliefsaboutdeath,theafterlife,mummification,andtherolesofdifferentdeities.(C,H)6.19SummarizeimportantachievementsofEgyptiancivilization,including:(C,E,H)·theagriculturalandirrigationsystems·theinventionofacalendar·mainfeaturesofthemonumentalarchitectureandart,suchasthePyramidsandSphinxatGiza·evolutionofwriting-hieroglyphics·theinventionofpapyrus6.20IdentifytheOld,Middle,andNewKingdomtimeperiodsandevaluatethesignificanceofthefollowing:(C,H,P)

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·Menes·Khufu·Hyksosinvasion·Ahmose·KingTut·QueenHatshepsut·RamsestheGreat6.21IdentifythelocationoftheKushcivilizationanddescribeitspolitical,commercial,andculturalrelationshipwithEgypt.(C,E,G,H,P)6.16InvestigatethekindsofevidenceusedbyarchaeologistsandhistorianstodrawconclusionsaboutthesocialandeconomiccharacteristicsofAncientNubia(theKingdomofKush)andtheirrelationshiptothesocialandeconomiccharacteristicsofAncientEgypt.(C,E,G,H,P)6.22Compareandcontrastthereligious,social,andpoliticalstructuresinMesopotamiaandEgypt.(C,H,P)

Objectives

6.1IcanidentifysitesinAfricawherearchaeologistsandhistorianshavefoundevidenceoftheoriginsofhumanancestorsanddescribewhatthearchaeologistsfound.6.1Icanidentifythejobcharacteristicsofarchaeologists,anthropologist,geologists,andhistorians.6.7Icanrecognizethedesignationsfortimedating,includingBCE,BC,AD,CE,circa,centuries,decades,prehistoric,andhistoric.6.7IcancreateatimelineverticallyandhorizontallyusingBCE,CE,BC,ADandordereventsofthepasts6.1IcanidentifysitesinAfricawherearchaeologistsandhistorianshavefoundevidenceoftheoriginsofhumanancestorsanddescribewhatthearchaeologistsfound.6.1Icanidentifythejobcharacteristicsofarchaeologists,anthropologist,geologists,andhistorians.6.2Icanreadanarticleandprovidetextualevidencetoidentifythecharacteristicsofnomadichunter-gatherersocietiesinthePaleolithicEra,includingtheiruseoftools,fire,basichuntingweapons,beadsandotherjewelry.6.3Icanexplaintheimportanceofthediscoveryofmetallurgyandagriculture.6.4Icanevaluatehowclimaticchangesandhumanmodificationsleadtothedomesticationofplantsandanimals,andnewsourcesofclothingandshelterintheAgriculturalRevolution.6.5Icansummarizehowthedevelopmentoffarmingledtosettlement,populationgrowthandtheemergenceofcivilizationintheNeolithicEra.6.6Icanidentifyandexplainthecharacteristicsofacivilization.6.6Icanidentifythebasiccomponentsofculture,includinglanguage,commonvalues,traditions,government,art,literature,lifestylesinMesopotamia.6.6IcanexplainthereasonsculturalgroupsdevelopedorsettledinMesopotamia.6.8IcanidentifyonamapthelocationofearlycivilizationsandgeographicfeaturessurroundingtheFertileCrescent.6.8IcanlocateanddescribetheTigrisandEuphratesRivers,ZagrosandCaucuses

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Mountains,PersianGulf,CaspianandBlackSeas,DeadSeaandSeaGalileeonamap.6.8IcandescribeandexplainwhytheregionisreferredtoastheFertileCrescent.6.9Icanexplainthedevelopmentofcity-statesandempires,includingKish,Akkad,Ur,andNineveh,includingthesignificanceofSargonandHammurabi.6.9IcanidentifythepossiblecausesofchangeinMesopotamiancivilizations,includingtheenvironmentalchange,politicalcollapse,newideas,warfare,overpopulation,unreliablefoodsourcesanddiseases.6.10Icanrecognizethestepsthatgiverisetocomplexgovernmentalorganizations,includingnomadic,farming,village,city,city-statesandstates.6.10Icantracehowagriculturaltechniquesandeconomicsurplusescontributedtothedevelopmentofcities.6.11IcanclassifyMesopotamiaasapolytheisticcivilizationandexplainwhatthatmeans.6.12Icanrecognizethestepsthatgiverisetocomplexgovernmentalorganizations,includingnomadic,farming,village,city,city-statesandstates.6.13IcanexplaintheeffectsofinventionsthathelpedtodevelopMesopotamiancivilizationsincluding;irrigation,metal-smithing,slavery,thedomesticationofanimals,andinventionssuchasthewheel,thesailandtheplow.6.14Icananalyzetheimportantachievementofasystemofwriting[includingrecordkeepingandtaxcollection].6.22IcancompareandcontrastthelivesofindividualEgyptiancitizensinancientEgypt.6.15IcanlocatetheMediterraneanandRedSeas,theNileRiverandDeltaandtheareasofancientNubiaandEgypt.6.15IcanexplaintheeconomicimportanceoftheNileRivertoancientEgypt.6.15IcanlocateancientUpperandLowerEgyptandexplainwhatthesetermsmean.6.15IcanidentifyonamodernmapthelocationofEgyptandSudan.IcaninvestigateandexplaintheevidenceusedbyarchaeologiststomakeconnectionsbetweenthekingdomofKushandEgypt.6.17IcancreateavisualrepresentationofthestructureofEgyptiansociety,including:pharaohasgod/king;dynasties;atleastoneruler;therelationshipofpharaohsandpeasants;theroleofslaves.6.18IcanexplainthereligionoftheancientEgyptiansandtheirbeliefscitingevidencefrominformationaltexts.6.19IcansummarizeimportantachievementsinEgypt,includingtools,agriculture,irrigation,theinventionofacalendar,featuresofartandarchitecture,theevolutionofwriting[hieroglyphics],andtheinventionofpapyrus.6.20IcancreateatimelineidentifyingtheOld,Middle,andNewKingdomtimeperiodsofEgyptthatincludesmajorculturalachievements.6.20Icanevaluatethesignificanceof:

• Menes• Khufu• Hyksosinvasion• Ahmose• KingTut• QueenHatshepsut• RamsestheGreat

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6.21IcanlocateanddescribetheKushcivilizationanditspolitical,commercial,andculturalrelationshipwithEgypt.6.16IcaninvestigateandexplaintheevidenceusedbyarchaeologiststomakeconnectionsbetweenthekingdomofKushandEgypt.6.22Icancompareandcontrastthereligious,social,andpoliticalstructuresinMesopotamiaandEgypt6.22IcanrecognizethebasiccomponentsofEgyptianculture,includingtheirlanguage,commonvalues,traditions,government,art,literatureandlifestyles.

Topics

WhatisaHistorian?MapSkillsHumanOriginsMesopotamiaAncientEgypt

MajorAssignment/s

HomeProject–DioramaofEgyptClassProjects

1) HumanOrigins–CaveArtonBrownPaper2) Mesopotamia–PotteryorMosaic3) Egypt–DioramaofEgyptianCivilization(workonhomeproject)

UnitTests

InstructionalMaterials

Holt-SocialStudiesWorldHistoryandAccompanyingResourcesMcGrawHill-DiscoveringOurPastandAccompanyingResourcesTextbooks&Workbooks1. HoltSocialStudies-WorldHistoryInstructionalSystem2. McGrawHillEducation-DiscoveringOurPast-AHistoryoftheWorld

InstructionalSystem3. Teacher'sCurriculumInstitute-HistoryAlive-TheAncientWorldInstructional

System4. ALittleHistoryoftheWorld-E.H.Gombrich5. TheAncientWorld-PrehistorytotheRomanEmpire-Holt,Rinehart,Winston6. WorldBookEncyclopediasandaccompanyingdigitalcollections-WorldBookInc.7. EncyclopediaBritannicaandaccompanyingdigitalcollections-Encyclopedia

Britannica,Inc.8. WorldCivilizationsandCultures,Grades5–8-MarkTwainMedia;ActCSM

edition(January3,2012)9. TCAPCoachBook-TriumphLearning10. MasteringtheTCAP6thGradeSocialStudies–AmericanBookCompany11.MapReadingSkills–MarkTwainMedia12.ActiveHistory:AncientEgypt-ShellEducation13.DifferentiatedLessonandAssessments–TeacherCreatedResources14.AncientCivilizations:JournalingThroughHistory–PrestwickHouseInc.

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VideosCrashCourseWorldHistoryCarmenSanDiegoNova(PBS)-IceManReborn(HO)Nova(PBS)-HagiaSophia(AR)Nova(PBS)-SecretsofNoah’sArk(AI)Nova(PBS)-TheEmperor’sGhostArmy(AC)Nova(PBS)-Coliseum-RomanDeathTrap(AR)Nova(PBS)-Petra–LostCityofStone(Nova(PBS)-AncientComputerNova(PBS)-BuildingPharaoh’sChariot(AE)Nova(PBS)-IceMurderMystery(HO)Nova(PBS)-AncientRefugeintheHolyLand(AI)DiscoveryEdVideosJournalsThroughHistory-ChinaJournalsThroughHistory-EgyptJournalsThroughHistory–IndiaElementaryVideoAdventures-AncientGreeceElementaryVideoAdventures–GreatEgyptiansElementaryVideoAdventures-AncientTimes(AllCivilizations)ElementaryVideoAdventures–RomeElementaryVideoAdventures–MummiesElementaryVideoAdventures–DynamicEarthElementaryVideoAdventures–WeatherandClimateElementaryVideoAdventures–LandmarksandCivilizationsElementaryVideoAdventures–LifeinAncientRomeElementaryVideoAdventures–PeopleAroundtheWorldElementaryVideoAdventures–StoriesFromChinaElementaryVideoAdventures–AncientWarriorsofIndiaMesopotamia:TheDevelopmentoftheWrittenLanguageTheAncientWorld(All)WorldHistory(All)AncientCivilizations(All)WorldHistory-Pre-HistoryTheGeographyandCulturesofIsraelPeopleandPlaces:IsraelReligionsoftheWorld:Buddhism(China&India)ReligionsoftheWorld:Christianity(Israel)ReligionsoftheWorld:Hinduism(India)ReligionsoftheWorld:Judaism(Israel)CrashCourseWorldHistoryVideosTheAgriculturalRevolution:CrashCourseWorldHistory#1byCrashCourseIndusValleyCivilization:CrashCourseWorldHistory#2byCrashCourseMesopotamia:CrashCourseWorldHistory#3byCrashCourseAncientEgypt:CrashCourseWorldHistory#4byCrashCourse

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ThePersians&Greeks:CrashCourseWorldHistory#5byCrashCourseBuddhaandAshoka:CrashCourseWorldHistory#6byCrashCourse2,000YearsofChineseHistory!TheMandateofHeavenandConfucius:WorldHistory#7byCrashCourseAlexandertheGreatandtheSituation...theGreat?CrashCourseWorldHistory#8byCrashCourseTheSilkRoadandAncientTrade:CrashCourseWorldHistory#9byCrashCourseTheRomanEmpire.OrRepublic.Or...WhichWasIt?:CrashCourseWorldHistory#10byCrashCourseChristianityfromJudaismtoConstantine:CrashCourseWorldHistory#11byCrashCourseFallofTheRomanEmpire...inthe15thCentury:CrashCourseWorldHistory#12byCrashCoursePictureBookswillbeusedasahooktoengagestudentsandpeekinterest.HistoryPictureBooksWeslandiaPaperback–August1,2002byPaulFleischmanMesopotamiaPictureBooksTheGoldenBullbyMarjorieCowleyGilgameshtheKing(TheGilgameshTrilogy)byLudmilaZemanAncientEgyptPictureBooks

Ms.Frizzle'sAdventures:AncientEgyptMummiesintheMorning(MagicTreeHouse#3)SeekerofKnowledge:TheManWhoDecipheredEgyptianHieroglyphsbyJamesRumfordArtsIntegratedResourcesReadingtheMastersTestPrepInterventionMasterpieceWorksofArt–CaveArtMasterpiece–“IsisandQueenNefertari”MasterpieceSculpture–TheGoldMaskofTutankhamunMasterpiecePotteryandMosaicsofMesopotamia

FieldTrip/s

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6.39OnahistoricalmapoftheMediterraneanSea,JordonRiver,SinaiPeninsula,locateAsiaMinor,thekingdomsoftheHittitesandPhoenicians,ancientIsrael,andEgypt.(G)6.40ExaminethedevelopmentoftheancientIsraelites,tracingtheirmigrationsfromMesopotamiatoCanaan,latercalledIsrael,andexplainthesignificantrolesofAbrahamandMosesintheirhistory.(C,H,G)6.41DescribethemonotheisticreligionoftheIsraelites,including:(C,H)·thebeliefinoneGod(monotheism)·theTenCommandments·theemphasisonindividualworthandpersonalresponsibility·thebeliefthatallpeoplemustadheretothesamemoralobligations,whetherrulerorruled·theTorahandtheHebrewBibleaspartofthehistoryofearlyIsrael6.42DescribetheunificationofthetribesofIsraelunderKingsSaul,David,andSolomon,includingDavid’sfoundingofJerusalemashiscapitalcityin1000BC/BCEandthebuildingofthefirsttemplebySolomon.(G,H,P)6.43SummarizethefourmajoreventsaftertheruleofKingSolomoninthehistoryofIsrael,includingthebreakupoftheKingdomofIsrael,destructionoftheNorthernKingdom,BabyloniancaptivityunderNebuchadnezzar,andthereturnoftheJewstotheirhomelandunderthePersianEmpire.(H)6.44ConductashortresearchpiecewithsupportingdetailsofSecondBabylonian,Persian,andMedianEmpires,includingNebuchadnezzar,theHangingGardensofBabylon,CyrustheGreat,DariustheGreat,andXerxes.(H)6.45ExplainhowJudaismsurvivedtheexpulsion/dispersionoftheJewstootherlands(theDiaspora)afterthedestructionofthesecondtempleinJerusalemin70AD/CE,andtherenamingofthecountrybytheRomans.(C,H)PrimaryDocumentsandSupportingTextstoRead:excerptsfromtheTanach,HebrewBible,theTorah,andtheDeadSeaScroll

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6.23LocateanddescribetheHimalayasandthemajorriversystems,includingIndusandGangesandevaluatetheimportanceofeach.(E,G,H)6.24AnalyzetheimpactoftheAryaninvasions.(C,H,P)6.25ExplainhowthemajorbeliefsandpracticesofBrahmanisminIndiaevolvedintoearlyHinduism.(C,H)6.26OutlinethesocialstructureofthecastesystemandexplainitseffectoneverydaylifeinIndiansociety.(C,E,H,P)6.27WriteanarrativetextdescribinghowSiddharthaGautama’s(Buddha)lifeexperiencesinfluencedhismoralteachingsandhowthoseteachingsbecameanewreligionthatspreadthroughoutIndiaandCentralAsiaasanewreligion.(C,H,G)6.28DescribethegrowthoftheMauryaEmpireandthepoliticalandmoralachievementsoftheEmperorAsoka.(C,H,P)6.29Identifytheimportantaestheticandintellectualtraditions,including:(C,E,H)•Sanskritliterature,includingtheBhagavad-GitaGita,Ramayana,andtheMahabharata•medicine•metallurgy•mathematics,includingHindu-Arabicnumeralsandthezero6.30IdentifyandlocateonamapthegeographicalfeaturesofChina,includingtheHuangHe(Yellow)River,PlateauofTibet,andGobiDesert.(G)6.31LocateanddescribetheoriginsofChinesecivilizationintheHuang-HeValleyduringtheeraoftheShangDynasty.(C,G,H)6.32ExplainhowtheregionsofChinaareisolatedbygeographicfeatures,makinggovernanceandthespreadofideasandgoodsdifficult,andservedtoisolatethecountryfromtherestoftheworld.(G,H)6.33AnalyzethestructureoftheZhouDynastyandtheemergenceofTaoism,Confucianism,andLegalism..(C,H)6.34IdentifythepoliticalandculturalproblemsprevalentinthetimeofConfuciusandhowhesoughttosolvethem.(C,H,P)6.35ListthepoliciesandachievementsoftheemperorShiHuangandexplainhowthesecontributedtotheunificationofnorthernChinaundertheQinDynastyandtheconstructionoftheGreatWallofChina.(H,P)6.36DetailthepoliticalcontributionsoftheHanDynastyanddeterminehowtheycontributedtothedevelopmentoftheimperialbureaucraticstateandtheexpansionoftheempire.(H,P)

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6.37Citethesignificanceofthetrans-Eurasian“silkroads”intheperiodoftheHanDynastyandRomanEmpireandtheirlocations.(E,G,H)6.38DescribethediffusionofBuddhismnorthwardtoChinaduringtheHanDynasty.(C,G,H)

Objectives

6.39IcancreateahistoricalmapthatincludestheMediterraneanSea,JordonRiver,SinaiPeninsula,AsiaMinor,thekingdomsoftheHittitesandPhoenicians,ancientIsraelandEgypt.6.40IcanexaminethedevelopmentoftheancientIsraelites,tracingtheirmigrationsfromMesopotamiatoCanaan,latercalledIsrael.6.40IcanexplaintherolesofAbraham,Moses,KingSaul,David,SolomonandNebuchadnezzar.6.41Icandescribethebasictenets,textsandfounderofJudaism,including,thebeliefinoneGod[monotheism],theTenCommandments,theemphasisonindividualworthandpersonalresponsibility,thebeliefthatallpeoplemustadheretothesamemoralobligations,whetherrulerorruled,theTorahandtheHebrewBibleaspartofthehistoryofearlyIsrael,MosaicLaw6.42IcandescribeandexplainhowthetribeofIsraeldevelopedintoakingdomandhowJerusalembecameitscapitalandthebuildingofthefirsttemple.6.43IcansummarizethefourmajoreventsaftertheruleofKingSolomoninthehistoryofIsraelincluding:

• thebreakupoftheKingdomofIsrael• destructionoftheNorthernKingdom• BabyloniancaptivityunderNebuchadnezzarthereturnoftheJewstotheir

homelandunderthePersianEmpire6.45IcancitetextualevidencefromexcerptsoftheHebrewBible,TanachandDeadSeaScrollstodemonstratetheJewishviewofGod,beliefinmonotheism,andpersonalresponsibility.6.45IcanexplaintheDiasporaanddescribeitseffectsonJudaismincludingtherenamingofthecountryasPalestineinAD70.6.23IcanlocateanddescribetheHimalayasandthemajorriversystems,includingIndusandGanges,andevaluatetheimportanceofeach.6.23IcanidentifyeconomicandgeographicreasonswhypeoplesettledneartheIndusRiver.6.24IcananalyzetheimpactoftheAryaninvasionsandtheirrelationshiptoHindureligions.6.25IcanexplainhowthemajorbeliefsandpracticesofBrahmanisminIndiaevolvedintoearlyHinduism.6.25IcanidentifyandexplainthebasictenetsandfoundationsofHinduism,includingitsfounders.6.26IcancreateavisualrepresentationofthecastesystemandexplainitseffectoneverydaylifeinIndiansociety.6.26IcancompareandcontrastthelivesofindividualcitizensinIndia.6.27IcanwriteanarrativetextdescribingthelifeofSiddharthaGautama[Buddha]andhisteachingsandtheirspreadasanewreligion.

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Topics

AncientIsraelAncientIndiaAncientChina

MajorAssignment/s

DeadSeaScrollsProject


Textbooks&Workbooks11. HoltSocialStudies-WorldHistoryInstructionalSystem12. McGrawHillEducation-DiscoveringOurPast-AHistoryoftheWorld




edition(January3,2012)19. TCAPCoachBook-TriumphLearning20. MasteringtheTCAP6thGradeSocialStudies–AmericanBookCompany11.MapReadingSkills–MarkTwainMedia12.ActiveHistory:AncientEgypt-ShellEducation13.DifferentiatedLessonandAssessments–TeacherCreatedResources14.AncientCivilizations:JournalingThroughHistory–PrestwickHouseInc.VideosCrashCourseWorldHistoryCarmenSanDiegoNova(PBS)-IceManReborn(HO)Nova(PBS)-HagiaSophia(AR)Nova(PBS)-SecretsofNoah’sArk(AI)Nova(PBS)-TheEmperor’sGhostArmy(AC)Nova(PBS)-Coliseum-RomanDeathTrap(AR)Nova(PBS)-Petra–LostCityofStone(Nova(PBS)-AncientComputerNova(PBS)-BuildingPharaoh’sChariot(AE)Nova(PBS)-IceMurderMystery(HO)

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Nova(PBS)-AncientRefugeintheHolyLand(AI)DiscoveryEdVideosJournalsThroughHistory-ChinaJournalsThroughHistory-EgyptJournalsThroughHistory–IndiaElementaryVideoAdventures-AncientGreeceElementaryVideoAdventures–GreatEgyptiansElementaryVideoAdventures-AncientTimes(AllCivilizations)ElementaryVideoAdventures–RomeElementaryVideoAdventures–MummiesElementaryVideoAdventures–DynamicEarthElementaryVideoAdventures–WeatherandClimateElementaryVideoAdventures–LandmarksandCivilizationsElementaryVideoAdventures–LifeinAncientRomeElementaryVideoAdventures–PeopleAroundtheWorldElementaryVideoAdventures–StoriesFromChinaElementaryVideoAdventures–AncientWarriorsofIndiaMesopotamia:TheDevelopmentoftheWrittenLanguageTheAncientWorld(All)WorldHistory(All)AncientCivilizations(All)WorldHistory-Pre-HistoryTheGeographyandCulturesofIsraelPeopleandPlaces:IsraelReligionsoftheWorld:Buddhism(China&India)ReligionsoftheWorld:Christianity(Israel)ReligionsoftheWorld:Hinduism(India)ReligionsoftheWorld:Judaism(Israel)CrashCourseWorldHistoryVideosTheAgriculturalRevolution:CrashCourseWorldHistory#1byCrashCourseIndusValleyCivilization:CrashCourseWorldHistory#2byCrashCourseMesopotamia:CrashCourseWorldHistory#3byCrashCourseAncientEgypt:CrashCourseWorldHistory#4byCrashCourseThePersians&Greeks:CrashCourseWorldHistory#5byCrashCourseBuddhaandAshoka:CrashCourseWorldHistory#6byCrashCourse2,000YearsofChineseHistory!TheMandateofHeavenandConfucius:WorldHistory#7byCrashCourseAlexandertheGreatandtheSituation...theGreat?CrashCourseWorldHistory#8byCrashCourseTheSilkRoadandAncientTrade:CrashCourseWorldHistory#9byCrashCourseTheRomanEmpire.OrRepublic.Or...WhichWasIt?:CrashCourseWorldHistory#10byCrashCourseChristianityfromJudaismtoConstantine:CrashCourseWorldHistory#11byCrashCourseFallofTheRomanEmpire...inthe15thCentury:CrashCourseWorldHistory#12

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byCrashCourseAncientIsraelPictureBooks QueenEsther:TheMorningStarbyMordicaiGerstein.Simon&Schuster,2000. FestivalofLights:TheStoryofHanukkahbyMaidaSilverman,illus.CarolynS.Ewing. TheBookofJonahbyPeterSpier AtMasada2015bySara-EsterVarnai

AncientChinaPictureBooks

Emperor'sSilentArmy:TerracottaWarriorsofAncientChinabyJaneO'Connor.Viking,2002 LonPoPo:ARed-RidingHoodStoryfromChina TheEmptyPot(AnOwletBook)Paperback–September15,1996byDemi TikkiTikkiTembo(OwletBook)Paperback–September15,1989byArleneMosel DaisyComesHomeHardcover–February18,2002byJanBrett TheSevenChineseBrothers(BlueRibbonBook)Paperback–1990byMargaretMahy

AncientIndiaPictureBooks

ElephantDanceHardcover–October1,2004byTheresaHeine TheRoadtoMumbaiHardcover–August30,2004byRuthJeyaveeran Baya,Baya,Lulla-by-aHardcover–July1,2003byMeganMcDonald Lily'sGardenofIndiaHardcover–April15,2003byJeremySmith

FieldTrip/s

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6.46OnahistoricalmapoftheancientMediterraneanarea,locateGreeceandtracetheboundariesofitsinfluenceto300BC/BCE.OnacontemporarymaptracethecurrentboundariesofGreece.CompareandcontrastthesphereofinfluenceofGreeceinthosetwodifferenteras.(G,H)6.47ExplainhowthegeographicallocationofancientAthensandothercity-statescontributedtotheirroleinmaritimetrade,theircoloniesintheMediterranean,andtheexpansionoftheirculturalinfluence.(C,E,G,H)6.48TracethetransitionfromtyrannyandoligarchytoearlydemocraticformsofgovernmentandbacktodictatorshipinancientGreece,includingthesignificanceofthedevelopmentoftheideaofcitizenship.(C,H,P)6.49ExplainhowthedevelopmentofdemocraticpoliticalconceptsinancientGreeceleadtotheoriginsofdirectDemocracyandrepresentativeDemocracy,including:(C,H,P)·the“polis”orcity-state·civicparticipationandvotingrights·legislativebodies·constitutionwriting·ruleoflaw6.50CompareandcontrastlifeinAthensandSparta.(C,H)6.51CompareandcontrastthestatusofwomenandslavesbetweenAthensandSparta.(C,H)6.52Analyzethecauses,course,andconsequencesofthePersianWars.(C,H,G)6.53Analyzethecauses,course,andconsequencesofthePeloponnesianWarsbetweenAthensandSparta.(H,P)6.53Analyzethecauses,course,andconsequencesofthePeloponnesianWarsbetweenAthensandSparta.(H,P)6.54ExplaintheriseofAlexandertheGreatandthespreadofGreekculture.(C,G,H,P)6.55AnalyzethecausesandeffectsoftheHellenisticcultureofGreece.(C,E,G,H,P)

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6.56DescribethemythsandstoriesofclassicalGreece;giveexamplesofGreekgods,goddesses,andheroes(Zeus,Hermes,Aphrodite,Athena,Poseidon,Artemis,Hades,Apollo),andevents,andwhereandhowweseetheirnamesusedtoday.(C,H)6.57CompareandcontrasttheTitanswiththeOlympiangodsandexplainthesurroundingGreekmythology.(C,H)6.58Explainwhythecity-statesofGreeceinstitutedatraditionofathleticcompetitionsanddescribethesportstheyfeatured.(C,H)6.59Describethepurposesandfunctionsofthelyceum,thegymnasium,andtheLibraryofAlexandria,andidentifythemajoraccomplishmentsoftheancientGreeks.(C,H)·Thales(science)·PythagorasandEuclid(mathematics)·Hippocrates(medicine)·Socrates,Plato,andAristotle(philosophy)·Herodotus,Thucydides,Homer,Aeschylus,Sophocles,Aristophanes,andEuripides(history,poetry,anddrama)·theParthenon,theAcropolis,andtheTempleofApollo(architecture)·thedevelopmentofthefirstcompletealphabet,withsymbolsrepresentingbothconsonantsandvowelsP6.60Onahistoricalmap,identifyancientRomeandtracetheextentoftheRomanEmpireto500AD/CE.(G,H)6.61ExplainhowthegeographicallocationofancientRomecontributedtotheshapingofRomansocietyandtheexpansionofitspoliticalpowerintheMediterraneanregionandbeyond.(E,G,P)6.62ExplaintheriseoftheRomanRepublicandtheroleofmythicalandhistoricalfiguresinRomanhistory,includingRomulusandRemus,HannibalandtheCarthaginianWars,Cicero,JuliusCaesar,Augustus,Hadrian,Aeneas,andCincinnatus.(C,G,H,P)6.72CompareandcontrasttheRomangodsandgoddessestotheGreekgodsandgoddesses,includingJupiter,Mercury,Venus,Mars,Neptune,Saturn,Pluto,andHeraandtheirinclusioninmodernsociety.6.63DescribethegovernmentoftheRomanRepublicanditscontributiontothedevelopmentofdemocraticprinciples,includingtheruleoflaw(awrittenconstitution),separationofpowers,checksandbalances,representativegovernment,andcivicduty.(C,H,P)6.64DescribetheinfluenceofJuliusCaesarandAugustusinRome’stransitionfromarepublictoanempireandexplainthereasonsforthegrowthandlonglifeoftheRomanEmpire.(C,E,G,H,P)·Militaryorganization,tactics,andconquestsanddecentralizedadministration·thepurposeandfunctionsoftaxes

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·thepromotionofeconomicgrowththroughtheuseofastandardcurrency,roadconstruction,andtheprotectionoftraderoutes·thebenefitsofaPaxRomana6.70DescribethecontributionofRomancivilizationtolaw,literature,poetry,art,architecture,engineering,andtechnology.IncludethesignificanceofColiseum,CircusMaximus,roads,bridges,arches,arenas,baths,aqueducts,centralheating,plumbing,andsanitation.(C,H,P)6.71ExplainthespreadandinfluenceoftheRomanalphabetandtheLatinlanguage,theuseofLatinasthelanguageofeducationformorethan1,000years,andtheroleofLatinandGreekinscientificandacademicvocabulary.(C,H,G)6.65ReflectontheimpactofthelivesofCleopatra,MarcAnthony,Nero,Diocletian,andConstantine,cityofConstantinopleontheRomanEmpire.(H,P)6.66Identifythelocationof,andthepoliticalandgeographicreasonsfor,thegrowthofRomanterritoriesandexpansionoftheempire,includinghowtheempirefosteredeconomicgrowththroughtheuseofcurrencyandtraderoutes.(C,E,G,H,P)6.67DescribethecharacteristicsofslaveryundertheRomansandexplaintheslaverevoltledbySpartacus.(C,E,H)6.68DescribetheoriginsandcentralfeaturesofChristianity.(C,G,H,P)·monotheism·thebeliefinJesusastheMessiahandGod’sSon·theconceptofresurrection·theconceptofsalvation·beliefintheOldandNewTestaments·thelives,teachingsandcontributionsofJesusandPaul·therelationshipofearlyChristianstoofficialsoftheRomanEmpire6.69AnalyzehowinternalandexternalforcescausedthedisintegrationoftheRomanEmpire:includingtheriseofautonomousmilitarypowers,politicalcorruption,economicandpoliticalinstability,shrinkingtrade,invasions,andattacksbyGermanictribes.(E,G,H,P)

Objectives

6.69IcanreflectontheimpactofthelivesofCleopatra,MarcAnthony,Nero,Diocletian,andConstantine.IcandemonstratetheimportanceofthecityofConstantinopletotheRomanEmpire.6.69IcanlocatethegrowthoftheRomanEmpire,thepoliticalandgeographicreasonsforthisgrowth,andexplainhowtheRomanempirefosteredeconomicgrowththroughtheuseofcurrencyandtraderoutes.6.70IcandescribetheimportanceofarchitecturaladvancesoftheRomancivilizationincludingtheColosseum,CircusMaximus,roads,bridges,arches,arenas,baths,aqueducts,centralheating,plumbing,andsanitation.6.70IcandescribethefollowingculturalachievementsoftheRomanEmpiretomodernsociety:law,literature,poetry,artandtheLatinlanguage.6.65IcandescribethefollowingculturalachievementsoftheRomanEmpiretomodernsociety:law,literature,poetry,artandtheLatinlanguage.

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6.71IcanexplainthespreadandinfluenceoftheRomanalphabetandtheLatinlanguageintheWesternacademicworld.

Topics

AncientGreeceAncientRome

MajorAssignment/s

RomanABCs






edition(January3,2012)29. TCAPCoachBook-TriumphLearning30. MasteringtheTCAP6thGradeSocialStudies–AmericanBookCompany11.MapReadingSkills–MarkTwainMedia12.ActiveHistory:AncientEgypt-ShellEducation13.DifferentiatedLessonandAssessments–TeacherCreatedResources14.AncientCivilizations:JournalingThroughHistory–PrestwickHouseInc.VideosCrashCourseWorldHistoryCarmenSanDiegoNova(PBS)-IceManReborn(HO)Nova(PBS)-HagiaSophia(AR)Nova(PBS)-SecretsofNoah’sArk(AI)Nova(PBS)-TheEmperor’sGhostArmy(AC)Nova(PBS)-Coliseum-RomanDeathTrap(AR)Nova(PBS)-Petra–LostCityofStone(Nova(PBS)-AncientComputerNova(PBS)-BuildingPharaoh’sChariot(AE)

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Nova(PBS)-IceMurderMystery(HO)Nova(PBS)-AncientRefugeintheHolyLand(AI)DiscoveryEdVideosJournalsThroughHistory-ChinaJournalsThroughHistory-EgyptJournalsThroughHistory–IndiaElementaryVideoAdventures-AncientGreeceElementaryVideoAdventures–GreatEgyptiansElementaryVideoAdventures-AncientTimes(AllCivilizations)ElementaryVideoAdventures–RomeElementaryVideoAdventures–MummiesElementaryVideoAdventures–DynamicEarthElementaryVideoAdventures–WeatherandClimateElementaryVideoAdventures–LandmarksandCivilizationsElementaryVideoAdventures–LifeinAncientRomeElementaryVideoAdventures–PeopleAroundtheWorldElementaryVideoAdventures–StoriesFromChinaElementaryVideoAdventures–AncientWarriorsofIndiaMesopotamia:TheDevelopmentoftheWrittenLanguageTheAncientWorld(All)WorldHistory(All)AncientCivilizations(All)WorldHistory-Pre-HistoryTheGeographyandCulturesofIsraelPeopleandPlaces:IsraelReligionsoftheWorld:Buddhism(China&India)ReligionsoftheWorld:Christianity(Israel)ReligionsoftheWorld:Hinduism(India)ReligionsoftheWorld:Judaism(Israel)CrashCourseWorldHistoryVideosTheAgriculturalRevolution:CrashCourseWorldHistory#1byCrashCourseIndusValleyCivilization:CrashCourseWorldHistory#2byCrashCourseMesopotamia:CrashCourseWorldHistory#3byCrashCourseAncientEgypt:CrashCourseWorldHistory#4byCrashCourseThePersians&Greeks:CrashCourseWorldHistory#5byCrashCourseBuddhaandAshoka:CrashCourseWorldHistory#6byCrashCourse2,000YearsofChineseHistory!TheMandateofHeavenandConfucius:WorldHistory#7byCrashCourseAlexandertheGreatandtheSituation...theGreat?CrashCourseWorldHistory#8byCrashCourseTheSilkRoadandAncientTrade:CrashCourseWorldHistory#9byCrashCourseTheRomanEmpire.OrRepublic.Or...WhichWasIt?:CrashCourseWorldHistory#10byCrashCourseChristianityfromJudaismtoConstantine:CrashCourseWorldHistory#11byCrashCourse

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FallofTheRomanEmpire...inthe15thCentury:CrashCourseWorldHistory#12byCrashCourseAncientGreecePictureBooks

AlexandertheGreat:TheGreatestRuleroftheAncientWorld(What'sTheirStory?)byAndrewLangley. TheChildren'sHomer:TheAdventuresofOdysseusandtheTaleofTroybyPadraicColum,illus.WillyPogany FablesofAesop,ed.byJosephJacobs. TrojanHorse:HowtheGreeksWontheWar(StepintoReading,Step5)byEmilyLittle,illus.MichaelEagle TalesofPanbyMordecaiGerstein

AncientRomePictureBooks

Ben-Hur(OxfordWorld'sClassics)byLewWallace. BeyondtheDesertGatebyMaryRay.BethlehemBooks. BraveCloelia:RetoldfromtheAccountintheHistoryofEarlyRomebytheRomanHistorianTitusLiviusbyJaneLouiseCurry,illus.JeffCrosby.TheJ.PaulGettyMuseum,2004. TheBuriedCityofPompeii(IWasThereSeries)byShelleyTanaka,illus.GregRuhl.Hyperion/MadisonPress,1997 Hannibal(FirstBook)byRobertGreen.

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NineWeek Fourth(2016-2017)Standard

6.3.spi.1identifythebasiccomponentsofaworldmap(i.e.,compassrose,mapkey,scale,latitudeandlongitudelines,continents,oceans).6.3.spi.5.useavarietyofmapstounderstandgeographicandhistoricalinformation(i.e.,politicalmaps,resourcemaps,productmaps,physicalmaps,climatemaps,vegetationmaps).6.3.spi.2 identifybasicgeographic forms (i.e., rivers, lakes,bays,oceans,mountains,plateaus,deserts,plains,coastalplains).6.3.spi.6. interpret a graph that illustrates a major trend in world history (i.e.population growth, economic development, governance land areas, growth ofreligions).6.5.spi.6.recognizethedesignationsfortimedating(i.e.,BCE,AD,centuries,decades,prehistoric,historic.)

Objectives

6.3.spi.1• Icanuseacompassrosetofindlocationsonaworldmap.• Icanusethemapkeytoreadamap.• Icanusethescaleofamaptodeterminedistancebetweenlocations.• Icandistinguishthedifferencebetweenlatitudeandlongitudelineonamap.• Icanfindlocationsusinglatitudeandlongitude.• Icanidentifythe7continents.• Icanlocatethe7continentsbytheirhemisphereandtheirrelationtoother

continents.• Icanidentifythe5oceans.• Icanlocatetheoceansbytheirlocationinrelationtothecontinentsand

hemispheres.6.3.spi.5

• Icaninterpretinformationrepresentedonapoliticalmap.• Icaninterpretinformationrepresentedonaresourcemap.• Icaninterpretinformationrepresentedonaproductmap.• Icaninterpretinformationrepresentedonaphysicalmap.• Icaninterpretinformationrepresentedonaclimatemap.• Icaninterpretinformationrepresentedonavegetationmap.

6.3.spi.2• Icanrestatethedefinitionofgeographicformsinmyownwords.• Icanidentifythedefinitionofthebasicgeographicforms.

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• Icanlocatebasicgeographicformsonamap.6.3.spi.6

• Icandeterminewhatabargraphisandidentifythevariousparts(title,x-axis,y-axis,contrastofbars).

• Icandeterminewhatacirclegraphisandidentifythevariousparts(title,key,pieces)• Icandeterminewhatalinegraphisandidentifythevariousparts(title,line,riseand

fallofline)6.5.spi.6

• Icanidentifythedefinitionforthevarioustimeperiods(BCE,AD,centuries,decades,prehistoric,historic)

• IcanuseatimelinetoshowmyunderstandingofBCE,AD,centuries,decades,prehistorictime,andhistorictime.

Topics

GeographyMapSkills

MajorAssignment/s

Projects–SaltMapsandGlobalMaps






edition(January3,2012)39. TCAPCoachBook-TriumphLearning40. MasteringtheTCAP6thGradeSocialStudies–AmericanBookCompany11.MapReadingSkills–MarkTwainMedia12.ActiveHistory:AncientEgypt-ShellEducation13.DifferentiatedLessonandAssessments–TeacherCreatedResources14.AncientCivilizations:JournalingThroughHistory–PrestwickHouseInc.

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VideosCrashCourseWorldHistoryCarmenSanDiegoNova(PBS)-IceManReborn(HO)Nova(PBS)-HagiaSophia(AR)Nova(PBS)-SecretsofNoah’sArk(AI)Nova(PBS)-TheEmperor’sGhostArmy(AC)Nova(PBS)-Coliseum-RomanDeathTrap(AR)Nova(PBS)-Petra–LostCityofStone(Nova(PBS)-AncientComputerNova(PBS)-BuildingPharaoh’sChariot(AE)Nova(PBS)-IceMurderMystery(HO)Nova(PBS)-AncientRefugeintheHolyLand(AI)DiscoveryEdVideosJournalsThroughHistory-ChinaJournalsThroughHistory-EgyptJournalsThroughHistory–IndiaElementaryVideoAdventures-AncientGreeceElementaryVideoAdventures–GreatEgyptiansElementaryVideoAdventures-AncientTimes(AllCivilizations)ElementaryVideoAdventures–RomeElementaryVideoAdventures–MummiesElementaryVideoAdventures–DynamicEarthElementaryVideoAdventures–WeatherandClimateElementaryVideoAdventures–LandmarksandCivilizationsElementaryVideoAdventures–LifeinAncientRomeElementaryVideoAdventures–PeopleAroundtheWorldElementaryVideoAdventures–StoriesFromChinaElementaryVideoAdventures–AncientWarriorsofIndiaMesopotamia:TheDevelopmentoftheWrittenLanguageTheAncientWorld(All)WorldHistory(All)AncientCivilizations(All)WorldHistory-Pre-HistoryTheGeographyandCulturesofIsraelPeopleandPlaces:IsraelReligionsoftheWorld:Buddhism(China&India)ReligionsoftheWorld:Christianity(Israel)ReligionsoftheWorld:Hinduism(India)ReligionsoftheWorld:Judaism(Israel)CrashCourseWorldHistoryVideosTheAgriculturalRevolution:CrashCourseWorldHistory#1byCrashCourseIndusValleyCivilization:CrashCourseWorldHistory#2byCrashCourseMesopotamia:CrashCourseWorldHistory#3byCrashCourseAncientEgypt:CrashCourseWorldHistory#4byCrashCourseThePersians&Greeks:CrashCourseWorldHistory#5byCrashCourse

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BuddhaandAshoka:CrashCourseWorldHistory#6byCrashCourse2,000YearsofChineseHistory!TheMandateofHeavenandConfucius:WorldHistory#7byCrashCourseAlexandertheGreatandtheSituation...theGreat?CrashCourseWorldHistory#8byCrashCourseTheSilkRoadandAncientTrade:CrashCourseWorldHistory#9byCrashCourseTheRomanEmpire.OrRepublic.Or...WhichWasIt?:CrashCourseWorldHistory#10byCrashCourseChristianityfromJudaismtoConstantine:CrashCourseWorldHistory#11byCrashCourseFallofTheRomanEmpire...inthe15thCentury:CrashCourseWorldHistory#12byCrashCourse

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