MOHONASEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

Curriculum Map For Social Studies Grade 6

Text:  Our World’s Story

(Monthly divisions are not exact and may vary slightly)

 

SEPTEMBER

UNITS

STANDARDS

TEXT CHAPTERS

RESOURCES

1.        The First Cultures

2.        Geography

3.        Otzi "The Iceman"

4.        The First Cultures (Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras)

 

Standard 2 – World History

 

Standard 3 - Geography

 

- Textbook, Our World:

Pages 4 - 19

 

- National Geographic and The Iceman by Don Lessem & Pages 22 – 23 in text

- Textbook, Our World Chapter 1, Lessons 1- 3

      --Pages 28 - 50

 

Dar and the Spear Thrower (Historical Fiction)

Maps

 

Textbook:  Our World

 

Historical Fiction:  Dar and the Spear Thrower

 

National Geographic Atlases

 

Videos

 

SKILLS

Students will be able to:

 

1.  Explain the meaning and importance of geography

 

2.   Identify the meaning of culture and how it crosses physical borders

 

3.  Understand the latitude, longitude and hemispheres

 

4.  Correctly label and distinguish between the seven continents

 

5.  Understand timelines by seeing how important events and developments in world

 

6.  Interpret and analyze documents and artifacts related to significant developments and events in world history

 

7.  Explain the meaning of values in culture and the effect of technology on culture

 

8.  Identify the sources historians use to piece together the past

 

9.  Explain how archeological discoveries can change views of the world

 

10.     Know some important historic events and development of past civilizations

 

 

11.     Study how people live, work, and utilize natural resources

 

12.     Identify the meaning of the Stone Age and place it in time

 

13.     Describe the culture during the Stone Age

 

14.     Analyze how the use of tools developed as life changed among early humans

 

15.     Define and explain technology as it relates to tools and the use of tools

 

16.     Describe how fire changed the lives of early humans

 

17.     Explain how early people discovered and began using metals

 

18.     Describe changes that occurred at the end of the Ice Age

 

19.     Explain factors that led to permanent settlements

 

20.     Summarize the ways that Catal Huyak exemplified the changes brought by agriculture

CONCEPTS

KEY QUESTIONS

ASSESSMENTS

Geography:

- Location and Position of seven continents

- Latitude and longitude coordinates

 

Change:

Hunter’s and Gatherers

-  Small clans meet basic needs.

-  Clans grow in size and develop division of labor.

 

Interaction with different environments and geography:

Development of Agriculture

- People discover agriculture and domesticate plants and animals.

-  Leads to permanent settlements and settling near rivers.

 

Conflict and cooperation:

- People must work together to survive.

- Increasing importance of land leads to conflict. 

 

Political System:

- Understand the ways early peoples developed to govern their societies.

 

Religious Ideas:

- Member of early societies developed belief systems to explain events that they did not understand.

  1. What are the seven continents that make up our world?
  2. How can you find a location given a measure of latitude and longitude?
  3. What were the basic needs of the early peoples?
  4. How did early people unite to meet their basic needs?
  5. How did a division of labor assist the clan in meeting their basic need?
  6. How did their lives as hunter/gatherers cause them to migrate?
  7. How did people become food producers?
  8. How did the discovery of agriculture affect the structure and culture of early societies

1.  Label the seven continents, four oceans, and other important points on a map

 

2.  Find locations given the latitude/longitude coordinates, as well as find latitude/longitude coordinates given a location.

 

3.  Complete assigned questions in textbook and submit for review.

 

4. Packets

 

5.  Complete Dar and the Spear Thrower Worksheets for every four chapters read.  (Requires analysis and critical thinking regarding story)

 

6.  Analyze photographs of pre-historic artifacts and hypothesize about identity and function of artifact.  Record these on an analysis sheet.

 

7.  Complete journal entry and integrate ideas about the last moments for Otzi the Iceman.

 

8.  Divide into groups and play survival game.  Object is to simulate prehistoric survival and have your group survive the longest. (Not required)

 

9.  Draw a poster or write a letter depicting some aspect of early people and life ways.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OCTOBER

UNITS

STANDARDS

TEXT CHAPTERS

RESOURCES

The Fertile Crescent (Ancient Mesopotamia)

Standard 2 –World History

 

Standard 3 - Geography

Chapter 2, Lessons 1-4

- Pages 52 - 78

Textbook, Our World

 

Mesopotamian Play

(Analyze Code of Hammurabi)

 

Miscellaneous Worksheets

 

Projects

 

Internet

SKILLS

Students will be able to:

 

  1. Describe the conditions in southern and northern Mesopotamia
  2. Evaluate how technology changed life in Mesopotamia
  3. Explain how technology such as levees and canals improved farming in Mesopotamia region
  4. Analyze the reasons for growth in civilizations in the Fertile Crescent & how agriculture changed the economy
  5. Explain how cuneiform developed and why it was so important for the Sumerians
  6. Analyze the development of Sumerian city-states
  7. Summarize the link between agriculture and religion.
  8. Explain how Mesopotamian cultural values shaped local life
  9. Describe Babylon’s rise to power
  10. Analyze Babylonian life under the Code of Hammurabi
  11. Explain the style of warfare that Assyria used to conquer Babylon
  12. Describe the origins of Judaism
  13. Classify people according to social classes.
  14. Analyze Moses’ leadership of the Jewish people
  15. Explain how King David and King Solomon were important to Jerusalem’s history

 


CONCEPTS

KEY QUESTIONS

ASSESSMENTS

Interaction with different environments and geography:

- The discovery of agriculture forced people to settle near sources of water. (River valleys)

-  The increasing importance of farming leads to conflict over land.

-  Environmental interactions – development of technology.

Technology:

- Early settlers along the Tigris and Euphrates developed technology to solve problems.

-   Technology used to develop agricultural tools also was used to develop weapons.

-   To keep a record of ownership and trade picture symbols evolved into a system of writing.

Government:

-   People developed more complex forms of government.

-  Central Government continuity

- Law developed to keep order.

Religion:

-   Importance of agriculture reflected in religious beliefs. 

-  Belief that natural events were signs of their gods’ displeasure.

-   City life had a religious focus

Economics/Interdependence:

-   Successful agriculture led to a complex division of labor.

-   Surplus of food and complex division of labor led to trade.

1. Describe the geographic conditions of Mesopotamia.

 

2. How did technology help civilizations develop in the Fertile Crescent?

 

3. Explain how cuneiform developed and why it was so important to the Sumerians

 

4. How did cultural needs and values contribute to the development of law and government?

 

5. Analyze Babylonian life under the Code of Hammurabi.

 

6. Explain the role religion played in ancient Mesopotamia

 

1.        Internet Treasure Hunt (Not required)

 

2.        Question stations

 

3.        Packets

 

4.        Code of Hammurabi law review from the play

 

5.        “Eye for an Eye” Group Rules project

 

6.        Unit Test

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOVEMBER

UNITS

STANDARDS

TEXT CHAPTERS

RESOURCES

Nile River Valley (Ancient Egypt)

 

Standard 2 – World History

 

Standard 3- Geography

Chapter 3, Lessons 1-4

- Pages 80 - 108

Textbook, Our World

 

Video:  Pyramid, by David Macauley

 

Ancient Egypt Websites

 

Library:  Travel Brochure Research

 

Egyptian Cinderella

 

 

SKILLS

Students will be able to:

 

1.  Describe the Nile River, the geographical area through which it runs, and the effects of its floods on ancient farmers in the region

 

2.  Explain how the people of Egypt used the Nile River to develop rich agriculture

 

3.  Explain how ancient Egypt was united

 

4.  Analyze the workings of government and the importance of religion in Egypt

 

5.  Describe the structure and purpose of the pyramids

 

6. Explain hieroglyphics, the Egyptian system of writing

 

7. Describe the changes that came to Egypt during the years of the Middle and New kingdom

 

8. Analyze how Egyptian ideas and skills spread as the kingdom declined

 

9.  Analyze the relationship between the religion of the ancient Egyptians and nature

 

10.  Evaluate how the Pharaoh contributed to continuity in Egyptian life.

 

11.  Identify how religious beliefs led to the construction of the pyramids

 

12. Describe the geographical locations of Nubia and explain how it was divided into two regions

 

13. Explain how Nubia and Kush developed and grew wealthy

 

14. Analyze the political and social structure of Kush and trace its history in relationship to Egypt

 

CONCEPTS

KEY QUESTIONS

ASSESSMENTS

Interaction with different environments and geography:

-   The annual flooding of the Nile River provided water and farmland essential for life in a desert region.

-   The Egyptian calendar was divided according to the seasonal variations of the Nile River.

 

Government:

-  The strong rule of the Pharaoh led to continuity in Egyptian civilization.

 

Social Structure

-  Increasing complexity in the social structure leads to the emergence of a middle class.

 

Religion

-  Religious belief lead to elaborate burial practices to preserve bodies of Pharaoh for the “afterlife”

-  Increasingly elaborate burial practices lead to the construction of the pyramids.

1. Describe the Nile River and the effects of its floods on ancient farmers.

 

2. Explain how the people of Egypt used the Nile River to develop agriculture.

 

3. Explain how upper and lower Europe were united.

 

4. Analyze the dynasties of Egypt and how they incorporated religion into government.

 

5. Discover why and how pyramids were built.

 

6. Learn about hieroglyphics

 

7. Describe the characteristics of the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms of Egypt.

 1.  “Pulling up Pyramid Facts” - Students rotate through stations to find answers in different articles.

 

2.  Egypt Map – students create a map of Ancient Egypt (Not required)

 

3. “Journey to the Past” - Students create and Ancient Egyptian Travel Brochure.

 

4.  Various Worksheets

-          Pyramid Video

-          Packet

 

5.  Create a cartouche

 

6.  Unit Test

 

 

 

DECEMBER

UNITS

STANDARDS

TEXT CHAPTERS

RESOURCES

Huang He Valley

(Ancient China)

 

Standard 2 – World History

 

Standard 3 - Geography

Chapter 5, Lessons 1-4

- Pages 144 - 172

Textbook, Our World

 

Growing Up in Ancient China Book by Ken Teague

 

Assorted Videos

 

Legend of the Silk

 

Pictures, Postcards, Various Chinese Materials

SKILLS

Students will be able to:

 

  1. Locate and describe the features of the Huang He
  2. Analyze how geographic isolation caused the Chinese to have a strong sense of their importance
  3. Identify the geographical regions of China
  4. Discover how the establishment of dynasties led to continuity in Chinese civilization for centuries
  5. Analyze the effects of the Huang He on the development of the Huang He culture
  6. Describe the government and culture of the Shang dynasty
  7. Explain how China changed under the Zhou dynasty
  8. Identify cultural advances that occurred during the Warring States Period
  9. Describe the events that helped build the first Chinese empire
  10. Analyze and evaluate the reign of Shihuangdi
  11. Explain the effects that the Qin dynasty had on China
  12. Describe Han culture
  13. Analyze the reasons for success in the Han dynasty
  14. Explain the reasons for the decline and fall of the Han dynasty

CONCEPTS

KEY QUESTIONS

ASSESSMENTS

- Understand cultural values, beliefs and traditions of Chinese society.

 

 - Describe the relationship between people and environments and the connections between people and places.

 

- Genghis Khan & Mongols

 

1. How did the various dynasties in China cause both continuity and change?

 

2. Why did China’s geographic isolation cause them to have a strong sense of their importance?

 

1. Various Worksheets

 

2. Ancient China Today “TV Presentations” (Not required)

 

3. Power Point Presentation of Information

 

4. Packet

 

5. On-line Web quest

 

6. Unit Test w/ Essay

 

 

JANUARY

UNITS

STANDARDS

TEXT CHAPTERS

RESOURCES

Ancient Greece

 

 

 

 

 

Standard 2 – World History

 

Standard 3 – Geography

 

Chapter 6, Lessons 1-4

- Pages 182 - 214

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Textbook, Our World

 

Various Video Clips

 

Olympic Game Supplies

 

Magnets

 

Trading Card Materials

 

Internet

SKILLS

Students will be able to:

 

1.        Evaluate how geography affected the way early people lived in Ancient Greece; how the rugged terrain challenged people

2.         Explain why the environment led people to become seafarers

3.        Describe how sea trade served as a lifeline for Greek people

4.        Identify and understand the role of early eastern Mediterranean cultures

5.        Analyze the structure of Greek city-states

6.        Compare and contrast the cultures of Sparta and Athens

7.        Summarize how democracy worked in Ancient Athens

8.        Identify the great achievements and thinkers of Athens’ Golden Age

9.        Describe the form of government during Athens’ Golden Age

10.     Analyze the effects of war on Athens and the development of the new power in Macedonia

11.     Analyze how Alexander the Great built a multicultural empire by spreading Greek culture

12.     Identify the meaning of Hellenism and how it developed

 

CONCEPTS

KEY QUESTIONS

ASSESSMENTS

- Understand how geography affected the lives of early people on the Balkan Peninsula.

 

- Discover how Greek city-states were alike and different.

      

- Learn that Ancient Greeks experienced a Golden Age of Literature and learning.

 

- Learn how the conquests of Alexander the Great led him to become the ruler of a multicultural empire.

 

 

 

1. How did geography affect the way the early Greeks lived?

 

2. How were Sparta and Athens different? How were they similar?

 

3. How did the stories of Homer contribute to the legacy of Greece?

 

4. Why did the Greek city-states band together in leagues?

 

5. What was the Golden Age of Athens?  Why did the Golden Age end?

 

6. How did Alexander the Great build his empire?

 

7. What made Alexander so great?

1. Decorate a Minoan Vase depicting the lives of the early Greeks.

 

2. Sparta vs. Athens Venn Diagram Chalk Board activity and/or Board Game (Not required)

 

3. Olympic Games

 

4. Create a trading card containing facts and a picture of a famous Greek.

 

5. Greek trial simulation (Not Required)

 

6.  Internet Hunt for historical philosophers, mathematicians, and scientists (Not required)

 

7. Packet

 

8. Text book questions

 

9. Unit Test

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FEBRUARY

UNITS

STANDARDS

TEXT CHAPTERS

RESOURCES

Ancient Rome

 

Standard 2 – World History

 

Standard 3 – Geography

 

Chapter 7, Lessons 1 - 4

- Pages 216 - 246

 

Power Point Presentation

 

Textbook, Our World

 

Project Supplies

 

Group Work Materials

SKILLS

Students will be able to:

 

  1. Describe the geography of the Italian peninsula
  2. Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the geographical features of Ancient Rome
  3. Describe the founding of Ancient Rome

4.        Describe the founding of the roman republic

5.        Describe how Rome grew into a powerful civilization

6.        Analyze the Wars with Carthage and the problems in Italy.

7.        Explain how Julius Caesar and the Senate struggled for Power over Rome

8.        Describe how Augustus created the Roman Empire

9.        Analyze daily life by the investigation of Pompeii

10.     Identify Rome’s great architectural achievements

11.     Explain how Christianity developed, its major beliefs & how it spread throughout Europe

12.     Identify the invading groups of the Roman Empire

 

CONCEPTS

KEY QUESTIONS

ASSESSMENTS

- Observe the effects of geography on the lives of early people of the Italian peninsula.

 

- Learn how Rome was discovered and its many changes from a monarchy to a republic to a dictatorship.

 

- Compare and Contrast Roman construction with Greek architecture.

 

- Observe that the Roman religion was a unifying force in the Empire.

 

- Understand how Rome changed from a republic to a dictatorship under Julius Caesar.

 

- Explain how Augustus’s rule marked the beginning of the Roman Empire.

 

- Analyze how the government, army, and road system helped unite the people of the Roman Empire?

 

1.  How did geography affect the lives of the early settlers of the Italian peninsula?

 

2.  Who were Romulus and Remus?

 

3.  How did the Greeks influence Roman architecture?

 

4.  Analyze the government in Rome during the republic and compare it to our government today.

 

5.  What type of ruler was Julius Caesar?

 

6.  Who became Rome’s first emperor?

 

7.  How did the army and its road system unite the people of the Roman Empire?

 

8.  How did Roman technology improve the lives of those in the Roman empire?

1.  Various Rome Internet Interactive Projects, Tours, Web quests, etc.

 

2.  Create a Roman Picture Book

 

3.  Ancient Rome Archaeological Dig Group Project

 

4. Packets

 

5. “Can you save the Roman Republic?”  Project (Not required)

 

6.  Law of the Twelve Tables Group Work

 

7.  Build a Temple (Not required)

 

8.  Unit Test

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MARCH

UNITS

STANDARDS

TEXT CHAPTERS

RESOURCES

1. Byzantine Empire

 

2. The Muslim Empire

 

3. Middle Ages

Standard 2 – World History

 

Standard 3 – Geography

Chapter 7, Lesson 5

- Pages 246 - 253

Chapter 9, Lessons 1-3

- Pages 280 - 300

Chapter 11, Lessons 1-3

- Pages 334 - 355

Textbook, Our World

 

Feudal M&M’s

 

Video: A Knight’s Tale (Edited)

 

Medieval Day preparations

 

Project supplies

SKILLS

Students will be able to:

1.        Explain how and why Diocletian divided the empire

 

2.        Describe the accomplishments of Justinian and Constantine and how the Byzantine Empire continued Roman traditions

 

3.        Describe the physical characteristics of the Arabian peninsula

 

4.        Describe the pre-Islamic cultures of the desert

 

5.        Explain how caravans brought power and wealth to the peoples of the desert

 

6.        Identify the early life of Muhammad and the events that led to the founding of Islam

 

7.        Describe the growth and spread of Islam

 

8.        Analyze the Quran, the Five Pillars, & other basic Muslim beliefs and practices

 

9.        Analyze the rule of the Caliphs

 

10.     Describe the growth of the Muslim power

 

11.     Analyze the scientific, art, and literature contributions of the Muslim culture

 

12.     Identify Europe’s main geographic features & how they have affected development

 

13.     Describe Charlemagne’s empire

 

14.     Explain the Norman invasion of England

 

15.     Describe characteristics of life under feudalism

 

16.     Analyze the importance of the Magna Carta

 

17.     Describe the role of Christianity & crusades

 

18.     Evaluate the effects of the Black Plague on Europe

 

CONCEPTS

KEY QUESTIONS

ASSESSMENTS

 

- Learn that after the fall of the Roman Empire the surviving remnants moved to the east and became the Byzantine Empire.

      

- Evaluate how the Byzantine Emperor Justinian looked to the past to build his empire and analyze how Justinian’s wife, Theodora, improved the Byzantine Empire.

 

- Summarize the disagreements that led to the division of the Christian Church.

 

- Learn about the founding of the Muslim religion by Muhammad; analyze the growth of Islam and the development of the Muslim Empire.

 

- Discuss the causes of division within the Muslim Empire.

 

- Describe how western Europe entered the Dark Ages after the fall of Rome.

 

- Evaluate social and religious life in Europe during Middle

Ages.

 

- Describe the feudal system.

 

- Learn about life in castles.

 

- Learn how the bubonic plague affected the population in Europe.

 

- Interpret the Magna Carta as a reaction to the rise of Nation-states.

2. Why is the Byzantine Empire considered the heir to the Roman Empire?

 

3. Who was the most influential emperor of the Byzantine Empire?

 

4. Why did Justinian look to Ancient Rome when building his empire?

 

5. How did Theodora influence the thinking of her husband?

 

6. How did disagreements cause the Christian Church to change?

 

7. What led Muhammad to begin the religion of Islam?

 

8. Why did the Islamic religion spread so rapidly to such a wide area?

 

9. What were some achievements of the Muslim civilization?

 

10. What caused divisions in Islam and the Muslim Empire?

 

11. How did the feudal system work?

 

12. How did the Black Plague change life in Europe?

 

13. How did the Magna Carta affect the power of kings?

 

Byzantine/Islam

 

1. Packet

 

2.  Scavenger Hunt Questions

 

3. Five Pillars Project (Not required)

 

4. Unit Quiz

 

Middle Ages

1. Packet

 

2. Building a medieval castle (Not required)

 

3.  “What’s in a Name” Medieval Name Activity

 

4. Feudal M& M’s Simulation

 

5.  Knight Coat of Arms/Shields

 

6.  A Special Dragon: English Tale (Not required)

 

7.   In Robinhood’s Time: choose your own journey reading adventure (Not required)

 

8.  Sunday Service Simulation (Not required)

 

9.  Vocabulary Quiz

 

10.     Research project: Life in the Middle Ages (Not required)

 

11.     TV Talk Show: Middle Ages (Not required)

 

12.     Medieval Day: costumes, food, games, presentations, etc.

 

13.     Unit Test

 

 

 

APRIL

UNITS

STANDARDS

TEXT CHAPTERS

RESOURCES

Renaissance & Reformation

 

Standard 2 – World History

 

Standard 3 – Geography

Chapter 11, Lesson 4

- Pages 356 - 365

Chapter 11, Lesson 5

- Pages 366 - 372

Textbook, Our World

 

Microsoft Power Point

 

Overhead Projector

 

Michelangelo project necessities

 

Political cartoons

 

Packets & Tests

SKILLS

Students will be able to:

 

1.  Describe the roots of the Renaissance

 

2.   Identify important writers and painters

 

3.  Explain how and where the Renaissance spread

 

4.  Analyze the impact of the Renaissance on European life and culture

 

5.  Identify problems that led to the Reformation

 

6.  Describe how Martin Luther and other Protestant leaders protested against the church in Rome

 

7.  Analyze the impact of the counter reformation on Europe

 

CONCEPTS

KEY QUESTIONS

ASSESSMENTS

- Analyze the causes of the rebirth of ideas in Italy.

 

- Understand the influence of Greek and Roman culture on Renaissance ideas.

 

- Summarize how art changed during the Renaissance.

 

- Observe the effect of the printing press on the spread of ideas.

 

- Learn of the scientific contributions of Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton.     

 

- Evaluate factors that that weakened the Catholic Church in the 1500’s.

 

- Analyze how the Reformation changed Europe.

1. Describe the roots of the Renaissance.

 

2. Identify important writers and painters of the Renaissance.

 

3. Explain how and where the Renaissance spread

 

4. Analyze the impact of the Renaissance on European life and culture?

 

5. Explain the heliocentric theory of the solar system and why it was controversial.

 

6. Identify problems that led to the Reformation.

 

7. Describe how Martin Luther and other Protestant leaders protested against the Church in Rome.

1.     Packet

2.     Spider diagram on the power point or overhead projector

3.     Renaissance political cartoons (Not required)

4.     Exploring the Renaissance Quiz

5.     Paint like Michelangelo: students tape under their desks and use a crayon to draw what teacher directs. (Sistine Chapel)

6.     Last Supper: Leonardo DaVinci

7.     Renaissance Power Point Presentation (Not required)

8.     Renaissance/Reformation Unit Test

 

MAY

UNITS

STANDARDS

TEXT CHAPTERS

RESOURCES

Technology & Expansion

(Age of Exploration)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standard 2 – World History

 

Standard 3 – Geography

Chapter 14, Lessons 1-4

- Pages 446 - 471

 

(Some information on scientific advances in this unit overlaps from the previous unit on Renaissance/Reformation)

Textbook, Our World

 

Video: The Golden Age of Exploration: Heroes or Pirates? (Not required)

 

Packets

 

Computer

 

Tests

SKILLS

Students will be able to:

 

1.  Explain the heliocentric theory of the Solar System and why it was controversial

 

2.        Identify the important scientists and scientific advances of the Enlightenment

 

3.        Explain how the Enlightenment affected governments

 

4.        Describe the discovery of a water route to Asia and its significance

 

5.        Identify the European explorers of the Americas, their goals, and their achievements

 

6.        Describe Spanish and Portuguese conquests in the Americas and their effects on Native Americans

 

7.        Identify the American colonizers and the regions each one settled

 

8.        Identify the causes and effects of the enslavement of Indians in the America

 

9.        Analyze African Slave trade, including human and economic impact

 

10.     Explain the role of slavery in the economic development of the American South

 

CONCEPTS

KEY QUESTIONS

ASSESSMENTS

- Summarize developments that allowed Europeans to sail out into the Atlantic Ocean.

 

- Study the voyages of Columbus and Magellan.

 

- Analyze the significance of the voyages led by Portugal and Spain.

 

- Observe that England’s defeat of the Spanish Armada helped it become a world power.

  

- Analyze Portuguese trade in Africa.

 

- Summarize how the triangle of trade system worked.

 

- Evaluate the effect of the slave trade on the people of Africa, Europe, and the Americas.

 

1.      Identify important scientists and scientific advances of the Enlightenment.

2.      Describe the discovery of a water route to Asia and its significance.

3.      Identify early European explorers of the Americas, their goals, and their achievements.

4.      Describe Spanish and Portuguese conquests in the Americas and their affects on Native Americans

5.      Identify other European colonizers and the regions each one settled.

6.      Identify Africa’s major geographical features?

7.      Identify common characteristics of the major Africa Kingdoms.

8.      Describe the role that the growth of trade and European exploration played in the interaction between Europeans and the African Kingdoms.

1. Review/Assess Questions from textbook.

 

2. Packet

 

3. Geo-Search Computer simulation (Not required)

 

4. Explorer Review by creating a graphic organizer of each explorer and conquests

 

5. Unit Test

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JUNE

UNITS

STANDARDS

TEXT CHAPTERS

RESOURCES

Civilization in the Americas: Mayans, Aztecs, Incas

Standard 2 – World History

 

Standard 3 – Geography

 

Maya: Chapter 6, Lessons 1-2

 - Pages 256 - 269

Aztec: Chapter 13, Lessons 1- 2

 - Pages 414 - 429

Inca: Chapter 13, Lesson 3

 - Pages 430 - 436

 

(Some information taught in this unit was previously taught in Age of Exploration Unit)

Textbook, Our World

 

Project materials

 

Graphic organizers

 

 

 

SKILLS

Students will be able to:

 

1.        Describe the geography and climate of the major regions of North America

 

2.        Explain the arrival and migration of ancient settlers

 

3.        Identify the important features of the Olmec culture

 

4.        Identify the important features of the Maya culture

 

5.        Explain Maya systems of writing and mathematics and their importance to culture

 

6.        Identify the major geographical features of South America

 

7.        Compare and Contrast the climate of major regions of South America

 

8.        Explain how the winds and ocean currents, such as El Niño, contribute to South America’s climate

 

9.        Explain the beginnings of the Aztec Empire

 

10.     Analyze the reasons for the Aztec rise to power

 

11.     Identify aspects of Aztec culture

 

12.     Explain the rise of the Inca Empire

 

13.     Identify key points of Inca culture

 

14.     Analyze how the Inca created technology that allowed them to survive in extreme conditions of the Andes

 

CONCEPTS

KEY QUESTIONS

ASSESSMENTS

- Analyze how civilization in the Americas adapted to and changed their environments.

 

- Compare the Aztec, Inca and Mayan civilizations.

 

 

1.  Analyze the characteristics of the Aztec, Inca, and Maya cultures prior to the arrival of the European explorers.

Review/Assess Questions from Textbook

 

Packet

 

Graphic Organizer comparing the architecture, and arts of each civilization (Not required)

 

Time line of three tribes (Not required)

 

Assignment Discovery: On-line research project with various topics concerning each civilization (Not required)

 

Video:  The Maya (Not required)

 

Student’s Choice: Presentation Project on a Civilization

Unit Test on 3 civilizations