History

Student General Overview for Ancient Civilizations:

🌍  Explore the development of early humans and the world's first civilizations.

🗺  Analyze how geography influenced where civilizations developed, how they grew, and how they interacted with their environment.

🔍  Analyze cause-and-effect relationships to understand why civilizations, governments, and empires developed, flourished, changed, or declined.

💡  Examine the innovations and achievements of ancient civilizations and their influence on the modern world.

🌎  Examine continuity and change over time by exploring how civilizations adapted, interacted, and continue to shape today's world.

📜  Analyze historical sources and evidence, including maps, artifacts, primary sources, and timelines.

💭  Develop historical thinking skills by asking questions, comparing perspectives, evaluating evidence, and drawing conclusions.

🗣   Communicate historical understanding through discussions, writing, presentations, and evidence-based explanations.

🏛 Study the civilizations of:

• Early Humans 

• Mesopotamia 

• Ancient Egypt and Kush 

• Ancient Israel 

• Ancient India 

• Ancient China 

• Ancient Greece 

• Ancient Rome 

🏺 Compare civilizations by examining their 'GRAPES':

• Geography

• Religion

• Achievements

• Politics & Government

• Economics

• Social Structure

Books will be available in class and accessible online outside of class.