7th Grade: Unit 5

CQ: What Makes a Complex Society Complex? (C3 Teachers)

CQ: What Makes a Complex Society Complex? (C3 Teachers)

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Staging the Compelling Question

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Supporting Question 1: 

How did the Maya use writing to represent activities in their culture?

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Supporting Question 2: 

What did the Aztecs do to master their watery environment?

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Supporting Question 3: 

Why were roads important to the Inca Empire?

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Summative Performance Task

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Taking Informed Action

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