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Task: Complete an Ancient World History Research Project!
Task: Complete an Ancient World History Research Project!
Choose one of the 4 categories below!
Choose one of the 4 categories below!
World History & Geography
World History & Geography
"Students in grade six expand their understanding of history by studying the people and events that ushered in the dawn of the major Western and non-Western ancient civilizations. Geography is of special significance in the development of the human story. Continued emphasis is placed on the everyday lives, problems, and accomplishments of people, their role in developing social, economic, and political structures, as well as in establishing and spreading ideas that helped transform the world forever. Students develop higher levels of critical thinking by considering why civilizations developed where and when they did, why they became dominant, and why they declined. Students analyze the interactions among the various cultures, emphasizing their enduring contributions and the link, despite time, between the contemporary and ancient worlds."
Overarching History Standards - Analysis Skills
Overarching History Standards - Analysis Skills
Chronological and Spatial Thinking
Students explain how major events are related to one another in time.
Students construct various timelines of key events, people, and periods of the historical era they are studying.
Students use a variety of maps and documents to identify physical and cultural features of neighborhoods, cities, states, and countries and to explain the historical migration of people, expansion and disintegration of empires, and the growth of economic systems.
Research, Evidence, and Point of View
Students frame questions that can be answered by historical study and research.
Students distinguish fact from opinion in historical narratives and stories.
Students distinguish relevant from irrelevant information, essential from incidental information, and verifiable from unverifiable information in historical narratives and stories.
Students assess the credibility of primary and secondary sources and draw sound conclusions from them.
Students detect the different historical points of view on historical events and determine the context in which the historical statements were made (the questions asked, sources used, and author’s perspectives).
Historical Interpretation
Students explain the central issues and problems from the past, placing people and events in a matrix of time and place.
Students understand and distinguish cause, effect, sequence, and correlation in historical events, including the long- and short-term causal relations.
Students explain the sources of historical continuity and how the combination of ideas and events explains the emergence of new patterns.
Students recognize the role of chance, oversight, and error in history.
Students recognize that interpretations of history are subject to change as new information is uncovered.
Students interpret basic indicators of economic performance and conduct cost-benefit analyses of economic and political issues.
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