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How does the study of human civilization reveal the ideals, beliefs, values, and institutions of its people across places and times?
How does the study of human civilization reveal the ideals, beliefs, values, and institutions of its people across places and times?
Bend 1- Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent: Civilization Develops
Bend 1- Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent: Civilization Develops
Essential Questions:
How did physical geography influence the location and success or decline of early civilizations?
How did the location of civilizations allow for economic growth?
Enduring Understandings:
People are affected by environmental, economic, social, cultural, and civic concerns.
Human interactions with their environment leads to cultural development, shifts in human population, and global interconnectedness.
Bend 2 - Egypt: Land of Pyramids
Bend 2 - Egypt: Land of Pyramids
Essential Question:
How does the culture of a society affect its members?
Enduring Understanding:
Cultures are held together by shared beliefs, common practices and values.
Bend 3 - Ancient India: A Land of Ideas
Bend 3 - Ancient India: A Land of Ideas
Essential Question:
What role has religion played in community development from ancient to modern times?
Enduring Understanding:
Throughout the centuries, religion has guided the beliefs and actions of millions around the globe. It has brought people together and torn them apart.
Bend 4 - China: Economic Dominance Through Innovation
Bend 4 - China: Economic Dominance Through Innovation
Essential Question:
How did the people of early civilizations use innovation and technology to meet personal and community needs?
How have past innovations contributed to modern society?
Enduring Understanding:
Innovation and technological advances within a society have shaped global economic interdependence over time.
Bend 5 - Greece & Rome: The Roots of Democracy?
Bend 5 - Greece & Rome: The Roots of Democracy?
Essential Question:
How are the systems of power, authority, and governance used to establish order in ancient civilizations still present in today’s modern governments?
Enduring Understanding:
Civic principles and virtues shape and are shaped by culture. The way civilizations organize, make decisions and rules, and address civic problems is influenced by culture.
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