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Standards |
Description |
Lessons |
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1 |
Explain how
artifacts and other archaeological findings provide evidence of
the nature and movement of prehistoric groups of people. |
1 |
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1.1 |
Identifying the founding of Rome
as the basis of the calendar established by Julius Caesar, which
was used in early Western civilization for well over a thousand
years |
2 |
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1.2 |
Identifying the
birth of Christ as the basis of the Gregorian calendar as
used in the United States since its beginning and in most
countries of the world today, as the signified by B.C. (before
Christ) and A.D. (Anno Domini, Latin for "in the year of our
Lord"). |
2 |
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1.3 |
Using vocabulary
terms other than B.C. and A.D. to describe time |
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1.4 |
Identifying terms
used to describe characteristics of early societies and family
structures |
3 |
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2. |
Analyze the
characteristic of early civilizations in respect to technology,
division of labor, government, calendar, and writings. |
7 |
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2.1 |
Comparing the
significant features of civilizations that developed in the
Tigris-Euphrates, Nile, Indus, and Huang He River valleys |
8 |
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2.2 |
Identifying on maps the locations of cultural hearths of early
civilizations |
1 |
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3 |
Compare the
development of early world religions, philosophies, and their key
tenets. |
2 |
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3.1 |
Identifying the
cultural contributions of early world religions and philosophies |
3 |
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4 |
Identify the
cultural contributions of Classical Greece, including politics,
intellectual life, arts, literature, architecture, and science. |
8 |
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5 |
Describe the role of Alexander
the Great in the Hellenistic world. |
2 |
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5.1 |
Defining the
boundaries of Alexander the Great's Empire and its economic impact |
R |
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5.2 |
Identifying reasons for the
breakup of Alexander the Great's empire into successor kingdoms |
R |
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5.3 |
Evaluating major
contributions of the Hellenistic art, philosophy, science, and
political thought |
1 |
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6 |
Trace the
expansion of the Roman Republic and its transformation into an
empire, including key geographic, political, and economic
elements. |
14 |
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6.1 |
Interpreting
spatial distributions and patterns of the Roman Empire using
geographic tools and technologies |
R |
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7 |
Describe the
widespread impact of the Roman Empire. |
3 |
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7.1 |
Tracing important
aspects of the diffusion of Christianity, including its
relationship to Judaism, missionary impulse, organizational
development, transition form prosecution to acceptance in the
Roman Empire, and church doctrine |
2 |
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8 |
Describe the
development of a classical civilization in India and China. |
3 |
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8.1 |
Identifying the
effect of the monsoons on India |
4 |
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8.2 |
Identifying
landforms and climate regions in China |
3 |
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9 |
Describe the rise
of the Byzantine Empire, its institutions, and its legacy,
including the influence of the Emperors Constantine and Justinian,
and the effect of the Byzantine Empire upon art, religion,
architecture, and law |
4 |
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9.1 |
Identifying
factors leading to the establishment of the Eastern Orthodox
Church |
R |
|
10 |
Trace the
development of the early Russian state and the expansion of its
trade systems. |
5 |
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11 |
Describe early
Islamic civilizations, including the development of religious,
social and political systems. |
8 |
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11.1 |
Tracing the spread
of Islamic ideas through invasion and conquest throughout the
Middle East, northern Africa, and western Europe |
2 |
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12 |
Describe China's
influence on culture, politics, an economics in Japan, Korea, and
Southeast Asia. |
1 |
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13 |
Compare the
African civilizations of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai to include their
geography, religion, slave trade, economic systems, empire, and
cultures. |
3 |
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13.1 |
Tracing the spread
of language, religion, and customs from one African civilization
to another |
4 |
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13.2 |
Illustrating the
impact of trade among Ghana, Mali, and Songhai |
2 |
|
14 |
Describe key
aspects of pre-Columbian cultures in the Americas including the
Olmecs, Mayans, Aztecs, Incas, and North American tribes |
8 |
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14.1 |
Locating on a map
the pre-Columbian cultures |
R |
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15 |
Describe the
military and governmental events that shaped Europe in the early
Middle Ages. |
6 |
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15.1 |
Describing the
role of the early medieval church |
1 |
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15.2 |
Describing the
impact of new agricultural methods on manorialism and feudalism.
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16 |
Describe the major
cultural changes in Western Europe in the High Middle Ages. |
3 |
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16.1 |
Describing the
changing roles of the church and government leadership |
R |
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16.2 |
Comparing
political developments in France, England, and the Holy Roman
Empire, including the signing of the Magna Charta. |
1 |
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16.3 |
Describing the
growth of trade and towns resulting in the rise of the middle
class |
1 |
|
17 |
Explain how events
and conditions fostered political and economic changes in the late
Middle Ages and led to the origins of the Renaissance. |
9 |
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17.1 |
Identifying
changes in the arts, architecture, literature, and science in the
late Middle Ages. |
R |
