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10<br />
Unit 1 Early Civilizations<br />
Essential Vocabulary<br />
• What was the Neolithic Revolution<br />
• Characteristics of culture<br />
• Components of civilizations<br />
• What is diffusion<br />
• Purpose of Hammurabi’s code<br />
• Elements of Judeo-Christian religious<br />
traditions<br />
• Elements of Hindu religious traditions<br />
• Elements of Buddhist religious<br />
traditions<br />
• Elements of various Chinese belief<br />
systems<br />
• Homer<br />
• Oligarchy v Republic<br />
• Alexander the Great and Hellenics<br />
culture<br />
• The Caesars<br />
• What and when was the Pax Romana<br />
• What is and purpose of a Dynasty<br />
• What is the Mandate of Heaven<br />
Potential Activities<br />
• One super timeline to show<br />
progression of events and key<br />
features of civilizations<br />
• Unit 1 of the teacher resource<br />
materials has numerous reading and<br />
activities to relate and integrate:<br />
- Epic of Gilgamesh<br />
- Homer<br />
- Values of Athens and Sparta<br />
• Maps of all time periods covered<br />
Alternative Assessment<br />
Students can create a newspaper page with<br />
various stories that can be student generated<br />
or teacher generated about specific or diverse<br />
cultures.<br />
Formative Assessment<br />
• Complete a quick-write that<br />
examines three key elements found<br />
in civilizations that made them<br />
successful and one that may have led<br />
to failure. Students should provide<br />
examples of each and use text for<br />
support. Context, use of vocabulary,<br />
and dates should be used.<br />
• Compare and contrast two of the<br />
four Ancient River Valley<br />
Civilizations.<br />
Notes:<br />
• Chapters 1 and 2 are not part of the regular SSNGS for <strong>Social</strong> <strong>Studies</strong> and 8 days is the<br />
current recommendation for coverage. Vocabulary can be posed in a question format to<br />
make “glossary” usage for support only. This is a good unit for the use of graphic<br />
organizers<br />
• Mesoamerica will be addressed later.
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