Content Area
Standard
ERA
Grade Level
Content Statement
2. Early Civilizations and
the Emergence of Pastoral
Peoples: Ancient River
Valley Civilizations
Ancient river valley
civilizations (e.g.,
Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus
River [modern Pakistan and
northwestern India], and,
later, Yellow River Valley in
China) developed due to
favorable geographic
conditions. They created
centralized systems of
government and advanced
societies.
Social Studies
6.2 World History/Global Studies All students will acquire the knowledge and skills to think
analytically and systematically about how past interactions of people, cultures, and the environment
affect issues across time and cultures. Such knowledge and skills enable students to make informed
decisions as socially and ethically responsible world citizens in the 21st century.
Early Civilizations and the Emergence of Pastoral Peoples (4000-1000 BCE)
By the end of grade 8
Strand
CPI#
Cumulative Progress Indicator
ACSSSD
(CPI)
Objectives
6.2.8.A.2.a
Explain how/why different early
a. Identify where most early
A. Civics, Government,
river valley civilizations developed
civilizations/communities
and Human Rights
similar forms of government and
developed.
legal structures.
b. Identify ancient river
valley civilizations.
c. Recognize that ancient
river valley civilizations
developed governments.
d. Identify the pharaoh.
e. Understand that the
government and society
was made up of classes.
6.2.8.A.2.b
Explain how codifying laws met the
a. Define codify.
needs of ancient river valley
b. Identify the Code of
societies.
Hammurabi.
Determine the role of slavery in the
c. Explain that laws are
economic and social structures of
important to civilization.
ancient river valley civilizations
a. Recognize that there were
slaves and that they were
at the bottom of the social
structure of ancient river
valley civilizations.
6.2.8.B.2.a
Determine the extent to which
a. Explain how the
B. Geography, People,
geography influenced settlement, the
environment shaped
and the Environment
development of trade networks,
civilization and settlement
technological innovations, and the
in the ancient river valley.
sustainability of early river valley
b. Describe the
civilizations.
achievements of early
civilizations.
C. Economics,
Innovation, and
Technology
6.2.8.B.2.b
Compare and contrast physical and
political maps of early river valley
civilizations and their modern
counterparts (i.e., Mesopotamia and
Iraq; Ancient Egypt and Modern
Egypt; Indus River Valley and
Modern Pakistan/India; Ancient
China and Modern China), and
determine the geopolitical impact of
these civilizations, then and now.
6.2.8.C.2.a
Explain how technological
advancements led to greater
economic specialization, improved
weaponry, trade, and the
development of a class system in
a. Describe the physical and
political maps of early
river valley civilizations
and their modern
counterparts (i.e.,
Mesopotamia and Iraq;
Ancient Egypt and
Modern Egypt; Indus
River Valley and Modern
Pakistan/India; Ancient
China and Modern
China)
b. Explain the physical and
political maps of early
river valley civilizations
and their modern
counterparts (i.e.,
Mesopotamia and Iraq;
Ancient Egypt and
Modern Egypt; Indus
River Valley and Modern
Pakistan/India; Ancient
China and Modern
China)
c. Identify the geopolitical
impact of these
civilizations, then and
now.
d. Describe the geopolitical
impact of these
civilizations, then and
now.
a. Explain how
technological
advancement led to
greater economic
specialization.
early river valley civilizations.
D. History, Culture, and
Perspectives
6.2.8.D.2.a
Analyze the impact of religion on
daily life, government, and culture in
various early river valley
civilizations.
6.2.8.D.2.b
Explain how the development of
written language transformed all
aspects of life in early river valley
civilizations.
6.2.8.D.2.c
Analyze the factors that led to the
rise and fall of various ancient river
valley civilizations and determine
whether there was a common pattern
of growth and decline.
6.2.8.D.2.d
Evaluate the importance and
enduring legacy of the major
achievements of the early river
valley civilizations over time.
b. Identify with
technological
advancements how
weaponry was improved.
c. Recognize how trade was
improved with greater
technological advances.
d. Explain the development
of a class system in
ancient river valley
civilizations.
a. Define religion.
b. Describe how religion
impacted daily life,
government, and culture
in ancient river valley
civilizations.
a. Recognize the
development of written
language of ancient river
valley civilizations.
b. Explain how the
development of written
language transformed life
in ancient river valley
civilizations (e.g., laws)
a. Define river valley.
b. Identify areas a river
valley is located.
c. Understand that there are
patterns of growth and
decline.
a. Analyze how past history
impacts history today.
b. Define the term legacy.
c. Define river valley.