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Standards
Learning Targets
Resources
Historical Perspective
SS-07-5.1.1 Students will use a variety of tools
(e.g.,
primary and secondary sources) to describe
and
explain historical events and conditions and to
analyze the perspectives of different individuals
and
groups (e.g., gender, race, region, ethnic group,
age,
economic status, religion, political group) in
early
civilizations prior to 1500 A.D.
SS-07-5.1.2 Students will explain how history is
a
series of connected events shaped by multiple
cause-and-effect relationships and give
examples of
those relationships.
I can explain ways and reasons archaeologists
learn about the past.
Archaeology, Life in Mesopotamia
• Cave Paintings at Lascaux, Virtual Tour, (This
website is in French, but the tour is worth
exploring)
The Paleolithic Age
Cultures & Societies
SS-07-2.1.1 Students will explain how elements
of culture (e.g., language, the arts, customs,
Paleolithic Age.
explain how geographical factors
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beliefs, unique perspectives.
Economics
SS-07-3.1.1 Students will explain and give
examples of
how scarcity required individuals, groups and
governments in early civilizations prior to 1500
A.D.
to make decisions about how productive
resources
(natural resources, human resources, capital
goods)
were used.
SS-07-3.4.2 Students will describe how new
knowledge, technology/tools and specialization
increased productivity in early civilizations prior
to
1500 A.D.
Geography
SS-07-4.4.2 Students will describe ways in
which the
physical environment (e.g., natural resources,
physical geography, natural disasters) both
promoted
and limited human activities (e.g., exploration,
migration, trade, settlement, development) in
early
civilizations prior to 1500 A.D.
Historical Perspective
SS-07-5.3.1 Students will explain and give
examples of
how early hunters and gatherers (Paleolithic
and
Neolithic) developed new technologies as they
settled
promote and limit human activities (hunting
and gathering).
Prehistory, Discovery Education
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into organized civilizations.
The Neolithic Age
Cultures & Societies
SS-07-2.1.1 Students will explain how elements
of
culture (e.g., language, the arts, customs,
beliefs,
literature) defined specific groups in the early
civilizations prior to 1500 A.D. and resulted in
unique perspectives.
Economics
SS-07-3.1.1 Students will explain and give
examples
of how scarcity required individuals, groups
and
governments in early civilizations prior to 1500
A.D.
to make decisions about how productive
resources
(natural resources, human resources, capital
goods)
were used.
SS-07-3.4.2 Students will describe how new
knowledge, technology/tools and specialization
increased productivity in early civilizations prior
to
1500 A.D.
Geography
SS-07-4.4.1 Students will explain how
technology in
early civilizations prior to 1500 A.D. assisted
human
modification (e.g., irrigation, clearing land,
• I can explain why and give examples of how
early
hunters and gatherers developed new
technologies (e.g., domestication, cultivation,
and
other forms of specialization) as they settled
into
organized civilizations.
Episode 1, Out of Eden, of Guns, Germs, and
Steel, National Geographic video series based
on the book by Jared Diamond, 2005. (Preview
episode 1 and 2 and consider showing both to
give your students an overview for
understanding this year’s content.) See also
National Geographic’s
question-and-response session here in which
Jared Diamond addresses essential questions
regarding the transition from the Paleolithic to
Neolithic Ages.
of Chicago
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building
roads) of the physical environment.
SS-07-4.4.2 Students will describe ways in
which the
physical environment (e.g., natural resources,
physical geography, natural disasters) both
promoted and limited human activities (e.g.,
exploration, migration, trade, settlement,
development) in early civilizations prior to 1500
A.D.
Historical Perspective
SS-07-5.3.1 Students will explain and give
examples of
how early hunters and gatherers (Paleolithic
and
Neolithic) developed new technologies as they
settled
into organized civilizations.
Mesopotamia and The Fertile Crescent
Cultures & Societies
SS-07-2.1.1 Students will explain how elements
of
culture (e.g., language, the arts, customs,
beliefs,
literature) defined specific groups in the early
civilizations prior to 1500 A.D. and resulted in
unique perspectives.
Economics
SS-07-3.4.2 Students will describe how new
knowledge, technology/tools and specialization
increased productivity in early civilizations prior
to
1500 A.D.
-and-effect
relationships that allowed the elements of
civilization to develop in Mesopotamia.
Steel, National Geographic video series based
on the book by Jared Diamond, 2005. (Preview
episodes 1 and 2 and consider showing both
to give your students an overview for
understanding this year’s content.) See also
National Geographic’s
question and response session here in which
Jared Diamond addresses essential questions
regarding the transition from the Paleolithic to
Neolithic Ages.
Cities, Life in
Mesopotamia, University of Chicago
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Geography
SS-07-4.1.2 Students will describe how
different
factors (e.g., rivers, mountains, plains) affected
where human activities were located in early
civilizations prior to 1500 A.D.
SS-07-4.2.1 Students will describe how regions
in
early civilizations prior to 1500 A.D. were made
distinctive by human characteristics (e.g.,
dams,
irrigation, roads) and physical characteristics
(e.g.,
mountains, bodies of water, valleys) that
created
advantages and disadvantages for human
activities
(e.g., exploration, migration, trade,
settlement).
SS-07-4.3.1 Students will describe patterns of
human
settlement in early civilizations prior to 1500
A.D. and explain how these patterns were
influenced by human needs.
SS-07-4.4.1 Students will explain how
technology in
early civilizations prior to 1500 A.D. assisted
human
modification (e.g., irrigation, clearing land,
building
roads) of the physical environment.
SS-07-4.4.3 Students will explain how the
natural
resources of a place or region impact its
Discovery Education
Mesopotamia segment of Ancient
Civilizations video, Discovery Education
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political,
social and economic development in early
civilizations prior to 1500 A.D.
Historical Perspective
SS-07-5.1.2 Students will explain how history is
a series of connected events shaped by
multiple
cause-and-effect relationships and give
examples of
those relationships.
SS-07-5.3.1 Students will explain and give
examples
of how early hunters and gatherers (Paleolithic
and
Neolithic) developed new technologies as they
settled
into organized civilizations
her Resources
Government
SS-07-1.1.1 Students will compare purposes
and
sources of power in the most common forms of
government (monarchy, democracy, republic,
dictatorship) in early civilizations prior to 1500
A.D.
Cultures and Societies
SS-07-2.1.1 Students will explain how elements
of
culture (e.g., language, the arts, customs,
beliefs,
literature) defined specific groups in the early
civilizations prior to 1500 A.D. and resulted in
culture developed in Mesopotamia on world
culture (e.g., government, religion, writing,
etc.).
benefits.
domestication, cultivation, and technology of
Mesopotamia moved among civilizations along
similar latitudes.
Discovery Education
Steel, National Geographic video series based
on the book by Jared Diamond, 2005 (Preview
episodes 1 and 2 and consider showing both
to give your students an overview for
understanding this year’s content.)
in Mesopotamia, University of Chicago
Education
Farmers,
Discovery Education
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unique perspectives.
Geography
SS-07-4.2.2 Students will describe and give
examples of how places and regions in early
civilizations prior to 1500 A.D changed over
time as
technologies, resources and knowledge
became
available.
SS-07-4.3.1 Students will describe patterns of
human
settlement in early civilizations prior to 1500
A.D. and explain how these patterns were
influenced by human needs.
Historical Perspective
SS-07-5.1.2 Students will explain how history is
a series of connected events shaped by
multiple
cause-and-effect relationships and give
examples of
those relationships
Ancient Texts
Ancient Egypt
Economics
SS-07-3.1.1 Students will explain and give
examples of how scarcity required individuals,
groups and governments in early civilizations
prior
to 1500 A.D. to make decisions about how
productive resources (natural resources,
human
I can explain how the physical geography
promoted and limited human activities in
Ancient Egypt.
Please note: During this unit, stress that
ancient
world civilizations were multi-ethnic and
included
people of all races and ethnicities.
culture with present day American culture
Ancient Egypt, Discovery Education
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resources, capital goods) were used.
Geography
SS-07-4.1.1 Students will use a variety of
geographic tools (maps, photographs, charts,
graphs, databases) to interpret patterns and
locations on Earth’s surface in early civilizations
prior to 1500 A.D.
SS-07-4.4.2 Students will describe ways in
which
the physical environment (e.g., natural
resources,
physical geography, natural disasters) both
promoted and limited human activities (e.g.,
exploration, migration, trade, settlement,
development) in early civilizations prior to 1500
A.D.
SS-07-4.4.3 Students will explain how the
natural resources of a place or region impact
its political, social and economic development
in early civilizations prior to 1500 A.D.
Historical Perspective
SS-07-5.1.2 Students will explain how history is
a
series of connected events shaped by multiple
cause-and-effect relationships and give
examples
of those relationships.
Economics
SS-07-3.4.2 Students will describe how new
knowledge, technology/tools and specialization
increased productivity in early civilizations prior
to
1500 A.D.
Ancient Civilizations video, Discovery
Education
Ancient Egyptian society promoted lasting
achievements in government, science,
writing, architecture, and art.
Ancient Egypt, Discovery Education, JAT, pp.
44
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Geography
SS-07-4.1.2 Students will describe how
different
factors (e.g., rivers, mountains, plains) affected
where human activities were located in early
civilizations prior to 1500 A.D.
SS-07-4.2.1 Students will describe how regions
in
early civilizations prior to 1500 A.D. were made
distinctive by human characteristics (e.g.,
dams,
irrigation, roads) and physical characteristics
(e.g.,
mountains, bodies of water, valleys) that
created
advantages and disadvantages for human
activities
(e.g., exploration, migration, trade,
settlement).
Historical Perspective
SS-07-5.1.2 Students will explain how history is
a
series of connected events shaped by multiple
cause-and-effect relationships and give
examples of
those relationships.