CURRICULUM MAP
Course: Global History 1 & 2
UNIT TITLE:
Teacher: Acquafredda & Elmoznino
Early River Valley Civilizations
SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS:
2 – World History 2:1, 2:2
3 – Geography 3:3, 3:4
4-Economics 4:1, 4:2
5 – Civics, Citizenship & Gov’t – 5:1, 5:4
LITERACY STANDARDS:
-Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text;
determine whether earlier events caused later ones or
simply preceded them.
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they
are used in a text, including vocabulary describing
political, social, or emotional aspects of history / social
studies.
- Describe how a text uses structure to emphasize key
points or advance an explanation or analysis.
- Compare the point of view of two or more authors for
how they treat the same or similar topics, including
which details they include and emphasize in their
respective accounts.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S):
-WHY DID EARLY CIVILIZATION DEVELOP IN THE FERTILE CRESCENT?
-WHAT WERE THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS OF SUMERIAN CIVILIZATION?
-HOW DID STRONG RULERS SHAPE THE CIVILIZATION OF THE FERTILE CRESCENT?
-DID HAMMAURABI’S CODE PROVIDE JUSTICE FOR ANCIENT BABYLON?
-HOW DID GEOGRAPHY INFLUENCE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION?
-HOW WAS EGYPTIAN SOCIETY ORGANIZED?
-HOW DID RELIGIOUS BELIEFS SHAPE THE LIVES OF EGYPTIANS?
-WHAT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT DO WE SEE IN THE MODERN WORLD?
-HOW DID GEOGRAPHY HELP SHAPE THE EARLY INDIAN CIVILIZATION?
-WHAT HAVE ARCHEOLOGISTS DISCOVERED ABOUT THE EARLY CITIES OF THE INDUS RIVER VALLEY?
-HOW DID GEOGRAPHY AFFECT THE DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY CHINESE CIVILIZATION?
-HOW DID PHOENICIAN IDEAS SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD?
-WHAT CONTRIBUTIONS DID PERSIANS MAKE TO CIVILIZATION?
CONTENT:
- Tigris & Euphrates Rivers (Mesopotamia)
- Nile River (Egypt)
- Indus River (India)
- Yellow River (China)
SKILLS / UNDERSTANDINGS:
Chart Reading
Vocabulary Development
Essay Writing:
Thesis Statement
Paragraph Development
Document Analysis (summation, outside info, citation, grouping of documents within the essay,
point-of-view, incorporating scaffolding questions into the essay)
VOCABULARY:
Civilization, Middle East, Fertile Crescent, Mesopotamia, Tigris & Euphrates, city-state, natural
resources, cuneiform, cultural diffusion, empire, Sumeria, Hammurabi’s Code, polytheism
Ziggurat, Phoenicians, Nile, delta, irrigation, oasis, natural barriers, cataract, Old & Middle
Kingdoms, theocracy, mummification, pharaoh, Hieroglyphics, papyrus, Indus, Himalayas,
subcontinent, monsoon, Deccan Plateau, Aryans, Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro, urban planning,
Huang He & Yangtze, Gobi, desert, dynasty/dynastic cycle, mandate of heaven, flood plain,
pictograph
ASSESSMENT / EVIDENCE
Thematic Essay – Human & Physical Geography 08.03 – Nile River
Thematic Essay – Geography & Society 06.02 – Irrigation Systems
Thematic Essay – Geography 01.02 – Deserts and River Valleys
Thematic Essay – Geography: Positive or Negative Effect 06.01 – River Valley, Mountains,
Deserts
Thematic Essay – Science and Technology 08.00 – Irrigation Systems
Thematic Essay – Change: Individuals Who Have Changed History 01.04 – Hammurabi
ACTIVITIES / LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES:
RESOURCES:
Primary Sources:
Code of Hammurabi
Epic of Gilgamesh
TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION
United Streaming
PowerPoints
Smartboard