Unit 1: Human Geography
Essential Question
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InspirEd Unit:
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Pages/Notes:
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How do physical features create regions?
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** See notes
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**Though not addressed in 1 particular lesson, the study of each civilization begins with an examination of geography - its region, climate, landforms, etc.
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How does a location of a region influence its climate?
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How do environmental factors affect where people choose to live?
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4201 - Characteristics
of Civilization
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15-19 (why people settle where they do; how does it impact a civilization?)
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How can maps, charts, and graphs be used to represent features of physical geography?
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“What is Geography?”
add-on lessons
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“What’s It All About?” -
(difference between physical and cultural geography)
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How can maps, charts, and graphs be used to represent features of human geography?
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How do environmental factors influence the
ways that human societies organize themselves?
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4201 - Characteristics
of Civilization
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31-34 (research a civilization to determine how environment and other factors impact a civilization)
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What features define a group of people as a
civilization?
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4201 - Characteristics
of Civilization
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10-14 (characteristics of a civilization) Also use the chart on pgs. 8-9 to record examples of characteristics over Units 3-7)
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How do civilizations maintain political order?
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4201 - Characteristics
of Civilization
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35-38 (government/law)
44-49 (social order/hierarchy)
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How do civilizations help people to get what they need and want?
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4201 - Characteristics
of Civilization
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50-55 (barter and trade)
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Geographical Theme - Human Environmental Interaction
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“What is Geography?”
add-on lessons
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“Changing Places”
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Geographical Theme - Movement
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“What is Geography?”
add-on lessons
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“Let’s Move”
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Role of religion in development of civilization (basic concept - not specific to one specific civilization)
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4201 - Characteristics
of Civilization
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56-60 (religion comes from a need to explain the world; students research to compare and contrast a myth from 2 different ancient civilizations)
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Importance of culture and traditions in a civilization (basic concept - not specific to one specific civilization)
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4201 - Characteristics
of Civilization
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61-64 (research gender roles, family, marriage, homes, entertainment, social classes, etc.)
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Development of language
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4201 - Characteristics
of Civilization
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65-69 (compare languages over several civilizations - students determine if each is pictographic, syllabic or alphabetic)
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What can we learn from ancient cultures from artifacts?
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4201 - Characteristics
of Civilization
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70-75 (examine artifacts from Indus Valley, Mesopotamia, Egypt, China - Shang and Qin- Greece and Rome to make inferences)
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What causes civilizations to decline and fall?
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4201 - Characteristics
of Civilization
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82-86 (warm up examines the Shang, students write a short story based on decline and fall of a civilization
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Unit 2: Early Humans
Essential Question
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InspirEd Unit:
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Pages/Notes:
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What are the markers of change over time in the development of prehistoric man?
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4100 - Pre-Colonial Africa
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16-20 (discoveries of Leakeys and Donald Johanson - discuss prehistoric man/artifacts/etc.)
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How did life in the Neolithic period compare to life in the Paleolithic period?
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4100 - Pre-Colonial Africa
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30-34 (compare and contrast Paleolithic Era and Neolithic Era)
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How were tools/artifacts used by Neolithic man
more advanced than those used by Paleolithic man?
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What inventions made it possible for man to
farm?
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How did the invention of agriculture relate to the
beginning of civilization?
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**4201 - Characteristics
of Civilization
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**31-34 (this lesson pertains to lesson 1 but agricultural revolution is discussed in lesson warm-up)
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What are the characteristics of a civilization?
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**4201 - Characteristics
of Civilization
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**10-14 (same question as in Unit 1 - characteristics of a civilization) Also use the chart on pgs. 8-9 to record examples of characteristics over Units 3-7)
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What resources do people NEED in order to survive?
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**4201 - Characteristics
of Civilization
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**15-19 (lesson warm-up answers this question - this lesson used in Unit 1)
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How would the scarcity of resources affect how
and where people live?
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4201 - Characteristics
of Civilization
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24-30 (how and why civilizations experience scarcity)
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Why was Mesopotamia one of the earliest areas of settlement in world history?
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4101 - Ancient Mesopotamia
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8-12 (geography and settlement)
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How did the city-states of Mesopotamia use written language in the organization of their societies?
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4101 - Ancient Mesopotamia
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19-24 (also compares to language of ancient China and India)
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Why do groups of people need laws?
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4101 - Ancient Mesopotamia
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41-48 (Hammurabi’s Code)
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How do the laws of Hammurabi compare to
our laws today?
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Unit 3: Ancient China
Essential Question
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InspirEd Unit:
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Pages/Notes:
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How did Chinese geography influence China’s relationship with the rest of the world?
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4103 - Ancient Asia
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74-78 (lesson focus is the Silk Road but also discusses relations with Rome and shows map of interactions with Africa, Middle East and Europe)
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How did Chinese rivers positively and negatively affect early Chinese civilizations?
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4103 - Ancient Asia *
4109 - Middle Ages Asia *
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** Ancient and Middle Ages China lessons listed here and in Unit 11 address the importance of rivers, flooding, irrigation projects, etc.
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How does specialization develop in society?
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4201 - Characteristics of Civilization
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39-43 (addresses basic concept of specialization of labor and how it leads to social hierarchy - can be applied to Ancient China)
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How did the development of trade goods in Neolithic China reflect the needs of Neolithic society?
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How did the flooding of the Yellow River affect
the history of the Xia Dynasty?
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4103 - Ancient Asia
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46-50 (Xia Dynasty)
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How did Xia success at controlling the floods of
the Yellow River affect Chinese civilization?
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How did natural resources affect the achievements of the Shang Dynasty?
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4201 - Characteristics of Civilization
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76-81 (survey of achievements of several ancient civilizations including Shang, Harappa, Sumerians, Egypt, etc.
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How do innovations and technologies influence
society?
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4103 - Ancient Asia
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79-83 (mini persuasive project over Ancient Chinese contributions)
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How did the Mandate of Heaven develop?
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4103 - Ancient Asia
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57-62 (Mandate of Heaven, dynastic cycle, Confucian teachings in government)
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How did geography impact conflicts between kings and nobles under the Zhou dynasty?
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How did Confucianism and Daoism create order
in ancient China?
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4103 - Ancient Asia
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51-56 (Confucianism and Daoism)
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Unit 4: Ancient India
Essential Question
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InspirEd Unit:
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Pages/Notes:
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How did the geography of the Indian subcontinent isolate India from the rest of the world?
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4103 - Ancient Asia
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8-14 (geography, culture, government, achievement, etc. of Harappan Civilization)
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How did the isolation of the Indus Valley affect the culture of the Harappan civilization?
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How did the needs and values of the Harappans
influence their achievements?
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How did geography and culture influence the Aryans’ ability to conquer the Harappans?
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4103 - Ancient Asia
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15-19 (Aryan Invasion and Vedic Age)
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How did the Aryan conquest of the Harappan civilization
change the culture of northern India?
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***Cultural Achievements of Ancient India
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4103 - Ancient Asia
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42-45 (Internet research project of achievements of Harappan, Aryan and Mauryan civilizations)
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Unit 5: Egypt and Mesopotamia
Essential Question
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InspirEd Unit:
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Pages/Notes:
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What are the major geographic features of ancient Egypt?
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4102 - Ancient Egypt
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8-11 and 12-16 (importance of the Nile River, kingdoms along the river, etc.)
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How did the geography of ancient Egypt affect the culture of the ancient Egyptians?
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What were the religious beliefs and practices of
the ancient Egyptians?
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4102 - Ancient Egypt
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28-33 (life and afterlife)
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What were the major achievements of the ancient Egyptians?
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4102 - Ancient Egypt
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51-54 (hieroglyphics)
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How did architecture and other achievements reflect the religious values of ancient Egypt?
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4102 - Ancient Egypt
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34-39 (mummification)
40-45 (tombs/pyramids)
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How did technology cause ancient Egypt to gain and lose power?
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4102 - Ancient Egypt
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21-27 (overview of periods of history, pharaohs, accomplishment sand setbacks, etc.)
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How did invasions cause Egyptian culture to change?
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4102 - Ancient Egypt
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81-86 (Cleopatra and Roman conquest)
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What were the major achievements of the Ptolemaic dynasties in Egypt?
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4102 - Ancient Egypt
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17-20 (overview of rulers, research lesson that can be used to target this time period and its rulers)
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How and why do powerful civilizations sometimes form
empires?
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4101 - Ancient Mesopotamia
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34-40 (Sargon and Hammurabi, compare empires, etc.)
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How did Sargon and Hammurabi create and strengthen the Akkadian empire?
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How did empires after Akkadia—the Hittites, Assyria, the NeoBabylonians, Persia—rise and fall?
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4101 - Ancient Mesopotamia
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78-82 (Assyrians)
83-86 (Persians)
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How did the culture of Mesopotamia change as
different empires gained and lost power?
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4101 - Ancient Mesopotamia
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87-91 (research project)
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Essential Question
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InspirEd Unit:
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Pages/Notes:
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Extra Content Lessons Pertaining to Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt:
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*** Creation stories
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4101 - Ancient Mesopotamia
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13-18 (compare and contrast stories from Mesopotamia, Islam and the Old Testament)
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***Ancient Sumer
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4101 - Ancient Mesopotamia
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25-33 (geography, culture, achievement of Ancient Sumer)
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*** Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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4101 - Ancient Mesopotamia
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49-54 (wonders of the ancient world, history mystery of hanging gardens)
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***Phoenicians
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4101 - Ancient Mesopotamia
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55-59 (ancient trade)
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*** Daily Life in Mesopotamia
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4101 - Ancient Mesopotamia
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60-63 (diet, customs, family life, etc.)
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***Mythology of Mesopotamia
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4101 - Ancient Mesopotamia
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64-66 (mythology of Ancient Mesopotamia)
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*** King Tut
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4102 - Ancient Egypt
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46-50 (artifacts, King Tut’s tomb)
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*** Daily life in Ancient Egypt
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4102 - Ancient Egypt
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59-66 (diet, homes, clothing, etc)
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*** Trade in Ancient Egypt
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4102 - Ancient Egypt
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67-74 (local market)
75-80 (foreign trade)
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*** Ancient Egypt Project
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4102 - Ancient Egypt
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87-90 (cumulative project for Ancient Egypt unit)
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Unit 6: Ancient Greece
Essential Question
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InspirEd Unit:
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Pages/Notes:
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What are the major physical features of Greece?
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4104 - Ancient Greece
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8-13 (geography, climate, landforms, how different parts of Greece were isolated from each other)
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How did the geography of Greece isolate developing city-states?
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How do physical features affect economy?
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4104 - Ancient Greece
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33-36 (how Greece “made do” with the resources they had - limited farmland, etc. - and trade)
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What did Greece need to develop a system of money?
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How did city-states develop politically?
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4104 - Ancient Greece
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23-26 (students research a city-state to compare and contrast to others)
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How did Greek government evolve from a monarchy to a democracy?
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4104 - Ancient Greece
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27-32 (development of democracy in Greece, how the government was structured, rights and responsibilities of citizens, compare and contrast to the U.S.)
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What are the characteristics of a democracy?
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What are the rights and responsibilities of citizens in a society?
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Who was a citizen in Athens and what were their rights and responsibilities?
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What are the cultural characteristics of Ancient Greece?
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4104 - Ancient Greece
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44-47 (literature)
48-53 (philosophy)
54-56 (mythology)
57-62 (Olympics)
63-67 (architecture)
86-89 (culture project)
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How did Alexander the Great unify Greece?
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4104 - Ancient Greece
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82-85 (unification under Alexander the Great, building of an empire, achievements, preservation of Greek culture, legacy)
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How did the conquests of Alexander the Great spread Greek culture?
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Why did Alexander the Great’s empire not last?
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*** Persian Wars and Golden Age
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4104- Ancient Greece
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37-43 (causes, events, outcomes; includes story of the “marathon” and Pericles)
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*** More Achievements of the Ancient Greeks
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4104- Ancient Greece
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68-72 (medicine, math, etc.)
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*** Peloponnesian Wars
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4104- Ancient Greece
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73-79 (includes description of Spartan soldiers and causes/events/outcomes)
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Unit 7: Ancient Rome
Essential Question
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InspirEd Unit:
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Pages/Notes:
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How does the myth of Remus and Romulus explain the foundation of Rome?
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4105 - Ancient Rome
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8-13 (myth of Romulus and Remus, geography, early settlers)
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Why did the Romans settle around the Tiber River?
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What are the characteristics of a republic government and
how was it structured?
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4105 - Ancient Rome
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19-23 (structure of Roman Republic)
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How did the republic turn into an empire and what are the
characteristics of the empire?
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4105 - Ancient Rome
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44-48 (Julius Caesar)
49-55 (Augustus, shift to empire, various emperors)
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What are the cultural characteristics of ancient Rome?
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4105 - Ancient Rome
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24-22 (social classes, language, mythology, entertainment, architecture)
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What are the main tenants of Judaism?
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4101 - Ancient Mesopotamia
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67-72 (founding)
73-78 (tenants)
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How was Christianity started and what are the main tenants?
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4105 - Ancient Rome
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69-73 (tenants, spread, effect on empire, role of Constantine, etc.)
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How did Christianity spread?
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How did the rise of Christianity affect the Roman empire?
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What was Constantine’s role in the rise of Christianity?
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How do Christianity align and differ?
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** see notes
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**Students will be able to create a Venn diagram with information from lessons aligning to previous 2 essential questions
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Why was the Roman empire able to expand over such a large area?
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4105 - Ancient Rome
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56-60 (military)
64-68 (Roman Roads/trade)
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How did Rome maintain power over its colonies?
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What are the internal factors that led to the fall of Rome?
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4105 - Ancient Rome
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74-79 (internal decline)
80-84 (external invasions and last-ditch efforts)
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What are the internal factors that led to the fall of Rome?
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***Roman law
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4105 - Ancient Rome
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34-37 (12 Tables)
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*** Punic Wars
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4105 - Ancient Rome
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38-43
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*** Other contributions/achievements
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4105 - Ancient Rome
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60-63 (engineering, city-planning, arts, etc.)
85-89 (project - enduring legacy and contributions)
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Unit 8: Islam and Muslim Empire
Essential Question
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InspirEd Unit:
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Pages/Notes:
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How did the people adapt to their desert environment?
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4201 - Characteristics
of Civilization
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20-23 (introduces the basic concept of “adaptation” then this can be extended to specifics about desert cultures)
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How did Islam start?
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4109 - Middle Ages Asia
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15-20 (Muhammad, founding of Islam, some reference to major tenants. Other references made throughout lessons in this unit)
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What are the major tenants of Islam?
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What are the aspects of Muslim culture?
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4109 - Middle Ages Asia
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31-36 (Sharia and Muslim Law and society)
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How did Islam shape political thought in Muslim communities?
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How did ideas about succession lead to political division?
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4109 - Middle Ages Asia
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23 (a chronology included in growth of Muslim Empire lesson includes information about split)
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How do the rights and responsibilities of Muslim
citizens compare to those of Greece and Rome?
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4109 - Middle Ages Asia
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31-36 (Sharia and Muslim Law and society)
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How did Muslim dynasties grow wealthy?
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4109 - Middle Ages Asia
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21-26 (growth of Muslim Empire)
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How did trade impact the cultural influence of the
Abbasid Dynasty?
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4109 - Middle Ages Asia
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27-30 (Abbasid dynasty; rise, fall, contributions)
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What caused the Abbasid Dynasty to fall?
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How did the Arab culture influence our culture today?
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4109 - Middle Ages Asia
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37-43 (contributions of Muslim Empire including Arabic, innovation, literature, etc.)
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Unit 9: Culture and Kingdoms of Africa
Essential Question
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InspirEd Unit:
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Pages/Notes:
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What are the geographical features of Africa?
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4100 - Pre Colonial Africa
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9-15 (geography, tribal creation stories)
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How did the geographical features affect the settlement
and movement of people in Africa?
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4100 - Pre Colonial Africa
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35-42 (rotation activity providing an overview of rise/fall, history, contributions, etc. of:
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Nubia
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Nok people (Nigeria)
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Bantu Migrations
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Congo
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Axum (Ethiopia)
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Why did Bantu-speaking people first settle along the Niger River?
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How did the Bantu-speaking people prosper economically?
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Why did the Bantu migrate to the southeastern coast of
Africa?
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How did Bantu cultural expressions reflect their way
of life?
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How did Axum control trade in East Africa?
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How did Zimbabwe use taxation to build wealth?
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4100 - Pre Colonial Africa
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82-87 (overview of eastern Swahili trading kingdoms, including Great Zimbabwe)
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How did Arab trade influence the development of trading
city-states in East Africa?
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How did Ghana gain power in West Africa?
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4100 - Pre Colonial Africa
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71-75 (mineral wealth)
76-81 (west Africa trade kingdoms - Ghana, Mali, Songhay)
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How did the spread of Islam influence West African
kingdoms?
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How did the control of resources lead to control of
trade routes in West African civilizations?
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Essential Question
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InspirEd Unit:
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Pages/Notes:
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Extra Content Lessons for Pre-Colonial Africa
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*** Early hunter-gatherers
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4100 - Pre Colonial Africa
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26-29 (Blombos cave excavation and findings)
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*** Egypt and Kush
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4100 - Pre Colonial Africa
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47-51 (compare and contrast the two civilizations)
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*** Hannibal and Carthage
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4100 - Pre Colonial Africa
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57-62 (primary source lesson)
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*** artifacts and archeology
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4100 - Pre Colonial Africa
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63-65 (research lesson, create a dig site map)
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*** Ancient Africa project
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4100 - Pre Colonial Africa
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88-91
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Unit 10: Classical India
Essential Question
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InspirEd Unit:
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Pages/Notes:
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How did Hinduism reflect the culture of the Aryans?
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4103 - Ancient Asia
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20-25 (Hinduism: founding, deities, basic beliefs, etc.)
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What are the main beliefs and practices of the Hindu
religion?
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What was the social structure set up by the Caste system?
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4103 - Ancient Asia
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26-30 (Caste system, social structure, untouchables)
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What was the quality of life like for members of each caste and the untouchables?
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Why did people accept their place within the
Caste system?
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What events prompted Prince Gautama to search for truth?
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4103 - Ancient Asia
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31-35 (Buddha and Hinduism: teachings, comparing and contrasting Hinduism and Buddhism)
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What are the main teachings of Buddhism?
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How do Hinduism and Buddhism differ?
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What role did Emperor Asoka have in the spread
of Buddhism in Asia?
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4103 - Ancient Asia
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36-41 (Ashoka and the Mauryan Empire: growth, spread of Buddhism)
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How did the strong economy of the Gupta empire lead to the Golden Age of India?
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4109 - Middle Ages Asia
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80-87 Gupta rise, rule and fall; accomplishments, etc.)
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What were the major achievements of the Gupta Empire?
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What are the lasting legacies of the Golden Age
of India?
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Unit 11: Imperial China
Essential Question
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InspirEd Unit:
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Pages/Notes:
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How did control over resources give power to
groups and establish a social structure?
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4103 - Ancient Asia
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46-50 (early rulers, ancient river civilizations)
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How did legalism influence the Qin Dynasty?
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4103 - Ancient Asia
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63-68 (Great Wall, legalism and other contributions of the Qin Dynasty)
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What were some of the great accomplishments of the Qin Dynasty?
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How did Confucianism change government beginning in the Han Dynasty?
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4103 - Ancient Asia
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69-73 (accomplishments, contributions and rule of the Han Dynasty including social structure and adoption of Confucianism in government)
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How did Confucianism influence the social structure of the Han Dynasty?
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What were some of the great accomplishments of the Han Dynasty?
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Why was silk important to the Chinese economy?
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4103 - Ancient Asia
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74-78 (Silk Road and ancient Asian trade)
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What was the Silk Road and how did it affect Chinese society and the world?
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Why is the Great Wall so important to the Chinese?
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4103 - Ancient Asia
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63-68 (building the Great Wall)
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How did the Tang and Song Dynasties help create the Golden Age of China?
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4109 - Middle Ages Asia
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44-54 (Tang and Song)
55-58 (Golden Age society, achievement, etc.)
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How did China change as a result of Mongol
invasion?
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4109 - Middle Ages Asia
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59-63 (Ghengis Khan, Mongol invasion, Yuan rule)
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Unit 12: Feudal Japan
Essential Question
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InspirEd Unit:
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Pages/Notes:
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How have the physical features of Japan influenced
the development of Japanese culture?
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4109 - Middle Ages Asia
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64 - 68 (feudal pyramid, how feudalism emerged in Japan, classes in feudal society)
69 - 73 (warring over limited land, need for protection from invaders, 1st shogun, rise and fall of feudal families and their contributions)
74 - 79 (Shinto, Confucian and Buddhist influences, Bushido, kamikaze warriors, Mongol invasions)
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How did the geography of Japan create a reverence for
nature?
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What are the basic beliefs of Shintoism?
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How did Shintoism affect family structure and
Japanese traditions?
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How did control of resources influence the social structure
of Japan?
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How did a feudal social structure impact the lives of the Japanese people?
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How did conflict over resources affect control of power?
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Unit 13: Medieval Europe
Essential Question
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InspirEd Unit:
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Pages/Notes:
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What were the causes and effects of Viking invasions?
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4108 - Medieval Europe
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8-12 (Germanic invasions)
41-44 (Viking invasions)
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How did the value of land lead to the creation of the feudal system?
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4108 - Medieval Europe
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13-19 (manor system)
20-26 (feudalism)
27-33 (knights)
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What were the roles of the feudal system and why did they accept those roles?
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How did the feudal system affect quality of life for people in each class?
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How did the Magna Carta influence change in the quality of life?
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4108 - Medieval Europe
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45-50 (also includes William the Conqueror/Battle of Hastings)
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How would the feudal system compare to modern society?
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4108 - Medieval Europe
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61-65 (trade fairs)
66-70 (Medieval towns)
77-84 (literature, schools, hospitals, entertainment, merchant guilds)
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What was the role of the church and why was it so powerful?
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4108 - Medieval Europe
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34-40 (power and wealth of the Church, power of the Popes, how the Church unified Medieval society, etc. Also compares the power of the Church with that of the Holy Roman Empire)
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What influence did the church have on the different classes?
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How did the Pope use his resources to influence the king?
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What issues created conflict between the church and state?
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What impact did the church have on cultural expression?
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4108 - Medieval Europe
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71-76 (Romanesque and Gothic art and architecture)
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What were the causes of the Crusades?
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4108 - Medieval Europe
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51-55 (causes, main events and outcomes of the Crusades)
56-60 (examines the legend of the Children’s Crusade of 1212)
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What were the effects of the Crusades?
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How did the increased global contact through trade foster the spread of the Black Death?
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4108 - Medieval Europe
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85-89 (Black Death)
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