6th+grade

Content of the course : Early World History beginning with the stone age and ending in the European Middle Ages.

Unit 1: Prehistory and first civilizations (Mesopotamia) Unit 2: Mediterranean Cvilizations Unit 3: China Unit 4: European Middle Ages

Each unit will take an average of 3 weeks. Students will be introduced to Social Studies research in the Egypt unit, practice it in the Greece unit, create a group project in the Rome unit, and conduct an independent research project of either an Ancient American, Asian, or African civilization for the nonwestern unit. Most end in a Unit Test. The questions, vocabulary and essay questions will all be on unit organizers in student notebooks. This is the key to effective studying.


 * Community Principles:**
 * Everyone has the right to learn without disruption.
 * To communicate, speakers must speak up and listeners must listen up.
 * To learn, we must try; it is alright to make mistakes.
 * Learning Rituals:**
 * Unit Organizers
 * Course Map
 * Interactive Notebook
 * Timelining
 * Summarizing
 * Top 10 List of Facts
 * Performance Options:**
 * Quiz
 * Test
 * Project
 * Notebook
 * Research


 * Critical Concepts:**
 * 1) Cultures are shaped by geography.
 * 2) Civilizations tended to first develop in river valleys.
 * 3) Agriculture changed how humans developed.
 * 4) Trade and communication between cultures has led to sharing wonderful ideas, but also war.