Download 6th grade Student Learning Map World Cultures: Chapter 1 Early

6th grade
Student Learning Map
World Cultures: Chapter 1 Early Civilizations
Key Learning:
The study of History is a valuable tool which helps us see past trends, accomplishments and failures
Unit Essential Question:
How did Early Civilizations develop from villages to a civilization?
Concept: : Why Study History?
Lesson Essential Question:

Why study History?
Concept: From Prehistory to History
Lesson Essential Question:

What was life like before the
time when written records
were kept?
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:
artifact, primary source,
secondary source, oral history,
anthropology, archeology,
Fossil and
prehistory
nomad, Agricultural Revolution,
civilization,
Concept: The First Civilizations
Lesson Essential Question:
 What are some characteristics of
the first civilizations?
Concept: Akkad and Babylon
Lesson Essential Question:
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:
Why were Akkad and Babylon important
civilizations?
Empire and artisan
barter system, cunieform, scribe, irrigate,
ziggurat