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Domain Map
Mesopotamia
Grade: 1
Grade-Level Domain MAP
Core Knowledge Content
State Standards
Literature – Pearson Learning Mesopotamia Teacher
Guide, Pearson Learning Mesopotamia Students Book;
SCA Student Handbook; Evan-moor Ancient
Civilizations; Trueflix: Mesopotamia
History/Geography –
Early World Civilizations
Mesopotamia : the “cradle of civilization ”
• Importance of Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
• Development of writing, why writing is important to the
development of civilization
• Code of Hammurabi (early code of laws), why rules
and laws are important to the development of
civilization
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1.1.2.a. Identify similarities and differences between
themselves and others
1.1.2.b. Discuss common and unique characteristics of
different cultures using multiple sources of information
1.2.2.b. Give examples of how people use and
interrelate with Earth’s resources
1.2.2.c. Identify how community activities differ due to
physical and cultural characteristics
1.4.1.b. Identify the attributes of a responsible team
member
2.2.2.c. Explain why people settle in certain areas
2.2.2.d. Identify examples of physical features that
affect human activity
2.2.2.e. Describe how the size and the character of a
community change over time for geographic reasons
Language Arts
Core Knowledge
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CCSS ELA
Participate in age appropriate activities involving
listening and speaking
Use agreed-upon rules for group discussions, i.e., look at
and listen to the speaker, raise hand to speak, take turns,
say “excuse me” or “please,” etc.
Ask questions to clarify conversations, directions,
exercises, and/or classroom routines
Make a personal connection to events or experiences in a
read-aloud and/or make connections among several read
alouds
Answer questions that require making interpretations,
judgments, or giving opinions about what is heard in a
read-aloud, including answering “why” questions that
require recognizing cause/effect relationships
Interpret information that is presented orally and then ask
additional questions to clarify information or the topic in
the read aloud
Answer questions about the details of a nonfiction text,
indicating which part of the text provided the information
needed to answer specific questions
Prior Knowledge
1.1.1.a. Use precise language to express ideas, opinions requests,
and feelings
1.1.3.c. Participate courteously in conversations with peers, teachers,
and members of the community
1.4.1.a. Write or dictate questions for inquiry that arise during
instruction
1.1.1.c. Use content-specific vocabulary to ask questions and provide
information
1.1.1.d. Use words and nonverbal cues to describe and understand
actions, people, places, things, and ideas
5.2.1.d. Compare and contrast different literary texts with similar
themes or story lines, or texts by the same author
1.4.2.c. Evaluate information for clarity and accuracy
2.2.1.a. Demonstrate use of self-monitoring comprehension
strategies: rereading, checking context clues, predicting, questioning,
clarifying, activating schema/background knowledge to construct
meaning and draw inferences
4.2.2.e. Recognize cause and effect relationships
1.4.1.b. With peers, use a variety of resources (direct observation,
trade books, texts read aloud or viewed) to answer questions of
interest through guided inquiry
What Students Will Learn In Future Grades
K: World Geography – location of Asia and Africa
Grade 2: India; China; Japan; Greece; Hinduism; Buddhism
1st: World Geography – continents, compass rose,
maps, cardinal directions
Grade 3: Ancient Rome; The Vikings
Cross-Curricular Links
Mosaic Art, Cuneiform Art, Ziggurat pop-up book, Sailing the River Art, Hanging Gardens Illustration; Saying“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
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Domain Map
Mesopotamia
Grade: 1
Domain Vocabulary
Asia, Middle East, Tigris River, Euphrates River, “Cradle of Civilization”, Iraq, rich soil, fertile, flood, overflow,
reservoirs, basin, good farmland, agriculture, picture writing, pictograph, count, record, record keeping,
contracts, agreements, treaties, compose, make-up, stories, prayers, scribes, men, Code of Hammurabi, laws,
king, codify, write down, set of laws, soldiers, society, irrigation, ruins, ancient, civilization, worship, priests,
architecture, invention, mosaic, cuneiform, ziggurat, myth, tradition
Instructional UNITS
Literature
History /
Geography
Science
Mesopotamia: Cradle
of Civilization
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Visual Arts
Music