Download World History Pacing Guide 2014-2015 Unit 5: The Ancient World

World History Pacing Guide 2014-2015
Unit 5:
The Ancient World
North Carolina Essential Standards:
Time Frame:
WH.H 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 2.8, 2.9
(2 weeks)
(Eighth Century BCE to 500 AD)
Essential Factual Content
Resources
Essential Vocabulary
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Ancient Empires (Phoenicians,
Hittites, Judaism)
Ending with Greek Mythology
Early Greek Civilization Classical
Greece (Athens vs Sparta)
Greek Culture and Hellenistic Greece
Rise of the Roman Empire
Roman Republic Roman Culture and
Society
Decline of Rome India and China
Major Eastern and Western religions
such as Judaism, Hinduism,
Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity,
and Islam, Christianity,
India was birth-place of two major
religions—Hinduism & Buddhism,
Pillars of Indian Life, villages, joint
families, Maurya and Gupta empires of
India, Philosophy and Religion in
WH.H1.1
Timetoast
Age (BC/CE)
Era
Sociology
River basin/delta
Civilization
Nomads
Old/New Stone Age
Neolithic Revolution
Fertile
Environment
Government
Economy
Continent/Ocean
Religion
Culture
Economy
Scarcity
Cultural diffusion
Cuneiform
Fertile Crescent
Empire
Timetoast is a place to create timelines that you can add to your
blog or website. You can create historical timelines of important
events, or build a timeline of your experiences.
WH.H.1.2-WH.H.1.4
Reading Like a Historian
The Reading Like a Historian curriculum engages students in
historical inquiry.
WH.H.1.1 WH.H.1.3
What is History?
In this lesson, young students will gain a frame of reference for
understanding history and for recognizing that the past is different
depending on who is remembering and retelling it.
Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
History
http://www.history.com/topics
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China, Strong Rulers unite China (The
Qin and Han dynasties, the Great
Wall, Silk Road, Chinese inventions
(making paper out of wood pulp,
advances in medicine, invented
wheelbarrow, fishing reel, rudder,
developed civil service system for
government jobs, Ancient Greece and
the Early People of the Aegean
(Minoans and Mycenaeans), Homer
and The Iliad and the Odysey, Trojan
War, Rise of Greek city-states of
Athens and Sparta, Victory and Defeat
in the Greek World –Persian Wars,
Golden Age of Pericles,
Peloponnesian War, Greek thinkers,
artists, and writers explored the nature
of the universe and the place of
people in it (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle,
Alexander the Great, and the
Hellenistic Age blending Greek,
Persian, Egyptian and Indian cultures,
Pythagoras, Aristarchus, Archimedes,
Ancient Rome and the Rise of
Christianity, Julius Caesar, Octavian
Augustus, Pax Romana (From
Republic to Empire), Roman
Achievement (architecture,
engineering, literature, and rule of law
and justice, roads),
Christianity as official religion of
Roman empire, Jesus, Ten
Discovery Education
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/search/page/-/-/lessonplan/ancient%20history/index.cfm
The Teaching Channel
https://www.teachingchannel.org/
SAS Curriculum Pathways
http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/#/search?subjectid
=4
World History For Us All
http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu/
Global Learning
http://globallearning.pwnet.org/HSS/HSS.php
“Romans.” BBC.
< http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/>. This site
provides information and artwork on the empire and a
number of Roman Emperors.
“The Spread of Christianity.” Public Broadcasting
Service.
<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/ma
ps/christ.html>. This site provides information on maps and
archaeology related to the spread of Christianity during the
time of the Roman Empire.
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Provinces
Monotheism
Polytheism
Covenant
Hebrews
Monsoons
Caste system
Vedas
Epics
Dynasty
Pharaoh
Pyramids
Mummification
Hieroglyphics
Peasant farmers
Empire
Theocracy
Mandate of Heaven
Clans
Trade routes
Hunter/gatherer societies &
Nomads
Prophet
Enlightenment
Prosperity
Karma
Buddhism
Hinduism
Islam
Confucianism
Legalism
Daoism
World History Pacing Guide 2014-2015
Commandments, The Fall of Rome
Diocletian, Constantine, The Mayas
and Aztecs, Incas, Incan common
language and a complex system of
roads, Geography and Native
American Cultures (Inuits, Kwakiutls,
Iroquois, etc);
Economic and religious importance of
Constantinople
The Caste System
Acupuncture
Rudder
Revolt
Trade
Epic
Monarchy
Aristocracy
Oligarchy
Democracy
City-states
Allies
Direct democracy
Philosophers
Tragedies
Hellenistic culture
Republic
Patricians
Plebeians
Corrupt
Absolute
Aqueducts
Latin
Zealots
Judaism
Christianity
Sikhism
Apostles
Ten Commandments
Jesus
Tribute
Igloo
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Byzantine Empire
Draconian Laws
Hammurabi’s Code
Tyranny
Bureaucracy
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