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CURRICULUM MAP-Unit Two
Course: Global 9th Grade
Teacher: Carmen Pinto
UNIT TITLE:
Ancient Civilizations
ENDURING UNDERSTANDING (S):
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Students will be able to explain the role of river valleys in the establishments of civilizations
Students will be able to explain how contributions of early civilizations influenced later
people
Analyze sequence and relationship of events. (Cause and effect)
SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS:
LITERACY STANDARDS:
Reading
Standard 2-World History
Use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate
their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes,
developments, and turning points in world history
and examine the broad sweep of history from a
variety of perspectives.
3. Analyze in detail a series of events described in
a text; determine whether earlier events caused
later ones or simply preceded them.
4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as
they are used in a text, including vocabulary
describing political, social, or emotional aspects of
history / social studies.
Standard 3-Geography
Use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate
their understanding of the geography of the
interdependent world in which we live—local,
national, and global—including the distribution of
people, places, and environments over the Earth’s
surface.
7. Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g.
charts, research data) with qualitative analysis in
print or digital text.
Writing
Standard 4- Economics
Use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate
their understanding of how the United States and
other societies develop economic systems and
associated institutions to allocate scarce
resources, how major decision-making units
function in the U.S. and other national economies,
and how an economy solves the scarcity problem
through market and nonmarket mechanisms.
1. Write arguments focused on discipline-specific
content.
8. Gather relevant info from multiple authoritative
print and digital sources, using advanced searches
effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in
answering the research question; integrate
information into the text selectively to maintain
the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and
following a standard format for citation.
Standard 5- Civics, Citizenship, and Government
Use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate
their understanding of the necessity for
establishing governments; the governmental
system of the U.S. and other nations; the U.S.
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9. Draw evidence from informational texts to
support analysis, reflection and research.
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Constitution; the basic civic values of American
constitutional democracy; and the roles, rights,
and responsibilities of citizenship, including
avenues of participation.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S):
 Why were river valleys the birthplace of great civilizations?
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How did early civilizations leave their mark on World History?
CONTENT:
 The geography of ancient river valley civilizations and the role of rivers in the
establishment of cradles of civilizations
 Tigris and Euphrates Rivers as a birthplace of Sumerian Civilization
 Nile River as the birthplace of Egyptian Civilization
 Indus River Valley as the birthplace of ancient Indian Civilization (Harappa and
Mohenjo-Daro)
 Hwang He River/Yellow River as the birthplace of ancient Chinese Civilization (Shang
Dynasty)
 The achievements of ancient civilizations and their contribution to world history
 Fertile Crescent: lunar calendar, number system based on the number 60, temples and
ziggurats, cuneiform
 Egypt: pyramids, calendar, mummification, hieroglyphics,
 Indus River Valley: concept of zero, sewer system, sanitation system, grid-like streets,
Sanskrit
 Hwang He River Valley/Yellow: writing system, bronze technology
SKILLS / UNDERSTANDINGS:
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Identifying geographic characteristics that enable the growth of ancient civilizations
Comparing the contributions of river valley civilizations
VOCABULARY:
Mesopotamia/Fertile Crescent: surplus food supply, ziggurat, cuneiform, levee, irrigation
system, dam, dike, number system, lunar
Egypt: silt, pharaoh, scribe, pyramid, hieroglyphics, mummification
Indus River Valley: sewer system, urbanization, urban planning, Sanskrit
Hwang He River Valley: floods, silt, drought, ideograms, bronze, oracle bones
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ASSESSMENT / EVIDENCE
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Explain how geography may have hindered or helped the development of a region
Explain how central governments contribute to the advancement of civilizations
Describe the contributions of ancient civilizations and explain how they have influenced
later people
ACTIVITIES / LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES:
 Study a physical map of Mesopotamia and identify geographic characteristics that
affected the development of ancient Sumer
 Explain how the contributions of the Sumerians influenced later people (number system
based on the number 60=60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour)
 Assess the fairness/unfairness of the Code of Hammurabi
 Study a physical map of ancient Egypt and explain what the expression “The Gifts of the
Nile” refer to after checking on http://egypt.mrdonn.org/geography.html
 Explain how the contributions of the ancient Egyptians paved the way for later advances
(medicine, mummification, accurate calendar, engineering, architecture, geometry).
 Study a physical map of the ancient India and explain how the different features affected
the development of the region (locate Himalaya Mountains, Indus River, Ganges River,
Brahmaputra River, Deccan Plateau, Western and Eastern Ghats, Indian Ocean, Bay of
Bengal and define monsoons).
 Explain why the monsoons were considered both a blessing and a curse.
 Describe the ancient cities of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
 Explain how the contributions of the ancient Indus River Valley civilization influenced
later people.
 Study a physical map of China and identify geographic characteristics that affected its
development (locate Himalaya Mountains, Gobi Desert, Kunlun Mountains, China Sea,
Pacific Ocean, Tibetan Plateau, Yellow River, Xi River)
 Explain how the isolation of China influenced its ethnocentric view
 Explain how the Silk Road was the internet of ancient times
RESOURCES:
http://egypt.mrdonn.org/geography.html
http://www.recoveredscience.com/const130egymathcontributions.htm#_edn33
TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION
http://egypt.mrdonn.org/geography.html
http://www.recoveredscience.com/const130egymathcontributions.htm#_edn33
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