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Tangipahoa Parish School System Social Studies Implementation Guide Grade 6

Unit 2: River Valley Civilizations (4000-1000 B.C.) Time Frame: 6 Weeks Suggested Comprehensive Grade Level Expectations Harcourt Recommended Textbook Other Time Curriculum Teacher Assessments Resources Resources Activity Edition Pages Week 6 Activity 1 17, 28, 2, 3, 9, 19, 21, 24, 27 Unit 2-3 CCG BLM River Harcourt Activity Time For Kids, “When Farming Took Root” Activity 2 Research, pp. 6-13 Book, pp. 28-29 17. Describe the defining characteristics of major world civilizations from political, i-Leap Practice Write a travel Transparencies, p. social, and economic perspectives (H-1A- www.unitedstreaming.com M2) journal (story 2-10 chain) www.harcourtschool.com 28. Describe the major characteristics of http://www.tangischools.org/Tech/taillon/Resources.htm early river valley civilizations (H-1C-M3) Group Presentation http://www.tangischools.org/CC/GLE/Sixth%20Grade.htm 2. Identify land and climatic conditions conducive to human settlement in regions of i-Leap Formatted http://www.tangischools.org/eciweb/COMPREHENSIVE_CURRICULUM.html the Test world and describe the role of these conditions (G-1B-M1)

3. Identify physical features that influenced world historical events and describe their influence (e.g., the Nile and Tigris-Euphrates as “cradles of civilization”) (G-1BM2)

9. Explain how different physical environments affected human activity in ancient civiliations

19. Use multiple primary and secondary sources to describe world civilizations (H- 1AM4)

21. Conduct historical research using a variety of resources to answer historical questions related to world civilizations (H- 1A-M6)

24 Explain how geographical features influenced development of early civilizations (e.g., domestication, cultivation, specialization) (H-1C-M2)

27. Locate and describe the major river systems and discuss the physical settings that supported permanent settlement and early civilizations in Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and the Indus valley (H-1C-M3)

Week 7 Activity 3 15, 17, 28, 2, 3, 9, 24 Unit 2-3 CCG Timeline Vocabulary Cards Student copies of World Maps Activity 4 Ch. 2-5 Poster (Act. 4) of 4 River Valley Transparencies 2-1 http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu/dev/units/three/landscape/03_landscape3.pdf 2. Identify land and climatic conditions conducive to human settlement in regions of Civilizations to 2-10 www.googleearth.com the http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/literature/hieroglyphs.htm world and describe the role of these Discussion conditions (G-1B-M1) Teacher Oral www.harcourtschool.com evaluation: How 3. Identify physical features that influenced http://www.tangischools.org/Tech/taillon/Resources.htm world historical events and describe their physical features influence (e.g., the Nile and Tigris-Euphrates affected/influenced http://www.tangischools.org/CC/GLE/Sixth%20Grade.htm as “cradles of civilization”) (G-1BM2) early civilizations http://www.tangischools.org/eciweb/COMPREHENSIVE_CURRICULUM.html

9. Explain how different physical environments affected human activity in ancient civilizations (G-1D-M2)

15. Construct a timeline of key developments in world history (political, social, technological, religious/cultural)(H-1A-M1)

17. Describe the defining characteristics of major world civilizations from political, social, and economic perspectives (H-1A- M2) 24 Explain how geographical features influenced development of early civilizations (e.g., domestication, cultivation, specialization) (H-1C-M2)

28. Describe the major characteristics of early river valley civilizations (H-1C-M3)

Week 8 Activity 5 4, 28, 35 Unit 2, Ch. CCG BLM Harcourt Activity 2-3 Ziggurat Rubric Book, pp. 26-33 Invite an architect, brick layer, engineer, carpenter, or 4. Explain ways in which goals, cultures, contractor to visit the class interests, inventions, and technological advances have affected people’s perceptions Build or sketch a Vocabulary www.mrdonn.org and uses of places or regions in world model Ziggurat Cards/Picture www.harcourtschool.com history (G-1B-M4) Cards showing styles of http://www.tangischools.org/Tech/taillon/Resources.htm 28. Describe the major characteristics of architecture early river valley civilizations (H-1C-M3) http://www.tangischools.org/CC/GLE/Sixth%20Grade.htm http://www.tangischools.org/eciweb/COMPREHENSIVE_CURRICULUM.html 35. Identify forms of writing developed in early civilizations and explain how written www.googleearth.com records changed political, legal, religious, and cultural life (H-1C-M3)

Week 9 Activity 6 28, 29, 35 Unit 2-3, Comparative Harcourt Activity Time For Kids Reader (Ancient Writing) Ch. 2-5 Essay-Teacher Book, pp. 28-29 28. Describe the major characteristics of early river valley civilizations (H-1C-M3) Made Grading Google Search: Sample of Writing From 4 River Rubric Transparencies, p. Valley Civilizations 29. Describe how early river civilizations 2-10 influenced the development of other cultures http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MESO/CODE.HTM through trade and cultural diffusion (H-1C- http://www.crystalinks.com/rosetta.html M4)

35. Identify forms of writing developed in early civilizations and explain how written records changed political, legal, religious, and cultural life (H-1C-M3) Week Activity 7 28, 29, 3, 9 Unit 2-3, CCG BLM, pp. 15 Harcourt Activity Geoskills Map CD, copy of the poem, “The Negro 10 Activity 8 Ch. 2-6 “The Negro Speaks Book, pp. 28-29 Speaks of Rivers” 28. Describe the major characteristics of early river valley civilizations (H-1C-M3) of Rivers,” Develop a similar Transparencies, p. www.poets.org 29. Describe how early river civilizations poem using a 2-10 http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15722 influenced the development of other cultures different www.harcourtschool.com through trade and cultural diffusion (H-1C- geographical M4) feature share http://www.tangischools.org/Tech/taillon/Resources.htm 3. Identify physical features that influenced http://www.tangischools.org/CC/GLE/Sixth%20Grade.htm world historical events and describe their http://www.tangischools.org/eciweb/COMPREHENSIVE_CURRICULUM.html influence (e.g., the Nile and Tigris-Euphrates as “cradles of civilization”) (G-1BM2)

9. Explain how different physical environments affected human activity in ancient civilizations (G-1D-M2)

Week Activity 9 4, 17, 28 Unit 2-3 Teacher Harcourt Activity Textbooks, notes, timelines, PowerPoint, maps, web 11 Observation, Class Book, pp. 28-29 searches 4. Explain ways in which goals, cultures, interests, inventions, and technological debate on advantages and Transparencies, p. http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu/dev/units/three/landscape/03_landscape3.pdf advances have affected people’s perceptions and uses of places or regions in world disadvantages of 2-10 http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/literature/hieroglyphs.htm history (G-1B-M4) life in different www.harcourtschool.com civilizations 17. Describe the defining characteristics of http://www.tangischools.org/Tech/taillon/Resources.htm major world civilizations from political, social, and economic perspectives (H-1A- Rubric http://www.tangischools.org/CC/GLE/Sixth%20Grade.htm M2) http://www.tangischools.org/eciweb/COMPREHENSIVE_CURRICULUM.html Unit Test 28. Describe the major characteristics of early river valley civilizations (H-1C-M3)