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**Early Civilizations** **2009-2010** **Amanda Duncan**

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__**Quarter 1**__

 * Geography** (p. M-M13)
 * Continents, Oceans
 * Geographical features and land forms
 * Using Maps: scale, key, compass, title, insets, latitude and longitude
 * Types of Maps: physical, political, special-purpose
 * Using Google Maps & Google Earth
 * The Geography and History connection
 * Beginnings of Human Society** (Chapter 1, all)
 * Using Timelines
 * The Connection of Geography and History
 * How do we learn about history?
 * Archaeology, oral traditions, written records
 * Prehistory vs. history
 * The Stone Age
 * Hunter-Gatherers
 * The Beginning of farming and animal domestication
 * The Beginnings of Civilization
 * Irrigation-> surplus food-> population growth-> cities → civilizations
 * What is a civilization?
 * Introduction to government, trade, social classes

__**Quarter 2**__
**The Fertile Crescent** (Chapter 2, all) **Ancient Egypt** (Chapter 3, Sec. 1-4)
 * Mesopotamia and Geography
 * Sumeria and the First Cities in Mesopotamia
 * Babylonia and Assyria
 * Hammurabi's Code
 * The Development of Writing
 * The Phoenicians
 * The Israelites
 * Introduction to Judaism
 * Geography and the Nile
 * Rulers, Religion, Daily Life
 * The Pyramids
 * Egyptian Hieroglyphics
 * The Rosetta Stone

__**Quarter 3**__

 * Ancient Greece** (Chapter 6, all & 7, sec. 1-2)
 * Geography
 * Development of Democracy
 * Religion & Oracles
 * Philosophy and Learning
 * Golden Age of Athens
 * Daily Life
 * Athens, Sparta, Peloponnesian War, Persian War
 * Ancient Rome** (Chapter 8 & 9, all)
 * Geography
 * The Republic
 * Julius Caesar & The Empire
 * Roman Emperors
 * Daily Life
 * Gladiators
 * Rise and Spread of Christianity
 * Beliefs of Christianity
 * Constantine and the Fall of Rome

__**Quarter 4**__

 * Byzantine and Muslim Civilizations** (Chapter 10, sec. 1-2)
 * Constantinople
 * The Byzantine Empire
 * Beginnings of Islam
 * Beliefs of Islam
 * World Religions**
 * Group Power Point presentations on...
 * Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism
 * The Early Americas** (Chapter 12, all)
 * Geography
 * The Incas
 * The Mayas
 * The Aztecs