1) Students will examine the lives of the hunting and gathering
people of the ancient world during the beginnings of human
society.
2) Students will examine the characteristics of early
civilizations, including those of Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Indus
River Valley, and China from approximately 4000 to 1000B.C.E.
3) Students will examine the antecedents, origins, development,
and achievements of the classical civilizations of Greece and
Rome from approximately 2000B.C.E. to 500C.E.
4) Students will trace the development of major civilizations,
states, and empires in different regions of Asia, Africa, and the
Americas from 1000B.C.E. to 1500 C.E.
5) Students will examine the political, economic, social, and
cultural development of Europe, which influenced the rise of
Western Civilization from 500 to 1500
6) Students will conduct historical research that includes
forming research questions, developing a thesis, investigating a
variety of primary and secondary sources and presenting their
finding s with documentation.