Standards
Social Science:
STATE GOAL 16: Understand events, trends, individuals and movements shaping the history of
16.B.2a Describe the historical development of monarchies, oligarchies and city-states in ancient civilizations.
STATE GOAL 17: Understand world geography and the effects of geography on society, with an emphasis on the
17.A.2a Compare the physical characteristics of places including soils, land forms, vegetation, wildlife, climate, natural hazards.
17.A.2b Use maps and other geographic representations and instruments to gather information about people, places and environments.
Language Arts: STATE GOAL 3: Write to communicate for a variety of purposes. 3.A.2 Write paragraphs that include a variety of sentence types; appropriate use of the eight parts of speech; and accurate spelling, capitalization and punctuation. 3.B.2b Establish central idea, organization, elaboration and unity in relation to purpose and audience. 3.C.2a Write for a variety of purposes and for specified audiences in a variety of forms including narrative (e.g., fiction, autobiography), expository (e.g., reports, essays) and persuasive writings (e.g., editorials, advertisements). STATE GOAL 5: Use the language arts to acquire, assess and communicate information. 5.A.2b Organize and integrate information from a variety of sources (e.g., books, interviews, library reference materials, web- sites, CD/ROMs). 5.C.2b Prepare and deliver oral presentations based on inquiry or research.