Standards

16.A.2c Ask questions and seek answers by collecting and analyzing data from historic documents, images and other literary and non-literary sources. 

 

16.B.2a (W)  Describe the historical develop­ment of monarchies, oligarchies and city-states in ancient civilizations.

 

16.C.2b (W)  Describe the basic economic systems of the world’s great civilizations including Mesopotamia, Egypt, Aegean/Mediterranean and Asian civilizations, 1000 BCE - 500 CE.  

 

18.C.2    Describe how changes in pro­duction (e.g., hunting and gathering, agri­cultural, industrial) and population caused changes in social systems. 

 

1.B.2a  Establish purposes for reading; survey materials; ask questions; make predictions; connect, clarify and extend ideas.

 

1.C.2d  Summarize and make generalizations from content and relate to purpose of material.

 

2.B.2a  Respond to literary material by making inferences, drawing conclusions and comparing it to their own experience, prior knowledge and other texts.

 

13.B.2b  Describe the effects on society of scientific and technological innovations (e.g., antibiotics, steam engine, digital computer).

 

27.B.2 Identify and describe how the arts communicate the similarities and differences among various people, places and times.

 

NCSS themes:  Time, Continuity, and Change

                           Individuals, Groups, and Institutions

                           Science, Technology, and Society

                           Culture