Content Standard(s):
Social Studies 1 ) Explain how artifacts and other archaeological findings provide evidence of the nature and movement of prehistoric groups of people.
Examples: cave paintings, Ice Man, Lucy, fossils, pottery
• Identifying the founding of Rome as the basis of the calendar established by Julius Caesar and used in early Western civilization for over a thousand years
• Identifying the birth of Christ as the basis of the Gregorian calendar used in the United States since its beginning and in most countries of the world today, signified by B.C. and A.D.
• Using vocabulary terms other than B.C. and A.D. to describe time
Examples: B.C.E., C.E.
• Identifying terms used to describe characteristics of early societies and family structures
Examples: monogamous, polygamous, nomadic
Unpacked Content
Strand: Geography, History
Course Title: World History to 1500
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
Explain how artifacts and other archaeological findings provide evidence of the nature, social and family structures, and movements of prehistoric groups of people including prehistoric fossils, human remains such as mummies, human artwork, pottery and other human-made artifacts.
Describe the relationship among various methods for describing historical and pre-historical time, including: the Julian calendar, the Gregorian calendar and associated use of B.C. and A.D., use of B.C.E. and C.E. Teacher Vocabulary:
artifacts
archaeological findings
evidence
Gregorian calendar
Julian calendar
nomadic
agrarian
monogamous
polygamous
prehistoric
B.C.E.
C.E.
B.C.
A.D. Knowledge:
Students know:
How artifacts and other archaeological findings provide evidence of the nature of movement of prehistoric people.
The historical basis for the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
Various ways to describe historic and pre-historic time, including use of B.C.E. and C.E.
Terms to describe characteristics of early societies and family structures (Ex. monogamous, polygamous, nomadic, agrarian). Skills:
The students are able to:
Describe the difference between artifacts and fossils and how they are used by archeologists and historians.
Use examples to explain the ways artifacts and other archaeological findings provide evidence of the nature and movement of prehistoric groups of people.
Describe time through the use of a variety to calendars and methods.
Identify terms used to describe characteristics of early societies and family structures. Understanding:
Students understand that:
Archaeologists and historians use evidence left behind by prehistoric people to describe the nature of these people and their movements.
The Gregorian and Julian calendars differ and various calendars use different dates as their starting points.
There are a variety of ways to identify historical time.
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
Social Studies 2 ) Analyze characteristics of early civilizations in respect to technology, division of labor, government, calendar, and writings.
• Comparing significant features of civilizations that developed in the Tigris-Euphrates, Nile, Indus, and Huang He River Valleys
Examples: natural environment, urban development, social hierarchy, written language, ethical and religious belief systems, government and military institutions, economic systems
• Identifying on a map locations of cultural hearths of early civilizations
Examples: Mesopotamia, Nile River Valley
Unpacked Content
Strand: Economics, Geography, History, Civics and Government
Course Title: World History to 1500
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
Analyze and compare the characteristics of early civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and India based on their natural environments, urban development, technology, division of labor and social hierarchies, types of government, ethical and religious belief systems, economic systems, calendar, and writings.
Locate and describe the cultural hearths of early civilizations including those in Mesopotamia and the Nile Valley. Teacher Vocabulary:
technology
early civilizations
labor
government
developed
division of labor
cultural hearths
natural environments
urban development
social hierarchy
types of government
ethical and religious belief systems
economic systems Knowledge:
Students know:
The characteristics of early civilizations, including natural environments, urban development, technology, division of labor and social hierarchies, types of government, ethical and religious belief systems, economic systems, calendar, and writings
the similarities and differences among the civilizations that developed in the Tigris-Euphrates, Nile, Indus, and Huang-He River valleys.
The locations of cultural hearths of early civilizations. Skills:
The students are able to:
Analyze and compare early civilizations using a list of characteristics.
Locate places on a map. Understanding:
Students understand that:
There are ways early civilizations developed to meet the demands of their environment and the needs of their people.
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
Social Studies 4 ) Identify cultural contributions of Classical Greece, including politics, intellectual life, arts, literature, architecture, and science.
Unpacked Content
Strand: History, Civics and Government
Course Title: World History to 1500
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
Analyze and compare cultural contributions of Classical Greece, including politics, intellectual life, arts, architecture, and science Teacher Vocabulary:
cultural contributions
Classical Greece
politics
intellectual life
oligarchy
democracy
representative democracy
direct democracy
philosophy Knowledge:
Students know:
The cultural contributions of Classical Greece, including the areas of politics, intellectual life, arts, literature, architecture, and science.
The social and political structures of various city-states throughout Greece's Classical Era.
The contribution of Greek democracy to the American system of government. Skills:
Students are able to:
Analyze textual evidence of primary and secondary sources.
Locate places on a map.
Describe how geography influenced Greek culture. Understanding:
Students understand that:
There were many cultural contributions of Classical Greece, in government, politics, arts, history, philosophy, drama, literature, architecture, math, and science.
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
Digital Literacy and Computer Science R5) Locate and curate information from digital sources to answer research questions.
Unpacked Content
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students will:
locate and curate information from digital sources to answer given research questions. Teacher Vocabulary:
Knowledge:
Students know:
how to find valid sources to answer a given research topic.
how to cite sources. Skills:
Students are able to:
locate valid digital resources to answer given research questions. Understanding:
Students understand that:
a great deal of information is available, so it is important to validate the information and to cite the source of the information.
Digital Literacy and Computer Science R5) Locate and curate information from digital sources to answer research questions.
Unpacked Content
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students will:
locate information from digital sources to answer given research questions.
curate information from digital sources to answer given research questions. Teacher Vocabulary:
Knowledge:
Students know:
how to find valid sources and cite those sources to answer a given research topic. Skills:
Students are able to:
locate valid digital resources to answer given research questions. Understanding:
Students understand that:
a great deal of information is available.
it is important to validate the information and to cite the source of the information.
Digital Literacy and Computer Science R5) Locate and curate information from digital sources to answer research questions.
Unpacked Content
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students will:
locate and curate information from digital sources to answer given research questions. Teacher Vocabulary:
Knowledge:
Students know:
how to find valid sources to answer a given research topic.
cite sources. Skills:
Students are able to:
locate valid digital resources to answer given research questions. Understanding:
Students understand that:
a great deal of information is available.
it is important to validate information and to cite the source of information.
