Era 2 - Units and Information

Unit 2, Lesson 7:

• Handout readings and drawings for Catalhoyuk

 
Unit 2 Lesson 8:

• Student Handout – Jigsaw on Archaeological Sites
• Student Handout – Investigating Archaeological Sites

 
Unit 3, Lesson 2:

• Handout 1:  Characteristics of a Civilization
• Handout 2:  Early Cities

 
Unit 3, Lesson 3:

• Graphic Organizer
• Student Handout 1:  Mesopotamia and Egypt

 
Unit 3, Lesson 5:

• Student Handout 2 – Animal-Herding Societies
• Student Handout 3 – Large Mammals and Nomadic Pastoralists
• Student Handout 5:  Pastoral Nomads:  Adaptations and Interactions

 
Unit 3, Lesson 8:

• Student Handout 3 – World Zone Resources /uploads/1/0/6/6/10664026/u3l8_world_resource_zones.pdf

Era 3 - Units and Information

Unit 4, Lesson2: 

• Empire Expert Group Handouts

 
Unit 4 Lesson 3:

• Student Handout 1 – Introduction to Athens and Athenian Democracy
• Student Handout 2 Introduction to Ancient Rome… Republic to Empire
• Student Handout 4  The Fall of the Roman Republic and the Rise of the Empire

 
Unit 4, Lesson 4:

• Student Handout 1 – Social Hierarchy and Slavery in the Ancient World

 
Unit 4, Lesson 5:

• Student Handout 1:  World Religions in Expanding Networks

 
 
Unit 4, Lesson 7:

• Student Handout #2:  Silk Roads
• Student Handout #4 – The Iron Age

 
Unit 4, Lesson 8:

• Student Handout #4:  Era 3 Societies around the World

 
Unit 5, Lesson 1:

• Student Handout 2b and 2c – Han Overview Article

 
Unit 5, Lesson 2:

• Technology and Engineering

 
Unit 5, Lesson 4:

• Student Handout 1 – Overview of the Mayans

 
Unit 5, Lesson 5:
Student Handout #2  Historical Overview of the Gupta Empire and Summarization Exercise

Era 4 - Units and Information

Unit 6, Lesson 1:

• Student Handout 1 – Guided Reading on the Byzantine Empire

 
Unit 6, Lesson 2:

• Student Handout 1 – Overview of the History of Islam in the Middle East

 
Unit 6 Lesson 4:

• Student Handout #1 – Interaction and Conflict in Era 4

 
Unit 6 Lesson 5:

• Student Handout #1 - The Carolingian Empire and Charlemagne

 
Unit 6 Lesson 6:

• Student Handout #3A – Overview of the Vikings

 
Unit 6, Lesson 7:

• Student Handout 2:  States and Societies of on Sub-Saharan Africa
• Student Handout 3:  The Kingdom of Ghana

 
Unit 7, Lesson 1:

• Student Handout 2:  Understanding the Mali Empire through Six Accounts

 
Unit 7, Lesson 2:

• Student Handout #2 – Civilization and Empire in the Americas

Links and Useful Sites

Topic / Case Study
Website(s) for Student Research

Neolithic Revolution
 
http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0022-agricultural-revolution.php
 
http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Neolithic_Revolution

Catalhoyuk
 
http://www.smm.org/catal/top.php?visited=TRUE
 
http://factsanddetails.com/world/cat56/sub362/item1504.html

Jericho

https://www.britannica.com/place/Jericho-West-Bank

Mesopotamia
 
http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/
 
http://www.ducksters.com/history/mesopotamia/ancient_mesopotamia.php
 
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/earlydynastic.htm

Egypt
 
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/
 
https://kidskonnect.com/history/ancient-egypt/
 
http://egypt.mrdonn.org/index.html

Indus
 
http://mocomi.com/indus-valley-civilization/
 
http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0039-indus-valley-civilization.php
 
http://india.mrdonn.org/indus.html

Yellow River
 
http://rivervalleycivilizations.com/yellow.php
 
http://china.mrdonn.org/rivers.html

Assyria
 
http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0055-assyrian-empire.php
 
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/assyrians.htm

Greece
 
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/
 
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_greek_athens.php

Persia
 
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/persians.htm
 
http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0057-persian-empire.php

Olmec
 
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/southamerica/before1500/history/olmec.htm
 
http://www.aztec-history.com/olmec-civilization.html

Maya
 
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/southamerica/before1500/history/maya.htm
 
http://www.ducksters.com/history/aztec_maya_inca.php

Rome
 
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/
 
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_rome.php

Gupta
 
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/india/history/gupta.htm
 
http://mocomi.com/gupta-empire/

Han
 
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/china/history/han.htm
 
http://china.mrdonn.org/han.html

Silk Roads
 
http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0135-the-silk-road.php
 
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/centralasia/economy/

Byzantine Empire
 
http://www.ducksters.com/history/middle_ages_byzantine_empire.php
 
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/byzantine/justinian.htm

Vikings
 
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/earlymiddle/vikings.htm
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/vikings/

Islam and Islamic Kingdoms
 
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/islam/history/history.htm
 
http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0171-islam.php

Carolingian Empire
 
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/highmiddle/carolingians.htm
 
http://www.ducksters.com/history/middle_ages/the_franks.php

Bantu Migrations
 
http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0098-bantu-peoples.php
 
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/africa/history/bantu.htm

Mali
 
http://africa.mrdonn.org/mali.html
 
http://www.ducksters.com/history/africa/empire_of_ancient_mali.php

Songhai
 
http://africa.mrdonn.org/songhay.html
 
http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0101-kingdom-songhai.php

Aztec
 
http://www.ducksters.com/history/aztec_maya_inca.php

Inca
 
http://www.ducksters.com/history/aztec_maya_inca.php

History of World Religions
 
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/religion/

History of Government
 
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/government/

History of Technology
 
http://www.ducksters.com/history/mesopotamia/science_and_technology.php
 
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/history/earlybronze.htm
 
http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Iron_Age
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