Social Studies Year Overview
Conceptual
Lens
Central
Resources
Unit 1/Ancient Mesopotamia
Unit 2/Ancient Egypt
Unit 3/Ancient India
CHANGE: Geography
CHANGE: Innovation
CHANGE: Society and Class
Systems
-History Alive: The Ancient
World
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Dear Diary-Day in the life of a
hunter-gatherer
-History Alive: The Ancient
World
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Comic Strip- The development of
a civilization
Cause and Effect Chart- The
Agricultural Revolution
Map of Ancient Egypt
Compare and Contrast- Hunters
and Gatherers vs Farmers
-History Alive: The Ancient
World
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Map of Ancient India
-History Alive: The Ancient
World
-Study.com
Map of the Yellow River Valley
Creative Writing- life in Mohenjo
Daro
Confucius Says
(S) China Brochure
Compare and Contrast- The
development of Ancient Egypt to
the development of Ancient
Mesopotamia
Map of Ancient Mesopotamia
Assessments
(Formative &
Summative)
Poems for 2 voices
(S) Expository Writing- the Caste
System of Ancient India or Plate
Wheel
Web Exploration- Rich vs. Poor
Web Exploration- Ancient Sumer
(S) Essay- How was geography
critical to the rise of
Mesopotamia?
Unit 4/Ancient China
REVISE-Rome and Greece
CHANGE: Government
Analyze edicts of Prince Ashoka
Timeline Activity- Egypt’s
Dynasties and Kingdoms
(S) DBQ Activity- Geography of
Egypt
(S) DBQ Short Answer Test
(S) Ancient Egypt Lap Book
Project
(S) DBQ Short Answer Test
(S) Letter to Ashoka
(S) DBQ Short Answer Test
Skit Writing Activity- The Silk
Road
(S) DBQ Short Answer Test
Social Studies Year Overview
AERO
Standards
Alignment
Standard 1 (Time, Continuity,
and Change)
Students will understand patterns
of change and continuity,
relationships between people and
events through time, and various
interpretations of these
relationships.
Standard 1 (Time, Continuity,
and Change)
Students will understand patterns
of change and continuity,
relationships between people and
events through time, and various
interpretations of these
relationships.
Standard 1 (Time, Continuity,
and Change)
Students will understand patterns
of change and continuity,
relationships between people and
events through time, and various
interpretations of these
relationships.
Standard 1 (Time, Continuity,
and Change)
Students will understand patterns
of change and continuity,
relationships between people and
events through time, and various
interpretations of these
relationships.
Standard 3 (Geography)
Students will understand the
interactions and relationship
between human societies and their
physical environment.
Standard 3 (Geography)
Students will understand the
interactions and relationship
between human societies and their
physical environment.
Standard 4 (Culture)
Students will understand cultural
and intellectual developments and
interactions among societies.
Standard 4 (Culture)
Students will understand cultural
and intellectual developments and
interactions among societies.
Standard 2 (Connections and
Conflict)
Students will understand causes
and effects of interaction among
societies, including trade, systems
of international exchange, war,
and diplomacy.)
Standard 2 (Connections and
Conflict)
Students will understand causes
and effects of interaction among
societies, including trade, systems
of international exchange, war,
and diplomacy.)
Standard 6 (Government)
Students will understand why
societies create and adopt systems
of governance and how they
address human needs, rights,
responsibilities and citizenship.
Standard 5 (Society and Identity)
Students will understand social
systems and structures and how
these influence individual.
Standard 4 (Culture)
Students will understand cultural
and intellectual developments and
interactions among societies.
Standard 3 (Geography)
Students will understand the
interactions and relationship
between human societies and their
physical environment.
Standard 5 (Society and Identity)
Students will understand social
systems and structures and how
Standard 8 (Science, Technology, these influence individual.
and Society)
Students will understand how
Standard 6 (Government)
societies have influenced and
Students will understand why
been influenced by scientific
societies create and adopt systems
developments and technological
of governance and how they
developments.
address human needs, rights,
responsibilities and citizenship.
Standard 5 (Society and Identity)
Students will understand social
systems and structures and how
these influence individual.
Standard 6 (Government)
Students will understand why
societies create and adopt systems
of governance and how they
address human needs, rights,
responsibilities and citizenship.
Social Studies Year Overview
Communication
Organization
Information Literacy
Critical-Thinking
Communication
Collaboration
Organization
Research
Communication
Information Literacy
Critical-Thinking
Organization
Communication
Critical-Thinking
Information Literacy
Principled
Thinkers
Inquirer
Communicators
Knowledgeable
Open-Minded
Well Balanced
Reflective
Approaches to
Learning
Learner Profile
Focus