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Resources for Unit 1

videos

Websites & ARTICLES

• The Big History Project (BHP)​
• BBC Prehistoric Life
• Ancient Civilizations - Encyclopedia of Ancient History (AncientHistory.eu)
• BBC Ancient History
• BBC The Story of Africa
• British Museum​ Online
• Collective Learning Part 1 (Big History Project PDF)
• Collective Learning Part 2 (Big History Project PDF)
• The Origin of World Religions (Big History Project PDF)
• Development of Agriculture and Writing (Khan Academy)
• Comparing the Rise and Fall of Empires (Khan Academy)
• Guns, Germs & Steel - the story of crops, animals, germs, technology and geography (PBS.org)
• Social Status, Power and Human Burials (Big History Project)
• Income Inequality Can Be Traced to Neolithic Use of Oxen (Washington Post Business, 30 Sept. 2019)
  
• 5,000 Years of Rise and Fall of the World Empires in One Chart (BusinessInsider)
• Why Do Civilizations Collapse? (HowStuffWorks.com)
• Jared Diamond, Author of "Guns, Germs, Steel": The Rise and Fall of Civilizations (National Public Radio - NPR)
• Collapse: Why Do Civilizations Fall? (Annenburg Media)
• Fordham University - Ancient History online Source books
• MET: The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline of Art History

Google Presentations & docs

Rubrics

• Bloom’s Taxonomy - Level of Questions with Sentence Starters (Google Slides)
• Sample TEEAL Paragraph: Alexander the Great
• ​Early Civilizations Shared Inquiry & Research Presentation (Formative & Summative Assessments)
• ​Formative Shared Inquiry Task Descriptions and Rubrics​​
• Power - Connections to Early Civilizations (document)
• Essay Outline Template​

Research & Writing Skills

Check out my the following webpage dedicated to helping SAS World History students with their historical research & communication skills -- you'll find tutorial videos & exemplars here:

• Thinking Like a Historian: Historical Research & Communication Skills (yourglobalclassroom webpage)

• Inquiry/Research Rubric
• Explanatory Rubric
• Reflection Rubric
• Shared Inquiry Rubric w/ Peer Assessment

Research Resources for Specific Civilizations:

Aksum Empire

• Aksum Empire (Big History Project)
• The Kingdom of Aksum (WH Textbook pgs 225-231)

Ancient Greece

• Greco-Roman (Big History Project)
• Ancient Greece (ancienthistory.eu)

Aztec

• Mesoamerica (Big History Project)
• Early Mesoamerican Civilizations (WHTextbook pages 240-243)

China

• World History: Patterns of Interaction: “Chapter 2 River Dynasties in China”
• World History: Patterns of Interaction: Chapter 7: “Han Emperors in china” (Textbook PDF)
• Crash Course in World History: China’s Dynastic Rule (Video)
• The Dynastic Cycle (Google Slides Presentation)
• Crash Course in World History: 2,000 Years of Chinese History (Video)
• Overview of China’s Dynastic Rule (PDF of Presentation)
• Confucius and His Teachings (PDF Chapter Reading)​

Egypt

• Ancient Egypt (National Geographic video)
• Explore Ancient Egypt (PBS NOVA)

Ghana Empire

• The Ghana Empire (Big History Project)
• Ancient Ghana (ancienthistory.eu)

Inca Empire

• The Rise and Fall of the Inca (TEDed)
• Inca Civilization (ancienthistory.eu)
• Inca Empire (Youtube)
• Inca (Inka) Empire   (click to watch video)
• Inca Empire - ABC-CLIO  (login with username: sastigers; password: sastigers)
• Inca Government and Administration  (login with username: sastigers; password: sastigers)
• Inca (Britannica.com)

Indus Valley

• Indus Valley Civilization (Ancienthistory.eu);
• Indus Valley (WH Textbook pages 44-49)

Japan

• Ancient Japan (Britannica.com)
• Ancient Japan (ancienthistory.eu)

Jericho

• Jericho (Big History Project)
• Early Jericho (ancienthistory.eu)

Korea

• Ancient Korea (Ancient.eu)
• Ancient Korea (ancienthistory.eu)

Mali Empire

• Mali Empire (Youtube video)
• Mali Empire (click to watch video)
• Crash Course in World History: Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa (Youtube video)
• Mali (ABC-CLIO)  (login with username: sastigers; password: sastigers)
• Mali Rulers (ABC-CLIO)  (login with username: sastigers; password: sastigers)
• Mali  (New World Encycopedia)
• Mali - Historical Empire (Britannica.com)
• Mali - Western Kingdoms of Africa (BBC.com)

Maya

• Mesoamerica (Big History Project)
• Maya Civilization (ancienthistory.eu)
• Ancient Maya (National Geographic video)
• Map of the Maya World (PBS NOVA)

Mongol Empire

• Rise and Fall of the Mongol Empire (Youtube video)
• Mongol Empire   (click to watch video)
• Crash Course in World History: The Mongols (video of John Green’s favorite civilization!)
• Mongol Empire (ABC-CLIO)  (login with username: sastigers; password: sastigers)
• Mongols (ABC-CLIO)  (login with username: sastigers; password: sastigers)
• The Mongol Empire (allempires.com)
• Historical Maps of Mongol Empire (website to many maps showing changes over time of the empire)
• Mongol Empire (New World Encyclopedia)
• Mongol Empire - (World History Connected Press - Illinois.edu)

Roman Empire

• ​Greco-Roman (Big History Project)
• Illustrated History of the Roman Empire
• World History: Patterns of Interaction, “Chapter 6: Ancient Rome and Early Christianity” (Textbook PDF)
• Crash Course in World History: The Roman Empire (Video)
• Roman Empire Presentation (Mr. Bisset’s PPT)
• Answers to Rome - (Mr. Torjesen’s PPT)
• The Roman Emperor Julius Caesar (Video)

Uruk

• Uruk (Big History Project)
• Uruk (ancienthistory.eu)