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Unit 1: Foundations of Civilizations

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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:

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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)

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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)

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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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