Theme 1: Interaction Between Humans and the Environment – Demography and Disease – Migration – Patterns of Settlement – Technology –

Interaction between Humans and Environment How did humans deal with disease? Where did humans in your region live and why did they live where they did? How did technology impact where people lived?

Theme 2: Development and Interaction of Cultures – Religions – Belief Systems, Philosophies, and Ideologies – Science & Technology – The Arts and Architecture –

Development and Interaction of Culture How did humans in your region develop their religion or belief systems? How did it change over time? Why? How did different societies use technology in relation to other societies? How did humans in your region express themselves artistically?

Theme 3: State-Building, Expansion, and Conflict – Political Structures and Forms of Governance – Empires – Nations and Nationalism – Revolts and Revolutions – Regional, Transregional, Global Structures and Organizations –

State Building, Expansion and Conflict How did humans in your region establish order, govern themselves and create political units? How did political units expand, what happened when conflict arose? What were the different types of political units around the region? (empires and their contributions) What caused the decline of your civilizations? (comparisons/contrasts)

Theme 4: Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems – Agricultural and Pastoral Production – Trade and Commerce – Labor Systems – Industrialization – Capitalism and Socialism –

Creation, Expansion and Interaction of Economic Systems How did your regions create and manage resources to improve quality of life? How did it change or stay the same from ancient to classical time frames? How did humans organize their work to maximize their efforts? (labor systems)

Theme 5: Development and Transformation of Social Structures – Gender Roles and Relations – Family and Kinship – Racial and Ethnic Constructions – Social and Economic Classes –

Development and Transformation of Social Structures How did men and women share their work? How were families structured? What were family roles? How did your societies see race/ethnicity? What were differences between classes?