1. SOCIAL STUDIES GRADE SIX – ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
Archaeology
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Prehistory v. History
Fertile Crescent
Geography
Content Vocabulary:
prehistory
history
archaeology
hunter-gatherers
oral tradition
civilization
social class
polytheism
code
cuneiform
Hammurabi
empire
fertile
Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamia
nomads
artisans
skilled workers
slavery
History
Effect of Physical Geography on Growth of Ancient Civilizations
Ancient
Civilizations
Hunter-
gatherers
Economics
How Did Ancient Peoples Develop Economic Systems?
Social classes
Government
Barter and trade
Culture
Hammurabi
Cuneiform
Polytheism
How Did Ancient Peoples Develop Systems of Government?
Essential Understandings/Learning Goals:
Agriculture played a significant role in the change from hunter-gatherer communities to settled communities.
The natural environment of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers shaped the early development of civilization.
Writing developed as people needed permanent ways to record communications.
Early people developed economic systems as they started to trade with other communities.
Technology improved the lives of people in early civilizations.
Early people developed government to protect and take care of the people in their communities.
Civilizations developed as people created a stable food supply, specialized labor, government, social levels, and culture.