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=Welcome to SunKids Academy History Lessons!=

Getting Started
This is an outline of our Introduction to World Civilization Course. Here is our course outline:

(China, Greece, India, Persia, Rome) ||  ||   ||   || Teaching Objectives
 * Weekly Schedule || Outline || Themes || Activities || Skills || Assessments ||
 * Week 1 - July 5th || Introduction to the History of World Civilization || Major themes:
 * What do we know about the history of civilization?
 * Why do people move?
 * Why is history "social science?"
 * Who am I? || * Use Google maps to research the names of popular towns in different states. Explain why town names are repeated so often?
 * Have students explain their own journeys. Why do they like to travel?
 * Have students look up the meaning of "civilization" using Visual Thesaurus. Discuss other words that can be used to describe what we mean by civilization.
 * Have students use an interactive timeline to explore the movements of people through migrations, conquest, and commerce. Try to explain why these events occurred.
 * Create a concept map to try and explain how scientific methods are applied to an understanding of history.
 * Use a concept map to create a personal "family tree." Where did your ancestors come from? What was their journey? Why did they move? || Students will be able to:
 * Use Google maps to search for locations
 * Present ideas and stories orally
 * Compare and contrast the meaning of key words in a lesson
 * Analyze historical data using time-lines
 * Explain the concept of a "social science"
 * Create a concept map that shows a family history. || * Rubric for web searches
 * Rubric for oral presentations
 * Rubric for writing a personal reflection
 * Rubric for critical thinking ||
 * Week 2 - July 12th || Early Civilizations || Major themes:
 * What caused civilizations to rise?
 * Why did some civilizations survive and grow and others collapsed? || * Use the Peabody Museum as a place to discuss the artifacts left behind by early civilizations.
 * Have students develop a list the great civilizations and plot their rise and fall on a timeline graph.
 * Discuss what events, both natural and man-made that led to the fall of the Khmer civilization.
 * Have students reflect about the rise and fall of civilizations. ||  ||   ||
 * Week 3 - July 19th || Great Civilizations of the Ancient World || Major themes:
 * What are the great civilizations of the ancient world?
 * What were their distinctive features?
 * Week 4 - July 26th || The Role of Religion in the Emergence of the Modern World || Major themes:
 * What is the connection between religion and the rise or fall of major civilizations?
 * What is the relationship between the growth of a religion and the spreading of new ideas and cultural values? ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Week 5 - Aug 2nd || Guns, Germs, & Steel in the Rise of the West || Major themes:
 * Why did Western civilization become dominant among the world's civilizations in the modern era?
 * How did the rise of Western power and cultural dominance affect other cultures? ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Week 6 - Aug 9th || The Role of Technology & Science in Human Progress || Major themes:* How has technology shaped a culture's impact on the history of civilization?
 * Is science and technology an important measure of cultural values?
 * Is technology and science essential to human progress? ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Week 7 - Aug 16th || Peace, Conflict, and Globalization in the Modern World || Major themes:
 * What happens when civilizations come into contact with one another?
 * What is the future cultural identity in the modern world?
 * Can the lessons of history help guide nations and cultures toward a harmonious and peaceful future? ||  ||   ||   ||

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