COURSE MAPPING (6th Grade)

COURSE
TITLE
DEPT
INSTRUCT
OR
Ancient
Civilizations
History
Pearigen

CONTENT
AREAS/UNITS
OF
STUDY/TOPIC
S
Trimester 1:
Human
Origins in
Africa
Egypt
Middle East
Trimester 2:
Before
Christmas
North
American
Tribes
After Christmas
Mayans
Asia (focused
through Silk
Road travel)
Trimester 3:
Greece
Rome
Byzantine
Medieval

SKILLS
EMPHASISZED
(I, D, M)

MAJOR
ASSIGNMENTS &
PROJECTS

RESOURCES/
MATERIALS/
TECHNOLOGY

What is history? How

does what happened in
the past, especially the
ancient past, affect us
today? How do we
create/study history?

Note taking, by
hand and on iPad;
managing iPad (I)

Unit tests (on Human

Origins, Egypt,
Middle East, NA
tribes, Mayans, Asia,
Greece, Rome,
Medieval)

primary source
readings/
textbook
excerpts
provided by
teacher

What is a civilization?
What is culture? How do
people relate to each
other? Who has power,
and how is it wielded?
How do people express
themselves and how do
we learn from the echoes
of those expressions?

Chronological
thinking;
memorization of
key facts/dates (I)

-Mummy/Egyptian
afterlife project
-Middle East
past/present essay
-NA tribes group
project
-Mayan essay (trip?)
-Silk Road journal
-Greek/Roman gods
project
-Medieval
saints/mosaic project

materials
supplies for
projects, including
journals;
papercade app

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

How do the materials/lack

there of left behind by
civilizations shape our
perceptions of them?

Consideration of
primary sources (I)

Compiling evidence
for making/refuting
an argument, both
verbally and in
writing (I)
Working
independently and
as a part of a group
(I)
Remaining
respectful
of/engaged in
classroom
environment,
whether listening
or in dialogue (I)

Final Project:
Timeline including all
cultures studied

possible
exhibitions in
LA
Mummy exhibit at
the Natural
History Museum
(Lab for Section A)
Traversing the
Globe through
Illuminated
manuscripts at GC
(Lab for Section B)