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World History and Geography to 1500 A.D.

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Here's a great resource for your curriculum library. The 240-page packet, organized into units by topics, includes sample lesson plans, links to primary and secondary source documents, worksheets, activities, and sample assessments.

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Concepts

ancient history, world geography, the paleozoic era, mesopotamia, world religions, persia, the silk road, ancient greece, the peloponnesian war, ancient rome, the byzantine empire, islam, the vikings, zimbabwe, mali, mayan culture, the incas, the aztecs, the renaissance

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social studies

Instructional Ideas

Many of the lessons may be flipped with the lecture portions delivered out of class, saving class time for activities and group work

Classroom Considerations

Although designed to address Virginia's Standards of Learning, the units may be used in any study of world history and geography to 1500 AD

Pros

Of particular value are the links provided to primary source documents, activities, and materials

Cons

Much of the historical and geographic information is delivered lecture style

Common Core

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