Understanding+by+Design+Early+Civ

Enduring Understanding: The Events of the Past Result in the Evolution of Cultures and Their Government **Early Civilization **
 * Term 1: The Rise of Civilizations  || **Term 2: **
 * Greece ** || **Term 3: **
 * Roma ** || **Term 4: **
 * The Rise of Islam ** ||
 * **Established Goals: **

Students will be able to explain the relationship between geography and the development of civilization.

Students will be able to explain the relationship between agricultural surplus, specialization and the rise of civilization.

Students will be able to explain the relationship between the development of religion and civilization. || **Established Goals: **

Students will be able to explain the evolution of the Ancient Greek culture from the Minoans, Mycenae, to the Classical Age.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students will be able to explain the events that lead to the collapse of a culture and the disappearance of cultural elements.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students will be able to explain the evolution of new government systems including the City-state and democracy. || **<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Established Goals: **

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students will be able to explain the causes of the transition from Republic to Empire.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students will be able to explain the cultural appropriation from the Greeks.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students will be able to explain the lasting cultural advances that were lost during the European Dark Ages.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students will be able to explain the development and lasting impact of Christianity upon the Roman Empire || **<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Established Goals: **

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students with able to explain the impact the geography and environment of Arabia affected the development of the Bedouin culture.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students will be able to explain the relationships among Islam, Christianity and Judaism.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students will be able to explain the impact on the spread of Islam and the Islamic Empire.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students will be able to explain the impact of the Moors and their migration into southern Europe. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Essential Questions: **

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">How did geography and the environment impact the development of cultures leading to civilization?

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">How did agricultural surplus lead to changes in cultures leading to the development of civilization?

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">How did the evolution of religion impact the evolution of culture leading to civilization? || **<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Essential Questions: **

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">How did the Minoan, Mycenae cultures impact the evolution of the Greek Civilization?

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">How did environmental factors impact the decline and fall of the Minoan and Mycenae cultures?

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">How did geography help create the City-State structure?

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">How did democracy evolve in Athens? || **<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Essential Questions: ** || **<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Essential Questions: **

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">How did geography and the environment impact the development of cultures leading to civilization?

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">How did the evolution of religion impact the evolution of culture leading to Empire building. || <span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Geography, the environment and the natural resources available with facilitate or hinder the development of civilizations.
 * **<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Essential Understandings: **

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Agricultural surplus allows for individuals to specialize leading to the evolution of technology, religion, art and architecture.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The need to placate and appease the gods helped to unify people to accomplish large building projects. || **<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Essential Understandings: **

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cultures can evolve from those before it OR can borrow many elements from those it is in contact with (cultural appropriation).

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Geography, the environment and the natural resources available with facilitate or hinder the development of civilizations.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Climatic and geographic events can contribute to the end of a civilization.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Greek democracy evolved in response to Draconian laws to control social unrest between the rich and the poor. || **<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Essential Understandings: ** || **<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Essential Understandings: ** ||