WORLD HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY: ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS

6.2 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Kush.

6.5 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of India.

6.6 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of China.

6.7 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures during the development of Rome.

READING COMPREHENSION

2.2. analyze text which uses compare-and-contrast patterns

2.3. connect and clarify main ideas, identifying their relationship to other sources and related topics

2.7. make reasonable assertions about text through accurate, supportive citations

2.8. note instances of unsupported inferences, fallacious reasoning, persuasion, and propaganda in text

WRITING STRATEGIES

Students write clear, coherent, and focused essays. Writing exhibits awareness of audience and purpose. Essays contain formal introductions, bodies of supporting evidence, and conclusions. Students successfully use the stages of the writing process, as needed.

1.3 Use a variety of effective and coherent organizational patterns, including comparison and contrast; organization by categories; and arrangement by spatial order, order of importance, or climactic order.

1.4. use organizational features of electronic text (e.g., bulletin boards, databases, keyword searches, e-mail addresses) to locate information 1.5. compose documents with appropriate formatting by using word- processing skills and principles of design (e.g., margins, tabs, spacing, columns, page orientation)

2.2 Write expository compositions (e.g., description, explanation, comparison and contrast, problem and solution):

d. Offer persuasive evidence to validate arguments and conclusions as needed.

2.3 Write research reports:

a. Pose relevant questions with a scope narrow enough to be thoroughly covered.

b. Support the main idea or ideas with facts, details, examples, and explanations from multiple authoritative sources (e.g., speakers, periodicals, online information searches). c. Include a bibliography.

1.0. WRITTEN AND ORAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS: Students write and speak with a command of standard English conventions that are appropriate to each grade level.

1.0. LISTENING AND SPEAKING STRATEGIES: Students deliver focused, coherent presentations that convey ideas clearly and relate to the background and interests of the audience. They evaluate the content of oral communication.

SPEAKING APPLICATIONS

b. Develop the topic with facts, details, examples, and explanations from multiple authoritative sources (e.g., speakers, periodicals, online information).

2.3 Deliver oral responses to literature:

a. Develop an interpretation exhibiting careful reading, understanding, and insight.

b. Organize the selected interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images.

c. Develop and justify the selected interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence.

2.4 Deliver persuasive presentations:

a. Provide a clear statement of the position.

b. Include relevant evidence.

c. Offer a logical sequence of information.

d. Engage the listener and foster acceptance of the proposition or proposal.

2.5 Deliver presentations on problems and solutions:

a. Theorize on the causes and effects of each problem and establish connections between the defined problem and at least one solution.

b. Offer persuasive evidence to validate the definition of the problem and the proposed solutions.

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