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Big Era Four: Landscape
Unit 4.5
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| Giant Empires of Afroeurasia
300 BCE - 500 CE |
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Why This Unit? |
During
Big Era Four, states, that is, territories ruled by central
governments, reached new levels of size and complexity
in Afroeurasia.This unit will give students a basic understanding
of the history of Afroeurasian states and societies between
300 BCE and 500 CE. Some of institutions and ways of living
that these societies developed greatly influenced later
ages, even our own.The unit will also guide students
through a process of synthetic reasoning to gain a sense
of the larger system of interconnectedness in Afroeurasia
as a whole. Finally, students will develop critical skills
through evaluation of their own work and that of other
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| Unit Objectives |
Upon completing this unit, students
will be able to:
1. Demonstrate knowledge of the subject by answering
a series of questions on Afroeurasian history between
300 BCE and 500 CE.
2. Categorize and record information about Afroeurasia
between 300 BCE and 500 CE.
3. Demonstrate understanding of the historical significance
of states during Big Era Four.
4. Evaluate their own and peer work using rubrics.
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Time and Materials |
This unit should take, depending on which portions
the teacher introduces, between three and seven class
days.
Students will need some source material for acquiring
and understanding information about the subject.This
might include a textbook reading, a lecture, or directed
library research.
Students will also need materials to create brochures, such as paper, scissors, and pens.
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Table of Contents |
Why This Unit? |
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Time and Materials |
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Unit Objectives |
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Authors |
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The Historical Context
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This Unit in the Big Era Timeline |
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| Lesson 1: Giant Empires of Afroeurasia:
Gathering/Classifying Data
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Lesson 2: Giant Empires of Afroeurasia: Selling
the Destination to Time Tourists
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| Lesson 3: Giant Empires of Afroeurasia:
Learning to Evaluate Work |
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This Unit and the Three Essential
Questions
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| This Unit and the Seven Key Themes
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This Unit and the Standards in Historical Thinking
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Resources |
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Correlations to National and State Standards
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Conceptual links to other teaching units |
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Teaching Unit in PDF Format |
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