Social Studies Middle School Guide

​POSSIBLE GUIDING​ ​AND INQUIRY​ ​QUESTIONS​ ​●​ ​How do ideas and belief systems unite or divide groups of people?​ ​●​ ​How did technological and scientific developments of the time promote literacy and the​ ​exchange of ideas that continue to this day?​ ​●​ ​Make a case for the most significant technological or scientific development from the Middle​ ​Ages or the Renaissance.​ ​●​ ​How does immigration play a role in globalization of ideas, goods, or knowledge?​ ​VOCABULARY​ ​Agriculture​ ​Ancient​ ​Archaeologist​

​Alphabet​ ​Delta​ ​Democracy​ ​Dynasty​ ​Monarch/Monarchy​ ​Myth​

​Architecture​ ​Chronology​ ​City-State​ ​Civilization​ ​Conclude​ ​Evidence​ ​Innovations​ ​Irrigation​ ​Polytheism​ ​Monarchy​ ​Surplus​ ​Technology​

​Oligarchy​ ​Peninsula​ ​Philosophy​ ​Republic​ ​Social Class​ ​Theocracy​ ​Tyrant/Tyranny​

​RESOURCES​ ​Social Studies CSD Middle School Drive​

​Textbook: Historians Toolkit, Chapters 1-8​

​Mini-Qs in World History​ ​●​ ​Was Hammurabi’s Code just? (Mini Q)​ ​●​ ​How Did the Nile River Shape Ancient Egypt? (Mini Q)​ ​ ● ​ ​What Were the Primary Reasons for the "Fall" of Rome? (Mini Q)​ ​ ● ​ ​How Did the Nile River Shape Ancient Egypt? (Mini Q)​

​ ● ​ ​Citizenship in Athens and Rome: Which Was the Better System? (Mini Q)​ ​ ● ​ ​Education in Sparta: Did the Strengths Outweigh the Weaknesses? (Mini Q)​ ​ ● ​ ​The Great Wall of Ancient China: Did the Benefits Outweigh the Costs? (Mini Q)​ ​ ● ​ ​How Great Was Alexander the Great? (Mini Q)​ ​ ● ​ ​What Were the Primary Reasons for the "Fall" of Rome? (Mini Q)​ ​ ● ​ ​The Maya: What Was Their Most Remarkable Accomplishment? (Mini Q)​ ​●​ ​The Aztecs: Should Historians Emphasize Agriculture or Human Sacrifice? (Mini Q)​