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

Alphabet Delta Democracy Dynasty Monarch/Monarchy Myth

Oligarchy Peninsula Philosophy Republic Social Class Theocracy Tyrant/Tyranny

RESOURCES

View the CSD Social Studies 6th Grade Shared Google Drive for additional resources. Please note updated to the grade level resources will be coming this year.

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)