Social Studies HS Guide

● Qin ● Han DIFFERENTIATION IN ACTION

● Thinking Like An Historian

Skill Building

● Themes and Lenses

Extension

STRAND2: TheRiseof Classical Societies 1000 B.C.E. - 900C.E.

STANDARD 2.3

PACING

RESOURCES

● See World History Year at aGlance ● Work together as a

● Greece

○ Architecture: Parthenon, Temple of Zeus at Olympia, and the Theater of Epidaurus. ○ Drama: Greek playwrights, such as Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes. ○ Architecture: Colosseum, the Pantheon, and the Forum Romanum.

PLC to determine individual standard pacing.

● Rome

○ Sculpture: Augustus of PrimaPorta ○ Literature: “The Aeneid” by Virgil

● India:

○ Literature: The Mahabharata and The Ramayana, as well as The Bhagavad Gita ○ Sculptures of Hindu deities, like those found at Khajuraho and Ellora caves.

● China:

○ Calligraphy ○ Literature: “The Analects” of Confucius ○ Sculpture: Terracotta Warriors

● Thinking Like An Historian

STANDARDS

Students will make evidence-based inferences about the cultural values of classical civilizations, using artistic expressions of various genres as primary sources.