Social Studies HS Guide

STRAND 2: The Rise of Classical Societies 1000 B.C.E. - 900 C.E.

STANDARD 2.2

PACING

RESOURCES:

●​ See World History Year at a Glance ●​ Work together as a

●​ Plato’s “The Republic” - provides insight into Greek ideas about social organization, including the role of women and the structure of the ideal city-state. ●​ Cicero’s Letters and Orations - offer perspective on Roman politics, law, and social norms, including discussion of gender roles and family life. ●​ The Ramayana and The Mahabharata - epic poems that provide depictions of societal norms, familial relationships, and gender roles. ●​ Confucian Text “The Analects” - offer insights into Confucian philosophy and its impact on social organization, including the roles of men, women, and families. ●​ Thinking Like An Historian

PLC to determine individual standard pacing.

STANDARDS Students will use primary sources to identify patterns in the stratification of social and gender structures across classical civilizations. CONCEPTS (Nouns) SKILLS (Verbs) LANGUAGE SUPPORTS ●​ Primary sources ●​ Patterns ●​ Stratification ●​ Identify ●​ Inform ●​ Best Practices for MLs in Secondary Content Area Classes

●​ Social structures ●​ Gender structures ●​ Classical civilizations

LEARNING PROGRESSIONS

●​ Identify and define what a classical civilization is. Examples include: ○​ Greece, Rome, Mauryan and Gupta civilizations of India, and Qin and Han of China. ●​ Review thinking like an historian skills chart. ●​ Identify and analyze primary sources from classical civilizations that provide information about social and gender structures during classical civilizations. Consider resources identified.