Social Studies HS Guide

○​ 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. CONCEPTS (Nouns) SKILLS (Verbs) LANGUAGE SUPPORTS ●​ Cultural values

●​ Evidence-based inferences

●​ Explain ●​ Best Practices for MLs in Secondary Content Area Classes

●​ Classical civilizations ●​ Artistic expressions ●​ Genres ●​ Primary Sources

LEARNING PROGRESSIONS

●​ Define inference and the process of inference making. ●​ Identify classical civilizations, such as: ○​ Greece ○​ Rome ○​ Mauryan and Gupta civilizations of India ○​ Qin and Han of China ●​ Identify the cultural values of classical civilizations based on artistic expressions from various genres. Genres may include: ○​ Architecture ○​ Pottery ○​ Sculpture ○​ Drama ○​ Mosaics and frescoes ○​ Literature ○​ Painting ○​ Calligraphy ○​ Music ○​ dance ●​ Review historical thinking skills chart. ●​ Using primary sources, interpret artistic expressions to understand cultural values of classical civilizations.