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Ancient History (ACP) 251

TIME FRAME:
GRADE: 11-12
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         MAP LEVEL:
08.1 SOCIAL STUDIES - HISTORY

08.1.1.0.2 -- Students will engage in reading challenging primary and secondary historical source materials, some of which is contradictory and required questioning of validity

08.1.1.0.3 -- Students will describe sources of historical information

08.1.1.0.5 -- Students will identify ways different cultures record their histories, compare past and preset situations and events, and present findings in appropriate oral, written and visual ways

08.1.1.5.1 -- Students will formulate historical questions based on primary and secondary sources, including documents, eyewitness accounts, letters and diaries, artifacts, real or simulated historical sites, charts, graphs, diagrams and written texts

08.1.1.5.4 -- Students will interpret data in historical maps, photographs, art works and other artifacts

08.1.1.9.3 -- Students will interpret oral traditions and legends as 'histories'

08.2 SOCIAL STUDIES - CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT

08.2.1.0.1 -- Students will explain the purposes of laws and the ideas and principles that make just laws

08.3 SOCIAL STUDIES - GEOGRAPHY

08.3.1.0.4 -- Students will observe and describe how places and regions are identified, defined and bounded

08.3.1.5.5 -- Students will explain and assess how culture affects perception of places and regions

03.0 LANGUAGE ARTS

03.0.4.0.1 -- Students will explore and respond to classic literary text that has shaped western thought; students will read/listen to/view a variety of children's classics and talk about the ways life today is similar to the characters' lives.



1. How has geography affected ancient history and cultures?
2. What types of systems of government have ancient civilizations developed and how have they affected our own government?
3. Why are the Hittites important for the understanding of Indo-European culture and language?
4. In ways did ancient cultures come into contact with each other and how did they influence each other?
5. What roles have women played in ancient civilizations?
6. What is the importance of the Iliad in the history of oral, epic literature?
7. What is the basic outline of the Greek democratic government and how has this influenced our own democracy?
8. How have the Minoans influenced the development of the pre-Greek Aegean cultures?
9. Who are the important Greek dramatists and how have they influenced the development of theater?
10. Who are the important figures in Roman History and how did they influence the development of Rome?
11. What are the three major periods in Roman History?
12. How has Roman representative democracy influenced our own government?



This course will examine ancient history with a focus on the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome. Students will examine the historical influences, as well as cultural legacies of ancient societies upon our own. Students will also learn about ancient religion, art, government and literature through an examination of primary source materials.
Topics include: the Hittite Bronze Age Kingdom, Minoan Civilization, Mycenaean Civilization, the Iliad and its place in the history of oral epic, the foundations of Greek democracy and drama, the age of Alexander the Great, the three periods of Roman history and the Roman senate and representative democracy.



Students in Ancient History will develop the ability to:

-- Read and analyze a primary source text,
-- Plan and deliver an oral presentation,
-- Participate in a class debate,
-- Write persuasively,
-- Use primary and secondary sources to write effectively,
-- Identify artifacts and synthesize information from an ancient culture,
-- Study archaeological sites via slides, videos, articles and webquests.



All Students will:

-- Write persuasive essays,
-- Read and analyze primary sources, including the Iliad,
-- Debate historical issues,
-- Write two research papers, one on Greece and one on Rome,
-- Complete class projects.





-- Persuasive essays according to the CAPT rubric
-- Assigned homework
-- Tests which include the following: Identification, multiple choice, short answers, and essays
-- A final exam that includes identification, multiple choice, short answers and a cumulative essay



-- Field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
-- Occasional field trips to Italy.
-- Some videos or video clips from Troy and Gladiator.



-- Computer labs
-- Internet access
-- Library
-- Maps and atlases
-- LCD projector
-- Overhead projectors
-- TV
-- Textbook
-- The Iliad
-- Oedipus Rex