Unit: 1 2 3 4 5 6

Unit 1: The World: Past and Present

• Activity: Understanding Primary Sources: What Do We Have In
  Common?
• Activity: Archaeological Sites, Past and Future
• Internet Resources

Unit 2: The Earliest People

• Activity: Understanding Primary Sources: The Cave Paintings
• Activity: A Day in the Life of a Hunter-Gatherer
• Internet Resources

Unit 3: Early Middle Eastern and North African Civilizations

• Activity: Understanding Primary Sources: Hammurabi's Code of Laws
• Activity: A Day in the Life of an Ancient Egyptian
• Internet Resources

Unit 4: Early Asian Civilizations

• Activity: Understanding Primary Sources: What the Tao Te Ching Says About Leaders
• Activity: Building the Great Wall of China
• Internet Resources

Unit 5: The Foundation of Western Ideas

• Activity: Understanding Primary Sources: Plato's Crito
• Activity: The Real City of Troy
• Internet Resources

Unit 6: Rome: A World Power

• Activity: Understanding Primary Sources: The Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD
• Activity: A Day at the Roman Forum: Public Life in Rome
• Internet Resources

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