8th Grade Curriculum
Unit: Ancient Americas

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GSTEQ |
History Alive! |
Medieval Times Textbook |
Supplemental |
Assessments |
Standards* |
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1. Why do people live and move where they do? |
1.1 Mapping Latin Americas Physiographic Features |
Ch. 3.1 Cultures of Middle America (Maya, Aztecs)
Ch. 3.2 The Incas |
Check with Geography Curriculum – Old Stuff |
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RIGSE: 5-1 – Many ways Earth’s people are interconnected
RIGSE: 5-2 – Interconnected World
RIGSE: 5-3 – Choices Interconnected world
RIGSE HP 2
Era 1 WH 1,2
Era 2 WH 1,2,3
Era 4 WH 5,6,7
Era 5 WH 1 |
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2. Why do people live the way they do?
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3.2 Life Under Inca Rule |
Ch. 3.1 Cultures of Middle America (Maya, Aztecs) |
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RIGSE G&C 1-4
Era 1 WH 1,2
Era 2 WH 1,2,3,4
Era 3 WH 1,2,3,4,5
Era 4 WH 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Era 5 WH 1,2 |
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3. How and why do human societies organized the way they do? |
3.2 Life Under Inca Rule |
Ch. 3.2 The Incas |
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RIGSE – G&C 1-2, 4
Era 1 WH 2
Era 2 WH 1,2,3,4
Era 3 WH 1,2,3,4,5
Era 4 WH 1,2,3,4,5,6
Era 5 WH 1,2 |
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4. How does technology affect people’s lives? |
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Ch. 3.2 The Incas |
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RIGSE – G&C 5
RIGSE – HP1
Era 1 WH 1,2
Era 2 WH 1,2,3,4
Era 3 WH 1,2,3,4,5
Era 4 WH 1,2,6
Era 5 WH 1,2 |
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5. How has conflict and cooperation shaped human history? |
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RIGSE – G&C 1,3,5
RIGSE – HP1,2,3
Era 2 WH 1,3
Era 3 WH 1,2,3,5
Era 4 WH 1,2,3
Era 5 WH 1,2 |
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6. How has the quest for resources affected human history?
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RIGSE – G&C 1,5
Era 1 WH 1,2
Era 2 WH 1,2,3
Era 3 WH 1,2,3,5
Era 4 WH 1,2,3,4,5
Era 5 WH 1,2 |
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7. How do we know what we know about human history? |
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RIGSE – HP 1,2,3
Era 1 WH 1,2
Era 3 WH 1,4
Era 4 WH 1,5,6 |
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8. Why do civilizations rise & decline? |
2.1 The Rise of the Mayan Civilization
2.3 Solving the Mystery of the Lost Maya
3.1 Expansion of the Inca Empire
4.1 The Development of the Aztec Empire |
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Video: Engineering an Empire – Maya Death Empire
Video: The Last Days of Maya
Book: Broken Spears |
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RIGSE – G&C 1,5
Era 2 WH 1,2,3
Era 3 WH 1,2,3,4,5
Era 4 WH 1,2,3,5,6,7
Era 5 WH 1,2 |
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Standard Strands – Historical Depth of Knowledge
Assessment – Applying Essential Questions Ancient History to Today
Portfolio: 8 Questions – Find a modern day example, reflect upon these questions
as time goes on.
Keep
portfolios as folders, binders, match to questions.