Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Create and use a
chronological sequence of related events to compare developments and describe
instances of change and continuity.
B. Use a variety of primary and secondary
sources to:
1. analyze social studies
content;
2. explain claims and
evidence;
3. compare and contrast
multiple sources.
C.
Explain connections between ideas, events, and developments in world
history.
D. Compare and contrast
events and developments in world history.
E. Construct and express claims that are
supported with relevant evidence from primary and/or secondary sources, content
knowledge, and clear reasoning in order to:
1.
demonstrate an understanding of social studies content;
2. compare and contrast content and
viewpoints;
3. explain causes and
effects;
4. describe
counterclaims.
F. Create
and use geographic representations to locate and describe places and geographic
characteristics, including the following: hemispheres; landforms such as
continents, oceans, rivers, mountains, and deserts; cardinal and intermediate
directions; climate and environment.
G. Use geographic representations and
historical information to explain how physical geography influenced the
development of ancient civilizations and empires.
H. Describe the origin and spread of major
world religions as they developed throughout history.
I. Describe the characteristics of nomadic
huntergatherer societies, including their use of hunting weapons, fire, shelter
and tools.
J. Describe early human
migration out of Africa, first to Europe and Asia, then to the Americas and
Australia.
K. Explain the effects
of the Agricultural Revolution, including the barter economy, food surpluses,
domestication of plants and animals, specialization, and the growth of
permanent settlements.
L. Identify
and explain the importance of the following key characteristics of
civilizations: culture, specialization, infrastructure, stable food supply,
government, technology, belief systems, writing, and social
structure.
M. Describe the
geographic, political, economic, and cultural structures of the ancient Near
East.
1. Identify and locate geographical
features of the ancient Near East, including the Black Sea, Persian Gulf,
Euphrates River, Tigris River, Mediterranean Sea, and Zagros
Mountains.
2. Explain how
geographic and climatic features led to the region being known as the Fertile
Crescent.
3. Explain how
irrigation, silt, metallurgy, production of tools, and the use of animals and
inventions such as the wheel and plow led to advancements in
agriculture.
4. Describe how
changes in agriculture in Sumer led to economic growth, expansion of trade and
transportation, and the growth of independent city-states.
5. Identify important achievements of the
Mesopotamian civilization, including cuneiform, clay tablets, ziggurats, and
the Epic of Gilgamesh as the oldest written epic.
6. Describe the significance of the written
law in the Code of Hammurabi, and explain the meaning of the phrase "an eye for
an eye and a tooth for a tooth."
7.
Describe the development of the ancient Israelites.
N. Describe the geographic, political,
economic, and cultural structures of ancient Egypt.
1. Identify and locate geographical features
of ancient Egypt, including the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Nile River and
Delta, and the Sahara Desert.
2.
Explain the structure of ancient Egyptian society, including the relationships
between groups of people and the role played by the pharaoh and enslaved
people.
3. Explain Egyptian beliefs
about the afterlife, the reasons for mummification, and the use of
pyramids.
4. Describe the
significance of key figures from ancient Egypt, including Queen Hatshepsut,
Ramses the Great, and the significance of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb
on the modern understanding of ancient Egypt.
5. Describe the achievements of ancient
Egyptian civilization, including hieroglyphics, papyrus, and the pyramids and
Sphinx at Giza.
6. Describe the
cultural diffusion of ancient Egypt with surrounding civilizations through
trade and conflict.
O.
Describe the geographic, political, economic, and cultural structures of
ancient India.
1. Identify and locate
geographical features of ancient India, including the Ganges River, Indus
River, Himalayan Mountains, Indian Ocean, and the subcontinent of
India.
2. Explain the emergence of
civilization in the Indus River Valley as an early agricultural civilization
and describe its achievements, including architecture built with bricks, roads
arranged into a series of grid systems, and sewer systems.
3. Identify the long-lasting intellectual
traditions that emerged during the late empire of ancient India, including
advances in medicine and Hindu-Arabic numerals.
P. Describe the geographic, political,
economic, and cultural structures of ancient Greece.
1. Identify and locate geographical features
of ancient Greece, including the Mediterranean Sea, Athens, the Peloponnesian
peninsula, and Sparta.
2. Describe
how the geographical features of ancient Greece, including its mountainous
terrain and access to the Mediterranean Sea contributed to its organization
into citystates and the development of maritime trade.
3. Examine the concept of the polis in Greek
citystates, including the ideas of citizenship, civic participation, and the
rule of law.
4. Explain the basic
concepts of direct democracy and oligarchy.
5. Explain the characteristics of the major
Greek citystates of Athens and Sparta, including status of women, approaches to
education, type of government, and the practice of slavery.
6. Describe the causes and consequences of
the Persian Wars, including the role of Athens and its cooperation with
Sparta.
7. Describe the
polytheistic religion of ancient Greece.
8. Identify Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle as
great philosophers of ancient Greece explain how ideas can spread through
writing and teaching.
9. Identify
examples of ancient Greek architecture, including the Parthenon and the
Acropolis.
10. Identify Alexander
the Great and explain how his conquests spread Hellenistic, or Greek,
culture.
Q. Describe the
geographic, political, economic, and cultural structures of ancient Rome.
1. Identify and locate the geographical
features of ancient Rome, including the Mediterranean Sea, Italian Alps, Rome,
Italian Peninsula, and the Tiber River.
2. Explain how the geographical location of
ancient Rome contributed to its political and economic growth in the
Mediterranean region and beyond.
3.
Describe the class system of ancient Rome, including the roles and rights of
patricians, plebeians, and enslaved people in Roman society.
4. Describe the polytheistic religion of
ancient Rome and its connection to ancient Greek beliefs.
5. Describe the characteristics of Julius
Caesar's rule, including his role as dictator for life.
6. Explain the influence of Augustus Caesar,
including the establishment of the Roman Empire and its expansion during the
Pax Romana.
7. Describe how
innovations in engineering and architecture contributed to Roman expansion,
including the role of aqueducts, domes, arches, roads, bridges, and
sanitation.
8. Describe the fall of
the Western Roman Empire, including difficulty governing its large territory
and political, military, and economic problems.
R. Describe the geographic, political,
economic, and cultural structures of ancient China.
1. Identify and locate geographical features
of ancient China, including the Gobi Desert, Plateau of Tibet, Himalayan
Mountains, Yangtze River, Pacific Ocean, and the Yellow River.
2. Describe the influence of geographic
features on the origins of ancient Chinese civilization in the Yellow River
Valley, and explain how China's geography helped create a unique cultural
identity.
3. Describe problems
prevalent in the time of Confucius and explain the concepts of filial piety, or
dutiful respect, and the Mandate of Heaven.
4. Explain the significance of the
unification of ancient China into the first Chinese empire by Qin Shi
Huangdi.
5. Describe how the size
of ancient China made governing difficult and how early dynasties attempted to
solve this problem, including the construction of the Grand Canal and the Great
Wall.
6. Explain the major
accomplishments of the Han Dynasty, including the magnetic compass, paper
making, porcelain, silk, and woodblock printing.
7. Describe how the desire for Chinese goods
influenced the creation of The Silk Road and began a process of cultural
diffusion throughout Eurasia.
S. Describe the geographic, political, and
economic, and cultural structures of Indigenous civilizations of the Americas.
1. Identify and locate geographical features
in the Americas, including Mississippi River and Delta, Amazon River, the
Pacific Ocean, Appalachian Mountains, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, South
America, and the Yucatan Peninsula.
2. Describe the cultural elements among
Indigenous communities in the Americas, including housing, clothing,
games/entertainment, dance, and how food was gathered/caught and
cooked.
3. Explain how nomadic
groups of people first hunted and traveled throughout what would become
Louisiana.
4. Explain how people
living in what would become Louisiana gradually moved towards seasonal hunting
and gathering, using new tools and practices for hunting, and building large
mounds for ceremonial and practical purposes.
5. Describe key characteristics of Poverty
Point culture, including art, hunting methods, dress, food, use of mounds, and
resources traded there.
6. Explain
the major accomplishments of the Mayans, including advancements in astronomy,
mathematics and the calendar, construction of pyramids, temples, and
hieroglyphic writing.
7. Describe
the influence of geographic features on the origins of the Mayan civilization
and explain theories related to the abandonment of their cities.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17.6,
R.S.
17:24.4, and
R.S.
17:154.