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Ancient ChinaSubject(s): History and Geography, Visual Arts
Content Area(s): China: Dynasties and Conquerers, Art of China
This unit focuses on ancient China from 618 AD to 1294. The language arts activities center on lessons including ancient Chinese dragons, Taoism, markets, writing, and the Chinese Zodiac. Chinese tang…
Crossing the Himalayans Connecting Ancient India and ChinaSubject(s): History and Geography
This three-week unit allows students to delve into aspects of Ancient India and China. The students’ progress through rolling playing activities that show the structure of the caste system in Ancien…
Confucius Says 2 plus 2 plus 2 equals 2 times 3 Introduction to Multiplication with a connection to the Study of Ancient ChinaSubject(s): History and Geography, Mathematics
Content Area(s): Early Civilizations, Computation
An ancient Chinese calculator, the abacus, doubles as a graphic organizer and a manipulative tool to present multiplication in a way that is easy to understand and fun. Students make their own ten row…
China How to Put Some Tang in Your Medieval DynastiesSubject(s): History and Geography, Visual Arts
Content Area(s): China: Dynasties and Conquerers, Art of China
The presentation begins with a review of Ancient China (2nd grade Core). It reviews the Great Wall, and early inventions. Experience an innovative way to explain a dynasty (using your own students). Y…
Connecting to Ancient GreeceSubject(s): History and Geography
Content Area(s): Ancient Greece
This four week long integrated unit allows the students to delve into aspects of Ancient Greece such as the myths, gods, goddesses, the Olympics, and government. The students progress from first being…
THE HUNTERS AND THE HUNTED THE SEARCH FOR CHINAS PASTSubject(s): History and Geography
Content Area(s): China: Dynasties and Conquerers
This unit focuses on the history of Ancient China, specifically the period beginning with the Qin Dynasty and ending with the fall of the Ming Dynasty. Not only is the focus on this dynastic time line…
Confucius Say China OldSubject(s): History and Geography
Content Area(s): Early Civilizations
The focus of this unit is the study of Ancient China as stated in the Core Knowledge Sequence for second grade. This unit will introduce the students to the following: the Yellow and Yangtze River, th…
Ancient Greece Across the CurriculumSubject(s): History and Geography
Content Area(s): Lasting Ideas from Ancient Civilizations
Ancient Greece can be a fun, exciting, and memorable educational experience when the material is covered at the same time across the curriculum. Focusing on Language Arts, this unit employs exceptiona…
Ancient Rome Reliving the PastSubject(s): History and Geography
Content Area(s): Ancient Rome
This unit is an in-depth and content-rich exploration of ancient Rome as explained in the Core Knowledge Sequence. It delves into ancient Rome, from the daily life of citizens to the lives of emperors…
Bearing the Torch A Study of Ancient GreeceSubject(s): History and Geography
Content Area(s): Ancient Greece
This unit will focus on the study of Ancient Greece as stated in the Core Knowledge Sequence. The students will be introduced to geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of this time in history.…
Geography Ancient RomeSubject(s): History and Geography
Content Area(s): Ancient Rome
This unit takes a look at the history of Ancient Rome. It includes the physical location of the Mediterranean Region, myths associated with Roman life, and the language of Rome: Latin. An overview of …
WHEN CHINA WAS RULED BY OUTSIDERS GENGHIS KHAN AND KUBILAI KHANSubject(s): History and Geography
Content Area(s): China: Dynasties and Conquerers
… in the steppes, students will gain a basic understanding of Mongolian culture where the roots of China’s Yuan Dynasty began.
Get Wrapped Up in Ancient EgyptSubject(s): History and Geography
Content Area(s): Early Civilizations
This is a unit designed to give students an understanding of the culture and lifestyles of the Ancient Egyptian people. Students will learn about the many fascinating artifacts that have been unearthe…
Foundations A Third Grade Core Knowledge Unit on Ancient RomeSubject(s): History and Geography
Content Area(s): Ancient Rome
This unit follows the historical rise and fall of Rome, coupled with additional activities (chronologically relevant) to facilitate the students' understanding of the overall concepts listed above. T
A WALK IN TIME MESOPOTAMIA AND ANCIENT EGYPTSubject(s): History and Geography
This unit is a comparative study of two ancient civilizations. Students will discover how the people of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt settled in their respective areas of the world. They will note sim…
Ancient EgyptSubject(s): History and Geography
This unit begins by giving students geographical information on ancient Egypt. It then presents an overview of ancient religious beliefs concerning gods and life after death. Next, pyramids are introd…
China Water Wisdom Worms and A WallSubject(s): History and Geography
Travel with second grade as we explore ancient China in this comprehensive and interactive unit. All cultural, historical, and geographical topics outlined in the Core Knowledge Sequence will be addre…
Conquering Ancient Civilizations In A Four Blocks ClassroomSubject(s): History and Geography
Content Area(s): Early Exploration and Settlement
This unit has been written to follow a previously taught unit of studies about the ancient civilizations of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca. The unit will begin with a review of Columbus’ explorations, th…
Exploring ChinaSubject(s): History and Geography
The students will be discovering China in this unit. They will be exploring many important topics about China including geography, holidays, important teachers and inventions. The students will be exp…
MAYA INCA AND AZTEC ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSSubject(s): History and Geography
Content Area(s): Early People and Civilizations
This unit is an introduction to the ancient civilizations of the Maya, Inca and Aztec. The students will be exposed to geographical locations, a variety of cultures, and historical events. Archeology …
