Discovering the Ancient World

High School

9th-10th

Scope & Sequence

History

Creation
Sumer
Indus Valley
Ancient Egypt
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
Phoenicia Minoan
Crete
Shang China
Chou China
Old Babylon
Hittites
Aryan India
Mycenae
Olmec
Nubia
Nomadic Hebrews
Hebrew Kingdom
Greek Dark Ages
Archaic Greece
Assyria
Eturia
Chaldean
Scythi

Science

Archaeology
Surveying
Irrigation
Measuring
Embalming
Architect tools
Glass making
Earthquakes
Acupuncture
Silk making
Iron Pottery glaze
Cotton cultivation
Sanitation systems Metallurgy
Calendars
Simple Machines
Nutrition
Hygiene
Plants
Terrace irrigation
Hydraulics

Geography

Middle East
Northern India
Egypt
Northern Africa
Crete
China
Asia Minor
Arabia
Greece
Mexico
Africa
Northern Italy
Southern France
Mediterranean Steppe
Britain
Europe
Iberia
Rhodes
Sicily
Cyprus
Corsica
 

Composition

Essay Writing

  • Narrative
  • Expository
  • Persuasive
  • Descriptive

Narrative Writing

  • Fables
  • Outlining
  • Creative
  • Rhetoric
  • Dialogue
  • News story
  • Tribute
  • Formal critique
  • Multiple references
  • Biographical sketch
  • Paraphrase & Summary
  • Compare & Contrast