Standard I: Explain how artifacts and other archaeological findings provide evidence of the nature and movement of prehistoric groups of people.
• Identify the founding of Rome as the basis of the calendar established by Julius Caesar and used in early Western civilization for over a thousand years.
• Identify the birth of Christ as the basis of the Gregorian calendar used in the United States since its beginning and in most countries of the world today, signified by BC and AD.
• Use vocabulary terms other than BC and AD to describe time (BCE and CE).
• Identify terms used to describe characteristics of early societies and family structures.
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's journal entries about their exploration and discoveries.
The Code of Hammurabi (the ancient law code of Mesopotamia).
A YouTube video about Michael Jordan's 1988 Slam Dunk Contest.
An interview with Malala Yousafzai.
The Broadway musical Hamilton.
The Old Guitarist (1904) painting by Pablo Picasso.
A website about the First Ladies of the United States.
A biography about Maya Angelou.
A news report detailing a local march against climate change.
A world history textbook.
An article describing how Native American tribes were forced from their homelands during the Trail of Tears.
The Declaration of Independence.
Anne Frank's diary that she kept while hiding from the Nazis during their occupation of the Netherlands.
A documentary explaining how the Great Wall of China was built.
A letter that Major Sullivan Ballou, a Union soldier, wrote to his wife during the American Civil War,
Your teacher describing how Alexander the Great conquered portions of three continents.
A research paper about United States immigration during the 1800s,
An autobiography about Barack Obama.
A radio broadcast from President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression.
A book sharing details about the lives of Ancient Egypt pharoahs.