HIS 370 / 570, SUMMER WORKSHOP - 
WORLD HISTORY FOR TEACHERS

a teaching unit website

This teaching unit has been designed by Vicki Alexandrou for students who are at the middle school level. The purpose of this unit is for students to examine the influence of geography on the development of early settlements. Standards: This unit meets the National World History Standard 3: "Understands the major characteristics of civilization and the development of civilizations in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley." and specifically for middle school, Level II (Grade 5,6): "Understands influences on the development of various civilizations in the 4th and 3rd millennia BCE (e.g., how the natural environment of the Tigris-Euphrates, Nile, and Indus Valleys shaped the early development of civilization; different characteristics of urban development in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley)." (for more information, click below:) World History Standards and Benchmarks General Unit Goals: Students will analyze how the natural environments of the Tigris-Euphrates, Nile, Indus, and Huang He River valleys shaped the early development of civilization. · Students will compare and contrast the significant features of the civilizations that developed in the Tigris-Euphrates, Nile, Indus, and Huang He River valleys.

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Last website update: August 4, 2003

This site has been prepared by Vicki Alexandrou (Vickster24@hotmail.com) as part of course requirements for students at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, who are enrolled in His 370/570, during the Summer Quarter of the 2002-2003 Academic Year; please contact the site webmaster with any comments.