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HSS-6.2 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Kush.

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Know the significance of Hammurabi’s Code.

Overarching Standard:
HSS-6.2 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Kush.

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Discuss the main features of Egyptian art and architecture.

Overarching Standard:
HSS-6.2 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Kush.

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Describe the role of Egyptian trade in the eastern Mediterranean and Nile valley.

Overarching Standard:
HSS-6.2 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Kush.

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Understand the significance of Queen Hatshepsut and Ramses the Great.

Overarching Standard:
HSS-6.2 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Kush.

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Identify the location of the Kush civilization and describe its political, commercial, and cultural relations with Egypt.

Overarching Standard:
HSS-6.2 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Kush.

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Trace the evolution of language and its written forms.

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Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the Ancient Hebrews.

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HSS-6.3 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the Ancient Hebrews.

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Describe the origins and significance of Judaism as the first monotheistic religion based on the concept of one God who sets down moral laws for humanity.

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HSS-6.3 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the Ancient Hebrews.

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Identify the sources of the ethical teachings and central beliefs of Judaism (the Hebrew Bible, the Commentaries): belief in God, observance of law, practice of the concepts of righteousness and justice, and importance of study; and describe how the ideas of the Hebrew traditions are reflected in the moral and ethical traditions of Western civilization.

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HSS-6.3 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the Ancient Hebrews.

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Explain the significance of Abraham, Moses, Naomi, Ruth, David, and Yohanan ben Zaccai in the development of the Jewish religion.