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Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Ancient Greece.

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HSS-6.4 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Ancient Greece.

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Discuss the connections between geography and the development of city-states in the region of the Aegean Sea, including patterns of trade and commerce among Greek city-states and within the wider Mediterranean region.

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HSS-6.4 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Ancient Greece.

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Trace the transition from tyranny and oligarchy to early democratic forms of government and back to dictatorship in ancient Greece, including the significance of the invention of the idea of citizenship (e.g., from Pericles’ Funeral Oration).

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HSS-6.4 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Ancient Greece.

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State the key differences between Athenian, or direct, democracy and representative democracy.

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HSS-6.4 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Ancient Greece.

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Explain the significance of Greek mythology to the everyday life of people in the region and how Greek literature continues to permeate our literature and language today, drawing from Greek mythology and epics, such as Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, and from Aesop’s Fables.

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HSS-6.4 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Ancient Greece.

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Outline the founding, expansion, and political organization of the Persian Empire.

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HSS-6.4 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Ancient Greece.

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Compare and contrast life in Athens and Sparta, with emphasis on their roles in the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars.

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HSS-6.4 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Ancient Greece.

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Trace the rise of Alexander the Great and the spread of Greek culture eastward and into Egypt.

Overarching Standard:
HSS-6.4 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Ancient Greece.

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Describe the enduring contributions of important Greek figures in the arts and sciences (e.g., Hypatia, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Euclid, Thucydides).

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Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of India.