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HSS-7.7 Students compare and contrast the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the Meso-American and Andean civilizations.

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Describe the artistic and oral traditions and architecture in the three civilizations.

Overarching Standard:
HSS-7.7 Students compare and contrast the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the Meso-American and Andean civilizations.

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Describe the Meso-American achievements in astronomy and mathematics, including the development of the calendar and the Meso-American knowledge of seasonal changes to the civilizations’ agricultural systems.

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Students analyze the origins, accomplishments, and geographic diffusion of the Renaissance.

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HSS-7.8 Students analyze the origins, accomplishments, and geographic diffusion of the Renaissance.

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Describe the way in which the revival of classical learning and the arts fostered a new interest in humanism (i.e., a balance between intellect and religious faith).

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HSS-7.8 Students analyze the origins, accomplishments, and geographic diffusion of the Renaissance.

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Explain the importance of Florence in the early stages of the Renaissance and the growth of independent trading cities (e.g., Venice), with emphasis on the cities’ importance in the spread of Renaissance ideas.

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HSS-7.8 Students analyze the origins, accomplishments, and geographic diffusion of the Renaissance.

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Understand the effects of the reopening of the ancient “Silk Road” between Europe and China, including Marco Polo’s travels and the location of his routes.

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HSS-7.8 Students analyze the origins, accomplishments, and geographic diffusion of the Renaissance.

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Describe the growth and effects of new ways of disseminating information (e.g., the ability to manufacture paper, translation of the Bible into the vernacular, printing).

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HSS-7.8 Students analyze the origins, accomplishments, and geographic diffusion of the Renaissance.

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Detail advances made in literature, the arts, science, mathematics, cartography, engineering, and the understanding of human anatomy and astronomy (e.g., by Dante Alighieri, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo di Buonarroti Simoni, Johann Gutenberg, William Shakespeare).

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Students analyze the historical developments of the Reformation.

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HSS-7.9 Students analyze the historical developments of the Reformation.

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List the causes for the internal turmoil in and weakening of the Catholic church (e.g., tax policies, selling of indulgences).