Unit 3 Ideas and Armies
Chapter 7 Military Empires: Assyrians, Chaldeans, & Persia
1400 B.C. - 570 B.C.
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Unit 3 Ideas and Armies
Chapter 7 Military Empires: Assyrians, Chaldeans, & Persia
1400 B.C. - 570 B.C.
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| Topic 7-1 Assyrians | |||||||||||||||||
| Objective Use maps to learn about the Assyrians |
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| State Goals 17.A.2b Use maps and other geographic representations and instruments to gather information about people, places and environments. |
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Classwork-Homework Terms
to LearnEmpires: territories governed by a single ruler Smelting: heating of iron ore, hammered out impurities, rapidly cooled Provinces: political districts People
to KnowAshurbanipal: Assyrian king, started one of the world's first libraries  Places
to Locate
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| Day 2 |
| Topic Assyrians |
| Objective Explain how the assyrians established and maintained an empire in Mesopotamia. |
| State Goals 15.E.3a Identify the types of taxes levied by differing levels of government. 16.B.2a (W) Describe the historical development of monarchies, oligarchies, and city-states in ancient civilizations. 18.A.3a Explain how language, literature, and the arts, architecture, and traditions contribute to the development and transmission of culture. |
Classwork-Homework Section
1 The Assyrians pp. 117-120Assyrian army Kings and Government Ashurnasirpal (883-859 B.C.) Tiglath-Pileser III (745- 727 B.C.) Sennacherib (704-681 B.C.) Ashurbanipal (669-626 B.C.) |
Resources  Tribute
List Pages 27-30 |
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| Topic 7-2 Chaldeans | ||||||
| Objective Describe the culture of thr Chaldean city of Babylon. |
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| State Goals 16.B.2a (W) Describe the historical development of monarchies, oligarchies, and city-states in ancient civilizations. 18.A.3a Explain how language, literature, and the arts, architecture, and traditions contribute to the development and transmission of culture. |
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| Classwork-Homework Terms
to Learn Caravans: groups of traveling merchants Astronomers: people, who collect, study, and explain facts about the heavens People
to KnowKing Nebuchadnezzar: Places
to Locate
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Chaldean Empire Map Chaldeans BabylonNebuchadnezzar |
| Day 4 |
| Topic 7 Wonders of the World |
| Objective Identify the seven ancient wonders of the world |
| State Goals 18.A.3a Explain how language, literature, and the arts, architecture, and traditions contribute to the development and transmission of culture. |
Classwork-Homework
Seven
Wonders of the World |
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| Day 5 |
| Topic Wonders of Our Community |
| Objective Identify the 7 Wonders of the Quad Cities. Gain an appreciation of the history, culture and/or geology of the Quad Cities. |
| State Goals 16.D.1 (US) Describe key figures and organizations in the social history of the local community. 16.E.2b (W) Identify individuals and their inventions which influenced world environmental history. |
| Classwork/Homework The
Seven Wonders of Our Community |
Resources  Seven Wonders of
Florida |
| Day 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Topic 7-3 Persians | |||||||||||||||
| Objective Discuss how the Persians were able to rule an empire that stretched from Egypt to India. |
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| State Goals 15.E.3a Identify the types of taxes levied by differing levels of government. 16.B.2a (W) Describe the historical development of monarchies, oligarchies, and city-states in ancient civilizations. 18.A.3a Explain how language, literature, and the arts, architecture, and traditions contribute to the development and transmission of culture. |
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| Classwork-Homework Terms
to Learn Aramac: language used by middle eastern merchants People
to Know King Cyrus: overthrew the Medes who had conqured Persia King Darius: one of the strongest Persian Kings Places
to Locate
Persepolis: capital city of
Perdia built by Darius
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| Resources Legend of Cyrus Good story! Persian History Information |
| Day 7 |
| Topic Coins |
| Objective Understand the process and history of coin making. Learn about the evolution of coins and the different features we see today on coins such as symbols, mint marks and portraits. |
| State Goals 15.D.1b Know that barter is a type of exchange and that money makes exchange easier. |
Classwork-Homework
Draw a penny, nickel, or dime using a magnifying glass You Can Design template for
designing coins Design a Coin Template |
Resources Design a USA coin. South Carolina Quarter
Coloring page |
| Day 8 |
| Topic Ancient Coins |
| Objective Create an ancient coin, which will include a portrait and symbols on the obverse and reverse, the edging, the mintmark and date. Chose an event from an ancient civilization to commemorate. |
| State Goals 18.A.3a Explain how language, literature, and the arts, architecture, and traditions contribute to the development and transmission of culture. |
| Classwork/Homework Before 600 B.C. there was no monetary system in Greece, so they utilized the barter system. This was a system of trading goods and /or services for other goods and/or services. By 500 B.C., each city-state began minting their own coin. A merchant usually only took coins from their own city. Visitors had to find a moneychanger to exchange their coins. Typically a 5 or 6 percent fee was charged to exchange foreign currency to the local currency. Money in the Ancient
World Coin
Picture on Table of Contents page T7
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Resources  Penny
Penny Coloring Nickel
Nickel coloring
Page Dime
Dime Coloring Page |
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