UNIT	SKILLS	TYPE OF ASSESSMENT USED	
I.   Studying the Earth	Chapter 1 - Earth’s Geography
•	latitude, longitude, climate
•	earth’s resources	•	Hands-on activities
•	Paper and pencil test
•	Extra credit activities	
	Chapter 2 - Early People
•	culture, customs, values, technology
•	Stone Age	•	Hitting on learning modalities
•	Literature on topic	
II.   Early Civilization	Chapter 3 - Egypt
•	geography
•	history
•	ancient civilization	•	Hands-on activities
•	Paper and pencil test
•	Extra credit activities
•	Costumes for Halloween	
	Chapter 4 - Fertile Crescent
•	geography
•	Mesopotamian civilization
•	barter-surplus, city-state	•	Hitting on learning modalities
•	Literature on topic	
III.  Ancient Europe	Chapter 6 - Greece (ancient)
•	geography
•	legacy - government, religion, literature, sports, theater, philosophy	•	Hands-on activities
•	Paper and pencil test
•	Extra credit activities
•	Hitting on learning modalities	
	Chapter 7 - Ancient Rome
•	geography - contour maps
•	legacy - architecture, engineering, language, Christianity	•	Literature on topic	
IV.  Growth of Europe	Chapter 8 - Middle Ages
•	geography
•	feudalism
•	church influence
•	time of change	•	Hands-on activities
•	Paper and pencil test
•	Extra credit activities
•	All create a shield
•	Hitting on learning modalities	
	Chapter 9 - Renaissance
•	art
•	reformation
•	Martin Luther
•	printing press
•	Bill of Rights
Chapter 10 - Age of Exploration
•	traders / explorers
•	geography
•	scientific method, etc.	•	Literature on topic	
V.   Europe and North Asia in Modern Times	Chapter 11 - Two Revolutions
•	Industrial Revolution
•	French Revolution
•	primary - secondary sources	•	Hands-on activities
•	Paper and pencil test
•	Extra credit activities
•	Hitting on learning modalities	
	Chapter 12 - From Russia to the Commonwealth of Independent States
•	geography - Russia
•	growth of Russia
•	Russian Revolution	•	Literature on topic	
	Chapter 13 - Twentieth Century
•	W.W.I - quick overview
•	W.W.II - quick overview		
Research Paper - Oral Report (Combined English/Social Studies) on someone from history  
(preferably not U.S.)		•	Variety of activities:  oral reports, acting out of articles, written paragraphs
	
Current Events:
- Time For Kids
- Weekly Paper			
Middle East			
Variety of activities: 
     ~ oral reports
     ~ acting out of articles
     ~ written paragraphs			
Extra credit:  includes dioramas, models, music (rap), ABC order booklets, newspaper accounts, videos, audio cassettes, puppets of time periods, maps, graphs, etc.			
Select Units - as feasible	
	DBQ's - constructive response questions