World History: Ancient Civilizations Melissa Parris MAEcon, MAEd Honors Social Studies 6 Oak Middle School Melissa Parris MAEcon, MAEd Honors Social Studies 6 Oak Middle School

We are kind  What are some words you would use to describe a person who is kind?  What are some behaviors they show?  What are some words you would use to describe a person who is kind?  What are some behaviors they show?

Discipline and Rewards  In class behavior  Discipline  Processing forms  Detentions  Office Referral and Saturday school  Rewards  Paw Passes  Monthly Awards  Classroom celebration of excellence  In class behavior  Discipline  Processing forms  Detentions  Office Referral and Saturday school  Rewards  Paw Passes  Monthly Awards  Classroom celebration of excellence

Grades  Work is graded on a traditional scale: 90 – 100 A 80 – 89 B 70 – 79 C D less than 60 F Grades will be available online on Aeries. The district will be contacting you with log-on information.  Work is graded on a traditional scale: 90 – 100 A 80 – 89 B 70 – 79 C D less than 60 F Grades will be available online on Aeries. The district will be contacting you with log-on information.

Class work & Homework  Unit work will be given in “packet” form  Some units will include a project  Homework may be assigned, including work not finished in class  Homework assignments are listed online at Oak’s website, Mrs. Parris’s teacher page and on the calendar in the classroom.  Unit work will be given in “packet” form  Some units will include a project  Homework may be assigned, including work not finished in class  Homework assignments are listed online at Oak’s website, Mrs. Parris’s teacher page and on the calendar in the classroom.

Late work and absences  If your student is absent, they will have as many extra days to complete work as days they are absent  Late work will only be accepted up to one week late. Late work may only earn 50% of the student’s grade on the work.  STUDENTS are responsible for making up missing work and tests. Absence does not excuse students from completing assignments.  If your student is absent, they will have as many extra days to complete work as days they are absent  Late work will only be accepted up to one week late. Late work may only earn 50% of the student’s grade on the work.  STUDENTS are responsible for making up missing work and tests. Absence does not excuse students from completing assignments.

Unit 1: The Tools of History  World Geography/Maps

 Archaeologists and Historians

The Earliest Human Societies  Hunters and Gatherers

Unit 2: Early Civilizations of Southewest Asia  Ancient Mesopotamia-Geography/Life in Sumer

 Early Empires: Mesopotamia, Assyria, Persia

Unit 3: Ancient Africa  Ancient Egypt

 Kush and Other African Kingdoms Nok Aksum Kush

Unit 4: Ancient India and China, Han seismograph 132 CE

Unit 5: The Roots of Western Ideas  Hebrew Kingdoms

 Ancient and Classical Greece

Unit 6: The World of Ancient Rome  Rise of Rome Republic Empire

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