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Comparing Early American and Old World Civilizations
Compare and contrast the development of civilizations in the Americas with those in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China.
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Early American Civilizations: Maya, Aztec, and Inca
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Learners will understand how agricultural communities in the Americas developed into complex civilizations and compare them with Old World civilizations.
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WH-ERA-1.S1.3National Center for History in the Schools Standards · 6th Grade[Grades 5-12] Compare the way of life of hunter-gatherer communities in Africa, the Americas, and western Eurasia and explain how such communities in different parts of the world responded creatively to local environments. [Compare and contrast differing behaviors and institutions]
WH-ERA-1.S1.8National Center for History in the Schools Standards · 6th Grade[Grades 7-12] Analyze how peoples of West Africa, Europe, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and the Americas domesticated food plants and developed agricultural communities in response to local needs and conditions. [Compare and contrast behaviors and institutions]
WH-ERA-1.S2.4National Center for History in the Schools Standards · 6th Grade[Grades 7-12] Analyze how peoples of West Africa, Europe, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and the Americas domesticated food plants and developed agricultural communities in response to local needs and conditions. [Compare and contrast behaviors and institutions]