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Environments and Writing in Early River Valley Civilizations

6th Grade · Social Studies · NCHS

8 lessons

Goal

Learners will analyze how the natural environments of the Tigris-Euphrates, Nile, and Indus valleys shaped early civilizations and compare their writing systems.

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usWH-ERA-2.S1.2National Center for History in the Schools Standards · 6th Grade

[Grades 5-12] Compare the forms of writing that developed in the three civilizations and how written records shaped political, legal, religious, and cultural life. [Compare and contrast differing sets of ideas, values, and institutions]