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The Battle of Thermopylae (480 BCE)

The Persian Wars
6th Grade·Social Studies·NCHS
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Analyze the Battle of Thermopylae and assess its strategic and symbolic significance for the Greek defense.

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The Persian Wars

6th Grade · Social Studies · NCHS

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Analyze the causes, major events, and consequences of the wars between the Achaemenid Persian Empire and the Greek city-states.

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usWH-ERA-3.S1.15National Center for History in the Schools Standards · 6th Grade

[Grades 5-12] Analyze the major events of the wars between Persia and the Greek city-states and the reasons why the Persians failed to conquer the Aegean region. [Analyze multiple causation]