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Ancient Indus Valley and Early India

5th Grade · Social Studies · US-UT-SS

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Goal

Analyze the urban planning of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, the Vedic period, and the classical Maurya and Gupta Empires.

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  3. The Indus Valley Script: An Unsolved MysteryNot started yet
  4. Trade Routes Connecting Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Indus ValleyYou are here
  5. Environmental Factors in the Decline of the Indus CitiesNot started yet
  6. The Vedic Period and Sanskrit LiteratureNot started yet
  7. The Caste System and Varna StructureNot started yet
  8. The Maurya Empire and Ashoka's EdictsNot started yet
  9. The Gupta Golden Age: Mathematics, Science, and ArtsNot started yet
  10. Comparing Indus Valley and Early Chinese CivilizationsNot started yet
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Learning standards covered

us-ut6.1.4Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Identify some of the economic systems and technologies (for example, irrigation, writing systems, farming techniques, trading and bartering, coins and currency) created by three civilizations found in different regions of the world, and categorize how they met specific human needs or wants.