World History, Grades 6-8 Ancient Civiliztions

by Holt Mcdougal

• ISBN13: 9780618347919
• ISBN10: 0618347917
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-13
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School

Table of Contents

Unit 1 Introduction to World History
Strategies for Taking Tests	1	(3)
Part 1: Strategies for Reading History	2	(4)
Part 2: Test-Taking Strategies and Practice	6
Rand McNally Atlas	1	(3)
The Tools of History	4	(42)
Starting with a Story: The Discovery of the Lascaux Cave Paintings	6	(2)
The World's Geography	8	(6)
Activity: Make a Geography Themes Poster	13	(1)
How Maps Help Us Study History	14	(12)
Connect to Today: Navigation and the Global Positioning System	24	(2)
How Archaeologists Study the Past	26	(12)
Literature: from A Bone from a Dry Sea	34	(4)
How Historians Study the Past	38	(8)
The Earliest Human Societies	46	(32)
Starting with a Story: The Hunter of the Alps	48	(2)
Hunters and Gatherers	50	(8)
Skillbuilder: Finding Main Ideas	56	(2)
Learning to Farm and Raise Animals	58	(6)
Activity: Grow a Plant	63	(1)
The First Communities	64	(10)
Daily Life: Living in a Complex Village	70	(4)
Writing About History
Narratives	74	(4)
Unit 2 Early Civilizations of Southwest Asia
Ancient Mesopotamia	78	(30)
Starting with a Story: The Long Dry Spell	80	(2)
Geography of Mesopotamia	82	(6)
Activity: Make a Diagram	87	(1)
The First Civilization	88	(10)
Skillbuilder: Reading a Map	96	(2)
Life in Sumer	98	(10)
Connect to Today: Mesopotamian Inventions	104	(4)
Early Empires	108	(34)
Starting with a Story: Day of Misfortune	110	(2)
Mesopotamian Empires	112	(6)
Activity: Build a Monument	117	(1)
Assyria Rules the Fertile Crescent	118	(10)
Reader's Theater: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon	124	(4)
Persia Controls Southwest Asia	128	(10)
Daily Life: The Court of Darius	134	(4)
Writing About History
Expository Writing: Explanations	138	(4)
Unit 3 Ancient Africa
Ancient Egypt	142	(42)
Starting with a Story: The Death of Ramses II	144	(2)
Gift of the Nile	146	(8)
Daily Life: Life on the Nile River	152	(2)
Life in Ancient Egypt	154	(10)
Connect to Today: The Legacy of Egypt	162	(2)
The Pyramid Builders	164	(8)
Activity: Make a Pyramid	171	(1)
The New Kingdom	172	(12)
Reader's Theater: Hatshepsut's Expedition to Punt	178	(6)
Kush and Other African Kingdoms	184	(30)
Starting with a Story: An African's Pilgrimage	186	(2)
Nubia and the Land of Kush	188	(8)
Skillbuilder: Explaining Geographic Patterns	194	(2)
The Kingdom of Aksum	196	(6)
Activity: Design a Pillar	201	(1)
West, Central, and Southern Africa	202	(8)
Writing About History
Research Reports	210	(4)
Unit 4 Ancient Asian and American Civilizations
Ancient India	214	(34)
Starting with a Story: Saraswati Earthquake	216	(2)
Geography and Indian Life	218	(8)
Activity: Make a Climate Graph	225	(1)
The Origins of Hinduism	226	(6)
Buddhism and India's Golden Age	232	(8)
The Legacy of India	240	(8)
Connect to Today: Indian Health Practices	244	(4)
Ancient China	248	(36)
Starting with a Story: The Minister of Justice Comes to Town	250	(2)
Geography Shapes Life in Ancient China	252	(6)
China's Ancient Philosophies	258	(8)
Skillbuilder: Comparing and Contrasting	264	(2)
The Qin and the Han	266	(10)
Literature: from The Emperor's Silent Army	272	(4)
The Legacy of Ancient China	276	(8)
Activity: Keep a Silk Roads Journal	281	(3)
Ancient America	284	(36)
Starting with a Story: King Pacal II and His Sons	286	(2)
The Geography of the Americas	288	(6)
Ancient Andean Civilizations	294	(6)
The Olmec of Mesoamerica	300	(6)
Activity: Make a Shoebox Time Capsule	305	(1)
The Mayan Civilization	306	(10)
Daily Life: Playing the Mayan Ball Game	312	(4)
Writing About History
Expository Writing: Comparison and Contrast	316	(4)
Unit 5 The Roots of Western Ideas
The Hebrew Kingdoms	320	(30)
Starting with a Story: Ruth and Naomi	322	(2)
The Origins of the Hebrews	324	(10)
Literature: The Exodus	330	(4)
Kingdoms and Captivity	334	(8)
Skillbuilder: Constructing Time Lines	340	(2)
Rome and Judea	342	(8)
Activity: Design a Fortress	347	(3)
Ancient Greece	350	(38)
Starting with a Story: The Persian Invasion	352	(2)
The Geography of Greece	354	(6)
Beliefs and Customs	360	(10)
Reader's Theater: Atalanta's Last Race	366	(4)
The City-State and Democracy	370	(8)
Activity: Make Vocabulary Cards	377	(1)
Sparta and Athens	378	(10)
Daily Life: Life in the Agora	384	(4)
Classical Greece	388	(38)
Starting with a Story: Changing Times	390	(2)
The Golden Age of Greece	392	(6)
Peloponnesian War	398	(6)
Activity: Create a Storyboard	403	(1)
Alexander the Great	404	(6)
The Legacy of Greece	410	(12)
Connect to Today: Greek Influences Today	418	(4)
Writing About History
Persuasive Writing	422	(4)
Unit 6 The World of Ancient Rome
The Rise of Rome	426	(36)
Starting with a Story: The Assassination of Julius Caesar	428	(2)
The Geography of Ancient Rome	430	(6)
The Roman Republic	436	(6)
Rome Becomes an Empire	442	(10)
Daily Life: Life in a Roman Fort	450	(2)
The Daily Life of Romans	452	(10)
Activity: Make a Mosaic	459	(3)
The Birth of Christianity	462	(28)
Starting with a Story: The Burning of Rome	464	(2)
The Origins of Christianity	466	(10)
Literature: Two Parables of Jesus	472	(4)
The Early Christians	476	(6)
Rome and Christianity	482	(8)
Activity: Make a World-Religions Pie Graph	487	(3)
Rome's Decline and Legacy	490	(2)
Starting with a Story: The Arrival of the Goths	492	(2)
An Empire in Decline	494	(5)
Activity: Hold a Debate	499	(1)
The Fall of the Roman Empire	500	(6)
Skillbuilder: Drawing Conclusions from Sources	506	(2)
The Byzantine Empire	508	(6)
The Legacy of Rome	514	(6)
Connect to Today: Roman Influences Today	520	(4)
Writing About History
Expository Writing: Problem and Solution	524