Standards
Standard 7
Comprehension-Students understand, interpret, and analyze narrative and informational grade level text.
Objective 3
Recognize and use features of narrative and informational text.
e. Locate facts from a variety of informational texts (e.g., newspapers, magazines, textbooks, biographies, Internet, other resources).
Standard 8
Writing-Students write daily to communicate effectively for a variety of purposes and audiences.
Objective 6
Write in different forms and genres.
d. Produce writing to persuade (e.g., essays, editorials, speeches, TV scripts, responses to various media).
e. Produce functional texts (e.g., newspaper and newsletters articles, e-mails, simple PowerPoint presentations, memos, agendas, bulletins, web pages).
f. Share writing with others incorporating relevant illustrations, photos, charts, diagrams, and/or graphs to add meaning.
g. Publish 6-8 individual products
Standard 1
Students will understand how ancient civilizations developed and how
they contributed to the current state of the world.
Objective 4
Analyze how the earliest civilizations created technologies and systems to meet community and personal needs.
c. Identify cultural expressions that reflect these systems (e.g. architecture, artistic expression, medicine, philosophy, drama, literature).