Mesoamerica: Civilization Without the Network: Social Studies Unit 6, Grade 7 (Letters & Devotion)

Description

Mesoamerica: Civilization Without the Network is Unit 6 of World Geography and the Medieval World, 500-1500 CE (Grade 7), the Letters & Devotion Social Studies course, complete in one printable PDF: 9 lessons, the unit check-up and the answer key, 57 pages.

• Mesoamerican physical geography (highland vs. lowland zones)
• Absence of draft animals and wheeled transport as a causal factor
• Maya city-state political structure
• Maya calendar and astronomical system
• Chinampas and lake-based agriculture in Tenochtitlan
• Aztec tribute empire vs. Chinese centralized bureaucracy, trade dependence
• The relationship between network isolation and civilizational advancement
• Asymmetry of surviving Maya vs. Aztec primary sources
• Differential disease impact from Afro-Eurasian contact (virgin-soil epidemics)

Every lesson is written for a parent with no teaching background: it opens with a short script to read aloud, names the specific wrong idea a student is likely to reach for and how to correct it, and closes with a practice sheet you may copy for your household. Scripture references are King James Version throughout. Black-and-white, 8.5 x 11 in. The whole year of this course is also in this store as a single book.

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