What are we learning this year?

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Unit 1- Intro to Social Studies

• Studying complex societies, past and present

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Unit 2- Human Rights & Access

• Early Indian and Central Asian civilizations, religions, and cultures  

• Early East Asian societies, religions, and cultures Ancient China, c. 1600 BCE–500 CE  

• Ancient Japan and Korea, c.300 BCE–1300 CE 

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Unit 3- Independence & Political Freedom 

• Ancient Israel, Palestine, c. 2000 BCE–70 CE 

• The ancient Arabian Peninsula (7th century CE)

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Unit 4- Rights & Responsibilities 

• Ancient and Classical Greece, c. 1200–300 BCE 

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Unit 5- Structural Inequity 

• Ancient and Classical Rome, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire, c. 500 BCE–500 CE

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Unit 6- Actions & Activism 

• Ancient Israel, Palestine, c. 2000 BCE–70 CE

• Physical and political geography of East Asia 

• Physical and political geography of Southeast Asia and Oceania

• Physical and political geography of Europe 

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