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Honors Ancient Civilizations-Help

Rebecca Sloat

I am going to be teaching a new class to me this year, Honors Ancient Civilizations, my district uses this course as an precursor to AP World History.  I want to use resources from OER.  Since the revision of the courses and layout, I am struggling to find everything I might need.  Here are my topics, any suggestions or help, I would greatly appreciate it.  Thank you.

Prehistory/Early Man
Foundation of Civilization/Mesopotamia
Hittites, Akkadians & Persians
Egypt
Quarter 2 9 Weeks
Ancient India
Hinduism
Buddhism
Ancient China
Oceania Civlizations
Human Geography/Five Themes
Semester Review
Quarter 3 8.5 Weeks
Ancient Greece (including project)
i. Alexander the Great & the Hellenistic World
ii. Fall of the empire & Ptolomic Egypt
Ancient Wonders of the world
Quarter 4 8.5 Weeks
Ancient Rome
Mesoamerica & South America
Vikings
Semester Review
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      for the win!  I also teach an Ancient Civs course (though we start the first quarter with Geography) and pull heavily from the Origins curriculum, as Bennett has suggested.  

    As for adjusting to the new format, I find the Teacher Tools ("tap the hammer" in the upper righthand corner) to be really helpful unit/lesson planners.

    Thanks for asking the question,  

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      for the win!  I also teach an Ancient Civs course (though we start the first quarter with Geography) and pull heavily from the Origins curriculum, as Bennett has suggested.  

    As for adjusting to the new format, I find the Teacher Tools ("tap the hammer" in the upper righthand corner) to be really helpful unit/lesson planners.

    Thanks for asking the question,  

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  • 0 in reply to Carrie Emmerson

    Thanks  I have used the Teacher Tools.  They are helpful.  But I miss the old way.  I guess that is just the nostalgia.  Lol.  I feel like I have to go print out all the Teacher Tools for each unit, or download them all, when before I could just go to the unit, look at a lesson and decide if I wanted to use it and if it fit my kids, without having to take the extra steps. 

    I have been working with OER almost since 2018 and really love everything thing they provide for us.  They have completely changed the way I teach, and for that, I am so thankful for.  

  • 0 in reply to Rebecca Sloat

    Ah, yes - I can totally see that,  !  I'm a relative newbie and did, in fact, print out all of the lesson guides over the past year, so that is what I am more used to now.  

  • 0 in reply to Carrie Emmerson

    That makes sense.  :). I tend to print stuff off I like, put it in binders for the semester, quarter, or what have you, and then I forget about it.  Lol.  And then as the year goes on, sometimes I will remember I already printed it, and sometimes I reprint the damn thing.  Endless paper.  Lol.  I also put everything in my Google Drive, and half the time I cannot remember where in my drive I put it, or what the name of it was.  Even though I do organize it by unit.  Life of a teacher with ADHD, I guess.