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PEARSONHISTORY[for teachersl viii HISTORYSKILLS TOOLBOX[for studentsl xii

HOWTO USETHIS BOOK (for teachersl x

OVERVIEW OF THE ANCIENT WORLDHUMAN MIGRATION AND FIRST CIVILISATION: SUMER 36SETTLEMENT 2 UNIT 1 Snapshot 38UNIT 1 Snapshot 4 UNIT 2 Cities, wealth and kings 40UNIT 2 Migration 6 UNIT3 Daily Iife and religion 42UNIT3 Hunters and gatherers 10 UNIT 4 Source study: Two importantUNIT 4 The Neolithic Revolution 16 primary sources fram Sumer 46UNIT 5 Source study: Tools and artefacts UNIT 5 Legacies and connections to ...

of early societies 24 Why was Sumer significant? 50UNIT 6 Legacies and connections to ... INQUIRY TASKS 52

We are all related 30INQUIRY TASKS 33

DEPTH STUDY 1: INVESTIGATINGTHE ANCIENT PASTWHAT IS HISTORY? 54UNIT 1 History is ... 56UNIT 2 Historians in action 59UNIT 3 Archaeology 62UNIT 4 Primary and secondary sources 68UNIT 5 Measuring time 72UNIT 6 Points of view 76UNIT7 Historical thinking 81INQUIRY TASKS 85INVESTIGATING ANCIENTAUSTRALlA 88UNIT 1 Snapshot 90UNIT 2 Being here 92UNIT 3 Source study: Archaeology - how

do we know? 98UNIT 4 People and place 104UNIT 5 Social organisation and

material culture 108UNIT 6 Torres Strait Islander people 116UNIT 7 Legacies and connections to ...

What makes Lake Mungo significant? 122 -INQUIRY TASKS 126 V

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--------------------------------------DEPTH STUDY 2:THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLDANCIENT EGYPT 130UNIT 1 Snapshot 132UNIT 2 The gifts of the Nile 134UNIT 3 The pharaohs 142UNIT 4 How did the Egyptians live? 146UNIT 5 Religion 151UNIT 6 Egyptians and the belief in the afterlife 154UNIT 7 Source study: The treasures of Tutankhamen's tomb 162UNIT 8 Legacies and connections to ...

Why was Ancient Egypt significant? 166INQUIRY TASKS 169

ANCIENT GREECE 172UNIT 1 Snapshot 174UNIT 2 Aegean civilisations 176UNIT 3 Athens and Sparta 178UNIT 4 Learning in Classical Athens 183UNIT 5 Source study: Women in Ancient Greece 185UNIT 6 Religion 188UNIT 7 Governance in Athens 193UNIT 8 Greece at war 197UNIT 9 Legacies and connections to ...

Why was Ancient Greece significant? 201INQUIRY TASKS 203

ANCIENT ROME 206UNIT 1 Snapshot 208UNIT 2 The emergence of Rome 210UNIT 3 Republic 215UNIT 4 Empire 222UNIT 5 Daily Iife 230UNIT 6 Source study: Pompeii-tragedy

and treasure 236UNIT 7 Legacies and connections to ...

Legacies of Ancient Roman civilisation 241INQUIRY TASKS 245

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ANCIENT INDIAUNIT 1 SnapshotUNIT 2 Indus Valley civilisationUNIT 3 The early Vedic periodUNIT 4 Conquest and unificationUNIT 5 Source study: The great Sanskrit epicsUNIT 6 The Mauryan kingsUNIT 7 India in the Common EraUNIT 8 Legacies and connections to ...

Why was Ancient India significant?

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ANCIENT CHINAUNIT 1 SnapshotUNIT 2 Xia, the first dynastyUNIT 3 The Shang dynastyUNIT 4 The Zhou dynastyUNIT 5 Emperor Shi Huangdi and the Qin dynastyUNIT 6 Source study: Philosophy and religion during

the Qin dynastyUNIT 7 Daily Iife in Ancient China during the Han dynastyUNIT 8 Legacies and connections to ...

Technology in Ancient ChinaINQUIRY TASKS

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