Florida Standards
FL.SS.6.G. Geography
SS.6.G.4. Understand the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations.
SS.6.G.4.3. Locate sites in Africa and Asia where archaeologists have found evidence of early human societies, and trace their migration patterns to other parts of the world.
FL.SS.6.W. World History
SS.6.W.1. Utilize historical inquiry skills and analytical processes.
SS.6.W.1.1. Use timelines to identify chronological order of historical events.
SS.6.W.1.4. Describe the methods of historical inquiry and how history relates to the other social sciences.
SS.6.W.1.6. Describe how history transmits culture and heritage and provides models of human character.
SS.6.W.2. Describe the emergence of early civilizations (Nile, Tigris-Euphrates, Indus, and Yellow Rivers, Meso and South American).
SS.6.W.2.3. Identify the characteristics of civilization.
SS.6.W.2.4. Compare the economic, political, social, and religious institutions of ancient river civilizations.
SS.6.W.2.5. Summarize important achievements of Egyptian civilization.
SS.6.W.2.10. Compare the emergence of advanced civilizations in Meso and South America with the four early river valley civilizations.
FL.LAFS.68.RH. READING STANDARDS FOR LITERACY IN HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES 6–12
LAFS.68.RH.2. Craft and Structure
LAFS.68.RH.2.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.
LAFS.68.RH.2.5. Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially, comparatively, causally).
LAFS.68.RH.4. Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
LAFS.68.RH.4.10. By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.