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Advanced Placement World History

Goal 2: Emerging Civilizations – The learner will analyze the development of early civilizations in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, c. 8000 BCE to 600 CE.

Objective 2.02. Trace the development and assess the achievements in the arts, sciences, and technology of early river civilizations, including but not limited to those around the Huang-He (China), Indus (India), Nile (Egypt), and Tigris-Euphrates (Mesopotamia) rivers.

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Where can you find a good mummy?
This Xpeditions lesson introduces students to the places where mummies have been found and the reasons why some cultures mummified their dead. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic
Tut technology
In this Xpeditions lesson, students explore what historical and recent research have revealed about King Tut in an effort to solve the mystery of how he died. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic
The spread of Buddhism
This Xpeditions lesson uses Buddhist art to trace the spread of Buddhism in Asia. Students study and compare and contrast famous Buddhist art and Buddhist sites in Asia, noting differences they see in the images. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic