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🗺️ 6th Grade · Social StudiesD2.Geo.4.6-8Unit 3: Ancient India & China

Indus Valley

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🎯 Objective: Students describe the planned cities of the Indus Valley.

Lesson outline

  1. City maps.
  2. Discuss.
  3. Write.
  4. Exit: one feature.

Lesson 1 of 4 in this unit. In the Lesson Planner this lesson takes 1–3 class periods depending on your timetable: day 1 introduce & model, then practice, small-group reteach and a quick check.

📐 Standard

D2.Geo.4.6-8

C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards (NCSS) — typical US grade-level themes

🏁 Unit goals

  • Describe early civilizations of India and China
  • Explain their lasting contributions

✅ Check for understanding

End with the exit ticket in the outline. Sort answers into got it / almost / not yet and start the next lesson with a 5-minute reteach for the “not yets”.

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More lessons in “Ancient India & China”

  1. Indus Valley
  2. Ancient China’s dynasties
  3. The Silk Road
  4. Inventions from ancient Asia

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