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Grade 6

ANCIENT TO MEDIEVAL WORLD HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY
 
      In grade 6, students will expand their worldview through a thematic investigation into early world history and geography. Students will study humankind from the beginnings of civilization to the Middle Ages and will recognize the diversity of cultures that make up the globe. In addition, students will gain an understanding of early world governments as they prepare to study the United States and Rhode Island state government in eighth grade.
 
 
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Artemis, Statue of Zeus, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes, Lighthouse of Alexandria; only the Pyramid still stands.