Unit Study – 6th – History – My Compass Classroom

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Introduction

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MESOPOTAMIA

Week 1: The Beginning of Mesopotamia 5 Steps

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Day 1: The Cradle of Civilization

Day 2: Kings, Priests, and Lawgivers

Day 3: Daily Life and the Mesopotamian Mind

Day 4: Legacy of the First Empires

Project: Rebuilding an Ancient City

Week 2: Rule and Religion 5 Steps

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Week 1: The Sacred City and Divine Kingship

Week 2: The Meaning of Myth and the Cosmos

Week 3: Death, Judgment, and the Afterlife

Week 4: Priest, Ritual, and Sacrifice

Project: Rebuilding an Ancient City Week 2

Week 3: The Warrior King 5 Steps

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Day 1: War and Kingship in Mesopotamia

Day 2: Sumer, Akkad, and the Rise of Empire

Day 3: The Warrior-King as Builder and Protector

Day 4: The Art and Symbolism of Power

Project: Rebuilding an Ancient City Week 3

Week 4: The Fall of Mesopotamia 5 Steps

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Day 1: The Fall of Empires and the Rise of Assyria

Day 2: The Assyrian War Machine and Imperial Control

Day 3: Babylon Revived—The Neo-Babylonian Empire

Day 4: Legacy and Decline—The End of Mesopotamian Civilization

Project: Rebuilding an Ancient City Week 4

EGYPT

Week 1: The Enduring Land of the Pharaohs 5 Steps

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Day 1: A Civilization Older Than Memory

Day 2: Pyramids and Power

Day 3: Life Along the Nile

Day 4: Gods, Graves, and Glory

Project: Curate the Kingdom – Designing an Ancient Egypt Museum Exhibit

Week 2: The Kingdom of Stone 5 Steps

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Day 1: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom

Day 2: Senusret III and the Southern Campaigns

Day 3: Amenemhat III and the Power of Peace: Engineering, Agriculture, and the Faiyum Dream

Day 4: The End of the Middle Kingdom and the Coming of the Hyksos

Project: Curate the Kingdom – Designing an Ancient Egypt Museum Exhibit week 2

Week 3: Egypt’s New Kingdom 5 Steps

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Day 1: The Expulsion of the Hyksos and the Rise of the New Kingdom

Day 2: Thutmose I and the Reach of Empire: Egypt Turns Outward

Day 3: Hatshepsut: The Queen Who Became King

Day 4: Thutmose III: Warrior Pharaoh and Architect of Empire

Project: Curate the Kingdom – Designing an Ancient Egypt Museum Exhibit week 3

Week 4: Tradition and Religion in the New Kingdom 5 Steps

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Day 1: Akhenaten and the God of the Sun: Egypt’s First Religious Revolution

Day 2: Tutankhamun and the Restoration of Tradition

Day 3: Horemheb and the Return of Order: The General Who Became Pharaoh

Day 4: Ramses II: The Great Builder, Warrior, and Legacy-Maker

Project: Curate the Kingdom – Designing an Ancient Egypt Museum Exhibit week 4

GREECE

Week 1: The Beginning of Greece 5 Steps

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Day 1: The Awakening Light of Greece

Day 2: The Shape of the Land

Day 3: Greeks: Sculptors, Statesmen, & Speakers

Day 4: Homer & the Echoes of Heroes

Project: Greek Theater Performance

Week 2: The Persian Wars 5 Steps

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Day 1: The Rise of Persia & The Shadow Over Ionia

Day 2: Athens Awakens – Themistocles and the Rise of Naval Power

Day 3: The Battles of Marathon and Thermopylae – Glory and Sacrifice

Day 4: The Turning of the Tide

Project: Greek Theater Performance Week 2

Week 3: The Golden Age of Athens 5 Steps

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Day 1: Athenian Democracy – Foundations of Freedom

Day 2: The Rise of the Polis and the Laws of the Greeks

Day 3: Athens Ascends – Democracy, Drama, and the Power of the Word

Day 4: War, Wisdom, and the Decline of the Golden Age

Project: Greek Theater Performance Week 3

Week 4: Greek Philosophy & Alexander the Great 5 Steps

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Day 1: The Philosopher and the Gadfly – Socrates and the Rise of Moral Inquiry

Day 2: Ideal Worlds and Real Problems – Plato and Aristotle in Contrast

Day 3: Alexander the Great – Empire, Ambition, and the Legacy of Conquest

Day 4: The Hellenistic World – A Legacy Transformed

Project: Greek Theater Performance Week 4

ROME

Week 1: The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic 5 Steps

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Day 1: The Character of Rome: Values, Virtues, and Vision

Day 2: Kings, Republic, and the Roman Way

Day 3: Punic Conflicts and Power Abroad

Day 4: Civil War and the End of an Era

Project: Voices of Imperial Rome – A Living History Character Project

Week 2: From Glory to Crisis: Rome’s Imperial Turning Point 5 Steps

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Day 1: Augustus and the Birth of the Roman Empire

Day 2: Emperors, Madness, and the Machinery of Power

Day 3: The Five Good Emperors and the Golden Age of Rome

Day 4: The Decline of Imperial Stability

Project: Voices of Imperial Rome – A Living History Character Project week 2

Week 3: Constantine, Christianity, and the Shifting Roman World 5 Steps

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Day 1: Constantine the Great and the Christian Revolution

Day 2: A Christian Empire and the Battle for Orthodoxy

Day 3: Monks, Missions, and the Christian Transformation of the Empire

Day 4: The Fall of Rome and the Rise of a New World

Project: Voices of Imperial Rome – A Living History Character Project week 3

Week 4: The Christian Foundations of Medieval Europe 5 Steps

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Day 1: The Rise of the Papacy and the Legacy of Leo the Great

Day 2: Monasticism and the Preservation of Civilization

Day 3: Gregory the Great and the Christian Shaping of Europe

Day 4: The Christian Kingdoms of Early Medieval Europe

Project: Voices of Imperial Rome – A Living History Character Project week 4

About Instructor

Libby Purifoy

Libby was homeschooled through high school and graduated with an English degree from Union University in 2024. She has a deep love for education and has taught in several different educational settings, including online courses and a homeschool tutorial. She currently teaches at a local Classical school.

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