A step-by-step journey through Europe's unique geography and history, written at an accessible 600-700 Lexile level. Students explore how the physical landscape shaped historical civilizations from Ancient Greece to modern Europe.

Students synthesize their knowledge across all four civilizations, completing a DBQ, writing an argumentative essay on success, and formulating a civic project for Surprise, AZ.

Students explore the Inca civilization, studying their steep mountain terracing, Qhapaq Ñan roads, and rigid Ayllu community hierarchy.

Students explore the Aztec civilization, studying their lake-basin city of Tenochtitlan, chinampa agriculture, and military social mobility.

Students explore the Maya civilization, studying their rainforest terrain, calendar systems, and independent city-state hierarchy.

Students explore the Olmec civilization, investigating their swampy geography, monumental stone heads, and social structure.