Grade 6 Spring — The Classical World and Late Antiquity to ~500 CE: Late Rome and Byzantium, Han China, Mauryan and Gupta India, Sasanian Persia, Aksum and Early Ghana, Classical Maya and Teotihuacan — Whose 'Fall'? Whose Golden Age? Whose Living Descendants?

Capstone — Author a 44-page bound class Classical World and Late Antiquity Inquiry Exhibit storybook (Foxfire methodology, 3-copy distribution: self / school library / one descendant-community partner) covering all 8 civilizations + apply at least 3 primary sources from the unit, AND author a 5-paragraph Civic-Action Letter to a UNESCO World Heritage Centre official, museum director, or national antiquities ministry on a contemporary world-heritage issue

Dual-strand capstone: STRAND 1 — each child contributes 2-3 pages to a class 44-page bound Classical World and Late Antiquity Inquiry Exhibit storybook covering all 8 civilizations + Three Trade Networks + Comparative Religions + the SIMULTANEITY ARGUMENT, with at least 3 primary sources analyzed via MG-7 6-Question Source Card, with reflection on the unit's compelling question 'Whose classical world? Whose golden age? Whose living descendants?'; storybook printed in 3 copies (self / school library / one descendant-community partner: Maya Cultural Council / Ethiopian Embassy Cultural Office / Sanchi Stupa Management / Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization educator network / Italian Ministry of Culture educator office / Chinese-history educator network via academic resources). STRAND 2 — each child authors and mails a 5-paragraph civic-action letter to a UNESCO World Heritage Centre official, museum director, or national antiquities ministry on a contemporary world-heritage issue (repatriation of looted Maya stelae, Aksum-stele restitution from Italy to Ethiopia which was actually completed in 2008, Persepolis preservation funding, Mahabalipuram or Sanchi tourism stewardship, Mogao Caves preservation, Hagia Sophia stewardship, Tikal park funding, OR any contemporary world-heritage issue student selects).

Exercise pool (3)