6th Grade · Full-year course · 4 units
History
Week 1 is free. Tap Week 1. The reading and the problems are on that lesson. Weeks 2–36 open with a Life Academy plan ($35/month per student or $69/month per family (up to 4 students)).
Unit 1: Foundations
Weeks 1–9Week 1How we know the deep past: archaeology, writing, and what we cannot knowWeek 2Why river valleys: flood, silt, surplus, specialistsWeek 3Mesopotamia: city-states, cuneiform, ziggurats, Hammurabi excerptWeek 4Egypt: Nile, divine kingship, Old Kingdom tombs, hieroglyphsWeek 5Indus Valley: planned cities, undeciphered script — honest limitsWeek 6Early China: Yellow River, Shang, Mandate of Heaven ideaWeek 7Compare four valleys: geography as cause, not a cartoonWeek 8Ancient Israel: a people, a law tradition, and empire neighborsWeek 9Persian Empire: roads, satraps, and a multi-ethnic state
Unit 2: Building fluency
Weeks 10–18Week 10Classical Greece: polis, citizen, exclusion (women, slaves, metics)Week 11Persian Wars and the Peloponnesian War — military facts with politicsWeek 12Athens vs Sparta: constitutions, not mascotsWeek 13Greek thought: Socrates' method; Plato and Aristotle as later floweringWeek 14Alexander and Hellenistic mix — don't mash centuriesWeek 15Roman Republic: consuls, senate, assemblies, Twelve Tables ideaWeek 16Roman expansion and the strain of inequalityWeek 17Caesar 44 B.C.; Augustus and the principate — republic then empireWeek 18Midyear: river valleys → Rome sequence defense
Unit 3: Depth & application
Weeks 19–27Week 19Roman law, roads, and army logistics — why it lastedWeek 20Christianity in the Roman world: a historical spread, not a sermonWeek 21Han China snapshot: civil service idea, Silk Road openWeek 22Maurya and Ashoka: edicts as primary sourcesWeek 23Ghana, then a preview of later West African statesWeek 24Silk Roads and Indian Ocean: goods, ideas, and diseaseWeek 25Maya and Andean civilizations: cities and calendars (survey)Week 26Fall of the Western Empire (476) as a process, not a movie nightWeek 27Byzantium continues Rome in the east — sequence
Unit 4: Mastery & showcase
Weeks 28–36Week 28Belief systems survey: Confucian, Buddhist, Abrahamic selections (facts)Week 29Maps of Afro-Eurasia in 200 C.E. vs 700 C.E.Week 30What 'civilization' does and does not mean — avoid ranking peoplesWeek 31Document skills: authorship, date, audience, purposeWeek 32DBQ practice: two valley laws comparedWeek 33Timeline construction: 3500 B.C.E. → 500 C.E.Week 34Oral defense: one valley, one classical constitutionWeek 35Map polish: rivers, seas, and empire outlinesWeek 36World History I (ancient) credit evidence summary