Students will understand how civilizations came to be, as well as what components goes into creating a civilization. 

I have taught this class many times. I am a trained historian with two bachelors and a masters degree. I am very sensitive to the fact that not all students' families agree with the evolutionary process and can ascertain if I need to move on from the topic - regardless, I present it as scientific and unbiased. 

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I will refer to my teacher's edition World History text book [World History 5th ed, 2012; Upshur, Terry, Hokola, Cassar, Goff]. I have copious notes from my work with esteemed professor/archaeologist/historian, Dr. Davide Tanasi (2016-2017). I use references from archaeological data using photogrammetry and LiDar to rebuild digital sites based on excavations from my own work on the Temple of Ascelpius in Sicily, Italy. I am not, however, teaching this process so it is ONLY a reference and explanation of how these neolithic sites were found and digitally archived.

For Catal Huyuk, I reference Ian Hodder, who - for two decades - was over the excavation in modern-day Turkey. (Hodder, Ian. “Çatalhöyük: The Leopard Changes Its Spots. A Summary of Recent Work.” Anatolian Studies 64 (2014): 1–22. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24878349). I also use images from the UNESCO World Heritage page for this site. 

For Choirokoitia, I reference: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/848/ to use pictures from this site. 

For the cave paintings, I reference the article by: Leroi-Gourhan, Arlette. “The Archaeology of Lascaux Cave.” Scientific American 246, no. 6 (1982): 104–13. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24966617.

I briefly reference Carbon-14 dating from the anthropology text: Danesi, Marcel. A basic course in anthropological linguistics. Vol. 2. Canadian Scholars Press, 2004.

I do not show students how to use photogrammetry or LiDar, but I do reference it, explaining how archaeologists maintain cultural and historical ethics to preserve sites.