Foundations of World History: Era 1-3
Lesson #1 - World Historic and Geographic Habits of Mind
- Watch video below: "History of the World in Seven Minutes"
- Watch video below: "History of the World in Seven Minutes"
Lesson # 2 - From Hunting and Gathering to Farming
- Read pages 10-13 (starting at Early Agricultural Models) from a reading by Candice Goucher.
- Read pages 10-13 (starting at Early Agricultural Models) from a reading by Candice Goucher.
Answer the following questions after you read the article:
1. What were the advantages to farming?
2. What were the disadvantages?
3. How did it change humans’ relationship to the environment?
1. What were the advantages to farming?
2. What were the disadvantages?
3. How did it change humans’ relationship to the environment?
Watch the first 25 minutes of the video below after you are done with the questions above:
Lesson # 3 - Early Civilizations: Complex Societies
* You will be working in groups for this project:
Your group will be exploring one of the four river valley civilizations. You will use the links below, as well as other primary sources to help you analyze the religion, geography, economy, political structure, social structure, and military tactics of your respective civilization. You will also analyze how the geography, the environment, and interactions with outside groups affected the attributes of the civilization.
Your group will be exploring one of the four river valley civilizations. You will use the links below, as well as other primary sources to help you analyze the religion, geography, economy, political structure, social structure, and military tactics of your respective civilization. You will also analyze how the geography, the environment, and interactions with outside groups affected the attributes of the civilization.
Ancient River Valley Civilizations
Web-quest
Introduction
After hunters and gatherers began farming, they began to develop civilizations that met poltical, economic, social, and cultural needs for the people.
Task
During this project you will complete the following tasks working collaboratively:
1. Identify and locate the four major River Valley Civilizations.
2. compare and contrast the government, economies, and social structures of the civilizations.
The Process
1. You will be working in a team to research a specific river valley.
2. You will research the river valley civilization and make a Power Point Presentation that displays all the characteristics of the civilization.
Include the following slides in your Presentation
A. Map - shows the location of your River Valley and the Advanced Cities.
B. Government - Who lead the civilization?
C. Religion - What was the religion?
D. Jobs - What specialized jobs were there?
E. Social Classes - What were the social classes in your river valley civilization.
F. Record Keeping - What was the system of writing? Did they have a system of math?
G. Technology - What technology did they possess?
H. Other # 1
I. Other # 2
J. Other # 3
3. As a team you will also make a 5 question quiz for your classmates based on the information you presented.
4. You will give your presentation to the class, while they take notes, and then give the students the quiz.
Day 1
Instructions on how to complete research.
What is a river valley?
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthrivers.html
Rest of the time will be devoted to internet research and tasks. (Your internet time will be limited, so listening to and following all directions is essential)
Day 2
Research Time:
- finish research
- Meet with group members to discuss the layout of your Power Point Presentation.
- Find necessary pictures from the internet to create your power point.
Day 3 - 4
Begin working on your Power Point Presentation as a team.
You should have a rough sketch of how the powerpoint will look.
Rehearse with your team the roles you will take in presenting your powerpoint.
Give Mr. Olkkonen a copy of your questions for the quiz.
Day 5
Powerpoint Presentations:
You will present the Power Point Presentation as a team.
Evaluation
You will be evaluated (graded) on the following criteria as a team (see rubric):
A. Research on River Valley Civilization/Group Effort
B. Powerpoint Presentation
You will also receive a grade for the quizzes by each group.
Project Rubric
Group Effort Rubric
Find your links for your River Valley Civilization Below.
Huang He - Yellow River Valley
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/geography/huangheriver.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/20443/huanghe.html
http://www.rivervalleycivilizations.com/yellow.php
http://www.slideshare.net/MrKeatley/the-river-valley-civilizations
Video Clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-__Vzf5Rjc&feature=related
Indus River Valley - Mohenjo Darro and Harrapa
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http://www.mrdowling.com/612-mohenjodaro.html
http://www.mohenjodaro.net/
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/archaeology/mohenjo-daro/
http://www.harappa.com/har/moen0.html
http://www.rivervalleycivilizations.com/indus.php
http://www.slideshare.net/MrKeatley/the-river-valley-civilizations
Video Clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCEY6CcW8O4
Nile River Valley
http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/river-nile-facts.html
http://www.rivervalleycivilizations.com/nile.php
http://www.slideshare.net/MrKeatley/the-river-valley-civilizations
Video Clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdtgX9ORiW4
Tigris Euphrates River Valley - Mesopotamia or Fertile Crescent
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/menu.html
http://www.rivervalleycivilizations.com/tigris-euphrates.php
http://www.slideshare.net/MrKeatley/the-river-valley-civilizations
Video Clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8v2vRlLL58