Overview of Week 6 October 3-October 7, 2016

Concept: Geography and Civilization

Essential Questions: How do people get the things that they need and want?

What does it mean to be an organized civilization?

Weekly Objective: Good Historians will …

1. Identify basic needs of Early Civilizations (Food, Water, and Shelter) and work together to create a small civilization in which the members are able to survive by working together.

2. LIST GROUP & LABEL all know people, places, events and ideas of Early Civilizations using Primary and Secondary Source

Documents.Transfer Goal:

Students will be able to independently use their learning to analyze and evaluate the emergence of civilizations, societies, and regions over time.

Quote of the Week:“Everything that is done in the world is done by hope”

~Martin Luther

Quote of the Week:“Everything that is done in the world is done by hope”

~Martin Luther

Monday, October 3, 2016Essential Questions:

How do people get the things that they need and want?What does it mean to be an organized civilization?

Weekly Objective: Good Historians will …Compare Early Civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus River

Valley, and China

To-Do Upon ArrivalFind your new

Assigned Seats• Pick up your

Composition Books and “Atlas of the World” book and

worksheet ● Pass out Progress

Reports!

Social Studies● Review the Elements of

Civilizations. Complete the Ranking Activity

● Farming Chart in Comp. Book

● “Atlas of World History”Students will work together to discuss Agriculture, Early Settlements, and Civilization in Ancient Mesopotamia•

No Homework Packet today!Get Progress Reports Signed

Quote of the Week:“Everything that is done in the world is done by hope”

~Martin Luther

Tuesday, October 4, 2016Essential Questions:

How do people get the things that they need and want?What does it mean to be an organized civilization?

Weekly Objective: Good Historians will …Compare Early Civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus River

Valley, and China

Warm-UpSEE BOARD

Create “First Civilizations” Charton the next clean page of your SS

Comp. Book

Social Studies Lesson• Discuss First Civilizations and why

settlements were established in areas with Rivers, Fertile Soil, Forests, and Mountains

• Create “First Civilizations” Chart

• Within your group, Rank the 4 Geographical Areas in order of importance. Place your civilization on the map in the front of the classroom.

•• Begin Lesson on Ancient Mesopotamia.• (See Tuesday’s Slides.)

Quote of the Week:“Everything that is done in the world is done by hope”

~Martin Luther

Wednesday, October 5, 2016Essential Questions:

How do people get the things that they need and want?What does it mean to be an organized civilization?

Weekly Objective: Good Historians will …Compare Early Civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus River

Valley, and China

Warm-Up

Note to SelfOpen List Group Label

Document on Shared Drive!

Social Studies• Ancient Mesopotamia

Slide Presentations and Notes Activity

• (See Tuesday and Wednesday slides at the end of this document.)

• All of the Slides, Notes and Links are there.

This lesson will be presented in a Discussion Format.

Quote of the Week:“Everything that is done in the world is done by hope”

~Martin Luther

Thursday, October 6, 2016Essential Questions:

How do people get the things that they need and want?What does it mean to be an organized civilization?

Weekly Objective: Good Historians will …Compare Early Civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus River

Valley, and China

Warm-UpGet out Sticky Notes.Answer ONE of the

following Questions:1. Why was Mesopotamia

a civilization?2. Why was Mesopotamia

successful?3. Write a sentence about

one thing you learned about Mesopotamia.

Social Studies• “List Group Label”

Mesopotamia. • Discuss as a Group.• Take the Early

Civilizations Quiz •

Grade:• Early Civilizations Quiz

Quote of the Week:“Everything that is done in the world is done by hope”

~Martin Luther

List, Group, and Label Activity

See the “List Group Label”

Google Slide Presentation for Directions

Friday, October 7, 2016Essential Questions:

How do people get the things that they need and want?What does it mean to be an organized civilization?

Weekly Objective: Good Historians will …Compare Early Civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus River

Valley, and China

REMINDERS!

Social Studies1. Begin the Study of

the Ancient EGYPT!!!

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Quote of the Week:“Everything that is done in the world is done by hope”

~Martin Luther

Guiding Questions:1. These early civilizations were the first to form politically centralized societies. Why were they able to do so?2. What commonalities do you see among the early civilizations?3. What distinguishing characteristics set each civilization apart? Explain how they were able to form a unique identify from the other civilizations.4. What role did geography play in the development of these early civilizations? Explain.

Guiding Questions

Monday’s Lesson/Slides(See Above)

Tuesday and Wednesday Lesson/Slides

Ancient Mesopotamia

“The Fertile Crescent”“Land Between Two Rivers”

“Cradle of civilization”

Cornell Note taking

1. Divide your paper like this example

2. The column on the left is for Key Terms and Ideas

3. The large box to the right is for writing notes.

4. Skip a line between ideas and topics.

5. Don't use complete sentences. Use abbreviations when possible.

IntroductionANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA

song by Mr. Nicky

• Early Civilizations RAP Video

Notes

Song- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdblRch6m3g

Review/Things to Know/Remember

• River Valleys were prime locations for cultures to develop into civilizations- good for travel, trade, and farming. Other things a civilization would want to settle near would be Mountains to shelter from weather and enemies who may attack, Fertile Soil that is good for farming, and Forests to get supplies and wood for fire or shelter.

• A civilization is a highly developed culture complete with religion, government, social class structure, and writing system. What were the other 4 elements?

Fertile Crescent• Eastern part of Fertile Crescent• Area of the Middle East where civilization

began• Present day – Iraq (Syria and Turkey)• “Land between 2 Rivers”

– 1. Tigris River– 2. Euphrates RiverGreat place to grow crops due to fertile soil and being close to the rivers for irrigation

What geographical features were the reasons Mesopotamians settled here?

Ancient Civilizations for Children Video

• Show the students “Ancient Mesopotamia”(Minutes 6-12)

What were City States?

The ruler of each city state was responsible for maintaining the city walls and the irrigation systems. He led armies in war and enforced the laws.

The ruler also had religious duties. He was seen as the chief servant of the gods and led ceremonies designed to please them.

The earliest known people of the Fertile Crescent were the Sumerians. They lived in southern Mesopotamia in a number of independent city-states.

Each city-state consisted of a small city and its surrounding area. The rulers of these city-states constantly warred with one another for control of land and water. For protection, people turned to courageous and resourceful war leaders.

Hammurabi• Hammurabi was the king of

the city-state of Babylon. About 1800BC, Hammurabi conquered the nearby city-states and created the kingdom of Babylonia.

• The Code of Hammurabi were laws engraved in stone and placed in a public location. Hammurabi required that people be responsible for their actions.

• Some of Hammurabi’s laws were based on the principle “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.”

Hammurabi continued…• 282 laws• Laws for trade, loans, theft, marriage,

injury, and murder.• Ideas still in laws today.• Specific penalties with class specification.• Written for all to see.• Example: Law 196. If a man put out the eye of another

man, his eye shall be put out.

• Hammurabi ruled for 42 years and the Babylonian Empire fell shortly after his death

Hammurabi's Code Video

Cuneiform

• By 3200 B.C., the Sumerians had invented the earliest known form of writing called cuneiform.

• The Sumerians employed a sharp-pointed instrument made from a reed- called a stylus - to inscribe wedge-shaped characters on soft clay tablets, which were then hardened by baking in the sun.

Cuneiform WritingAs time progressed, Cuneiform changed a bit (from more pictures into characters or symbols), see the chart below.

Deciphering Cuneiform

Hammurabi’s Code Written in Cuneiform

Scribes• During this time, everyone could NOT

read and write. That was the job of a scribe.

• Scribes were society’s record keepers and served the needs of the temple, royal government and businesses.

• Most scribes were children of government officials, priests and wealthy merchants (a.k.a. a higher class)

• Scribe school lasted from sunrise to sunset.

• There were 600 different characters to memorize

• Scribes read out loud to audiences since most people could not read.

– For example, Hammurabi’s code/laws were posted in a public place. Scribes would periodically have to read them aloud to groups of people so they would know the laws.

Religion• Sumerians were polytheistic, worshipping or believing in many gods. These gods were thought to control every aspect of life, especially the forces of nature.• Each city-state had its own special god or goddess to whom people prayed and offered sacrifices of animals, grain, and wine.• They believed in an afterlife. At death, a person descended into a grim underworld from which there was no release.

Ziggurats were pyramid-temples that soared toward the heavens. Their sloping sides had wide steps that were sometimes planted with trees and shrubs. On top of each ziggurat stood a shrine to the chief god or goddess of the city.

Ziggurat at Ur

▪ Temple▪ “Mountain of the Gods”

The Class System

Three Major Classes

– Highest class: the ruling family, leading officials, & high priests.

– Middle class: merchants, artisans, and lesser priests and scribes.

– Bottom: majority of people who were peasant farmers. Some had their own land, but most worked land belonging to the king or temples.

Sumerians also owned slaves. Most slaves had been captured in war. Some had sold themselves into slavery to pay their debts. But once they paid the debt, their masters had to set them free.

Mesopotamian Trade

“The Cuneiform World”

Literature

A long, narrative Sumerian poem, The Epic of Gilgamesh, is one of the oldest works of literature in the world. This epic is a collection of stories about a hero named Gilgamesh. In one of these Gilgamesh travels the world in search of eternal life. On his journey, he meets the sole survivor of a great flood that destroyed the world.

Gilgamesh Epic Tablet:Flood Story

Epic of Gilgamesh Video Summary

Farming/Irrigation• Using the canals, farmers would flood

their fields and then drain the water to restore nutrients to the soil.

• This was a type of irrigation they used to get water to their crops from the river.

Notes

Song- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdblRch6m3g

ReviewANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA

song by Mr. Nicky

• Early Civilizations RAP Video

Life of a Sumerian• http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=024d7

6bf-f379-4353-b4be-6c04d9744dec#

• What events and other records did the ancient Sumerians document?

• How did the Sumerians write down their laws, myths, and other records?

• What was the importance of scribes in Mesopotamia?

• What is the moral of the story of Gilgamesh

Mesopotamia Vocabulary• Read the definitions on your paper, & choose the

correct vocabulary term from below.• Then write down Key Words & draw Pictures to

help you remember the term.

Polytheism Hammurabi’s Code Fertile CrescentEpics Surplus Division of laborZiggurat Pictographs MonarchCanals Cuneiform PriestIrrigation Empire City-StateSilt Social Classes Scribe

Thursday’s Lesson/Slides

List-Group-Label Lesson/Slides

Friday’s Lesson/Slides