Unit 10: Southwest Asia and North Africa (“SWNA”)

• Lesson 1 Purpose:

• This activity introduces the lesson.

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Emphasis on:Iraq, Turkey, Israel, Iran

Libya, Egypt and Saudi Arabia

©2012, TESCCC Grade 6 Unit 10 Lesson 01

“Get Started” Activity

• Draw a T-chart in your journal. Label the left with North Africa and the right side with Southwest Asia.

• Next categorize the countries listed on the board as part of either North Africa or part of Southwest Asia.

Map of Southwest Asia and North Africa

• On the blank map of the region, make a guess and label the countries (ones with a star next to them) on the mapusing pencil so you can make corrections later, if needed.

©2012, TESCCC Grade 6 Unit 10 Lesson 01

©2012, TESCCC Grade 6 Unit 10 Lesson 01

Bodies of Water

• Add the following to your map and color them with blue map pencil:– Mediterranean Sea– Red Sea– Persian Gulf– Black Sea– Caspian Sea– Tigris River– Euphrates River– Nile River

Arabian Desert

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1. Atlas Mountain Range

2. Sahara Desert

©2012, TESCCC Grade 6 Unit 10 Lesson 01

Region’s HistoryOttoman Empire: 1600’s

©2012, TESCCC Grade 6 Unit 10 Lesson 01

British Empire1800s

©2012, TESCCC Grade 6 Unit 10 Lesson 01

©2012, TESCCC Grade 6 Unit 10 Lesson 01

©2012, TESCCC Grade 6 Unit 10 Lesson 01

©2012, TESCCC Grade 6 Unit 10 Lesson 01

Group Activity

• Sketch a large-scale map of the region on chart paper.

• Transfer all the information from your individual maps to the large-scale map. (countries, bodies of water, deserts and mountain ranges)

• What geographic factors helped to define the boundaries of Southwest Asia and North Africa?

Discussion Questions

• 1. What geographic factors helped to define the boundaries of Southwest Asia and North Africa?

• 2. What historical factors helped define the boundaries of Southwest Asia and North Africa?

Key Understanding/Main Idea

• Write the following sentence in your journal and fill in the blanks.

• __________ and historical _________help define the ________ between nations, and also affect how _________ interact.

Word Bank: factors boundaries nations

geographic

Desert Caravan

a group (as of merchants or pilgrims) traveling together on a long journal through the desert or dangerous regions; a group of pack animals or of vehicles traveling together one behind the other

Partner Activity

• You and your partner will trace Ibn Battuta’s travels.

• Read Ibn Battuta’s travels and plot on the map provided the places he visits over a span of about 30 years.

• Use a marker to plot his travels from beginning to end.

Explain/Elaborate

• Create one or two questions you would ask Battuta.

• With a partner, you will role play. Student A asks the two questions and Student B answers from Battuta’s pointof view. Repeat the process with Student B asking the two questions and Student A answers from Battuta’s point of view.