Download river valley civilizations

RAFT TASK:
RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS
YOU DO:
1.
USING LITERARY CIRCLES, READ TEXTBOOK: RIVER VALLEYS CIVILIZATIONS ON
PAGES 92-93.
2.
CREATE CORNELL NOTES ON DETAILS FOR RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS.
3.
WRITE WORKSHEET: SUPPORT WITH EVIDENCE FROM YOUR READING
To lift lines, please use these format:
Page___paragraph___ line ____ states that, “_________________________________________.”
THEN,
WRITE EXPLANATION OF YOUR LIFTED LINES IN YOUR WORDS
4.
AT END OF CLASS, SUBMIT COMPLETED WORK TO GROUP MANAGERS.
5.
GROUP MANAGERS, SUBMIT WORK TO MR. TINEO FOR GRADING.
DO NOW
INSTRUCTIONS:
• READ TEXTBOOK: EASTERN HEMISPHERE
RIVER VALLEYS CIVILIZATIONS ON PAGES 92-93.
• LOCATE:
WHERE WERE THE FOUR EARLIEST RIVER VALLEY
CIVILIZATIONS LOCATED?
SOCIAL STUDIES
CORNELL NOTES
MAIN IDEAS:
DETAILS: 5W’S
WHAT HAPPENED?
WHO WAS THERE?
WHERE DID THIS HAPPEN?
WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?
WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?
VOCABULARY:
SUMMARY:
DEFINITIONS:
STUDENT EXEMPLAR #1
#1
Improvements
Improvements
Paragraph #1 of page 92 states
that, “_____________________”
USE:
•THE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE IS SAYING THAT THE
REASON WHY FIELDS THAT BORDERED THE RIVERS
MADE IT EASIER FOR FARMER WAS BECAUSE FIELDS
WERE FLAT. CROPS ON FLAT LANDS ARE EASIER TO
IRRIGATE OR WATER THAN “HILLY” LANDS. IN
ADDITION, LANDS ON HILLS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO
PLOW THAN FLAT LANDS. FACTORS WERE VERY
FAVORABLE FOR FARMING TO TAKE PLACE.
STUDENT EXEMPLAR #1
#2
STUDENT EXEMPLAR #1
#3
STUDENT EXEMPLAR #1
#4
EXCELL VOCABULARY
valley, civilization, nourish, deposits, fertile, irrigation
• valley
•Dictionary Definition:
An extensive, more or less flat, and relatively low region drained by a great river system.
•SENTENCE:
“River valleys are good locations for FARMING!”
•REPEAT: “VALLEY”
•
WHY WOULD YOU BUILD A HOUSE
HERE IN THE VALLEY?
EXCELL VOCABULARY
valley, civilization, nourish, deposits, fertile, irrigation
• CIVILIZATION
•Dictionary Definition:
An advanced state of human society, in which a high level of
culture, science, industry, and government has been reached.
•SENTENCE:
“ALL GREAT CIVILIZATION OF THE PAST OR ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS HAD ONE THING
IN COMMON-THEY AROSE OR BEGAN IN RIVER VALLEYS.”
–EGYPT-NILE RIVER
-CHINA-HE RIVER
-INDIA-INDUS RIVER
•REPEAT: “CIVILIZATION”
EXCELL VOCABULARY
valley, civilization, nourish, deposits, fertile, irrigation
•NOURISH
•Dictionary Definition:
To sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is
necessary for life, health, and growth.
•SENTENCE:
“THE SOILS WERE NOURISHED BY FLOOD DEPOSITS AND SILT, WHICH MADE THEM
VERY FERTILE OR capable of producing vegetation.
•REPEAT: “NOURISH”
•
EXCELL VOCABULARY
valley, civilization, nourish, deposits, fertile, irrigation
•IRRIGATION
•Dictionary Definition:
1. To supply (dry land) with water by means of canals, ditches, pipes, or streams; water
artificially.
•SENTENCE:
“In drought seasons, ancient civilizations used irrigation to supply water to their
crops.”
•REPEAT: “IRRIGATION”
•
EXCELL VOCABULARY
valley, civilization, nourish, deposits, fertile, irrigation
•fertile
•Dictionary Definition:
•1. Capable of producing offspring, seeds, or fruit.
Bearing or producing crops or vegetation abundantly; fruitful.
Rich in material needed to sustain plant growth: fertile soil.
•SENTENCE:
“Searching for fertile soil for farming, ancient civilizations of Egypt, China and India,
all started near a river. “
EGYPT=NILE RIVER
CHINA=HE RIVER
INDIA= INDUS RIVER”
•REPEAT: “FERTILE”
•