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#14
10-4-10
Essential Question (EQ) = How did geography determine the lives of
early humans?
Lesson Objective (LO) = The development of agriculture, farming,
brought great changes to human society.
Area of Interaction (AOI) = Human Ingenuity
Becoming Human (Video)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/becoming-human-part-3.html
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HW # 6 is located at the following link
http://schools.hsd.k12.or.us/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=kBfEHQNElgA%3d&tabid=3017&mid=6263
and is called Village Life Assignment
Day # 15
10-5-10
Essential Question (EQ) = How did the development of Mesopotamia contribute
to other civilizations?
Lesson Objective (LO) = Understanding Mesopotamia and where it is in the world
Area of Interaction (AOI) = Human Ingenuity
Approaches to Learning (ATL) = Reflection and Transfer of Information
 The rivers of Southwest Asia supported the growth of civilization
 New farming techniques led to the growth of the cities
 The valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers were the site of the world’s
first civilization
Read pages 54-57 and answer the following questions
1. Where was Mesopotamia? _____________________________________
2. How did the Fertile Crescent get its name? ________________________
3. Why did farmers need to develop a system to control their water
supply? ____________________________________________________
4. In what ways did a division of labor contribute to the growth of
Mesopotamia civilization? _____________________________________
5. Why was it call the land between two rivers? ______________________
6. Name five modern countries that surround ancient Mesopotamia ___________________________________________________________
Day # 16
10-7-10
Essential Question (EQ) = How does where you live in the
World shape your ideas about your life? ___________________
Lesson Objective (LO) = Knowing the World You live in
Area of Interaction (AOI) = Human Ingenuity
Draw a map of your neighborhood, house, or city seen from
above as Google Earth would see it. Include:
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Compass Rose
Key or Legend for any objects, trees, etc.
Your House
Label the Streets as well as you can
Color the map
Day # 17
10-11-10
Essential Question (EQ) = How did the development of Mesopotamia
contribute to other civilizations?
Lesson Objective (LO) = How did rivers in Mesopotamia (and around
the world and locally) change how people lived their lives?
Area of Interaction (AOI) = Human Ingenuity (controlling life on the
rivers)
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Use the map above to label, color, and identify major cities in
Mesopotamia
Day # 18
10-12-10
Essential Question (EQ) = How did the development of
Mesopotamia contribute to other civilizations?
Lesson Objective (LO) = The Sumerians developed the first
civilization in Mesopotamia.
Area of Interaction (AOI) = Human Ingenuity (controlling life on
the rivers)
Rural = ______________________________________________
Urban = _____________________________________________
City-state = __________________________________________
Gilgamesh = _________________________________________
Sargon = ____________________________________________
Empire = ____________________________________________
Polytheism = _________________________________________
Priests = ____________________________________________
Social Hierarchy = _____________________________________
In World History, read pages 60-64 together and define these
words
Day # 19
10-13-10
Essential Question (EQ) = What were the social controls
of Mesopotamia, and what are our social controls today?
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Lesson Objective (LO) = Religion played a major role in
Sumerian society
Area of Interaction (AOI) = Human Ingenuity
1. What was the basic political unit of Sumer?
2. What steps did city-states take to protect
themselves from their rivals?
3. What is Polytheism?
4. How did Sargon’s creation of an empire charge the
history of Mesopotamia?
5. Why do you think priests were so influential in
Sumerian society?
Day # 20
10-14-10
Essential Question (EQ) = What did the Sumerians do for me?
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Lesson Objective (LO) = Writing, star gazing, the wheel,
counting based on 60, plus dozens more ideas started in Sumer
Area of Interaction (AOI) = Human Ingenuity
1. What is cuneiform? ____________________________
2. Why is writing one of history’s most important advances?
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3. What were two early uses of the wheel?
________________ and ___________________________
4. What are two modern uses of the wheel?
_________________ and __________________________
5. What current person would you write an Epic about?
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6. How did the Sumerians use the cylinder seals and why?
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7. What is a scribe and are they still used today? Where?
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Pages 65-69 in World History