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Unit Title: It’s Ancient History
Aim & Objective
Skill: Compare and Contrast
Standards
Assessment: Geography Thematic Essay
Activities/Plan
Resources
Set up stations with mini
group activities: Small
archeological dig, political
science questions/article with
issue, economist chart etc.
AIM: Why is it necessary to
study history and what type
of social studies fields exist?
Objective: Swbat identify
the major fields of social
studies and the
responsibilities associated
with these positions
AIM: How will the Neolithic
Revolution change the way
the face of the world?
Objective: Swbat describe
the Neolithic Revolution and
discuss its impacts.
2,3,4,5: Historians,
anthropologists,
archeologists,
Geographers,
economists, and
political scientists
Mini Lesson on different styles of
social studies.
2,3: World History and
Geography
Create a story for prior to the
Neolithic Revolution and then
after it. This could be a class
work activity
AIM: What affect does
geography play on the
development of early
civilizations?
Objective: Swbat assess the
role in which geography
influences development
AIM: What are the five
characteristics of
civilization?
Objective: SWBAT identify
the five characteristics of
civilization.
2,3: World History and
Geography
Mini Lesson:
-The way life was prior to the
Neolithic Revolution
- What is the Neolithic
Revolution
- How will it change and
influence life
Mini-Lesson on potential
geographic features. Make the
geography come alive, stack
desks to demonstrate mountains
and why they protect societies
while isolating them.
Mini-Lesson: the five
characteristics of civilization are
located in the texts, but include
things like political set up, writing
systems, technology, social order
etc. Geography of the territory
should be noted as well.
Chalk board, overhead,
projector. Allow students to
read or discuss the cultural
aspects of civilization.
Do Now: What was the
world like in the BC
years?
Do Now: How did the
Neolithic Revolution
change the way in
which people lived?
2,3,5: World History,
Geography, and
Political systems
Do Now: What makes
something or someone
civilized?
*Stations with the style of work
done by social scientists for the
students to gain a sense of what
professionals in this field do.
Desks to stack, boundaries to
demonstrate different
geographical features.
?’s for Assessment:
Weekly Quiz or Unit
Assessment
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What to Produce
How to Produce it
Who to produce it for
What social scientist relates best
to the above questions?
The development of organized
societies is most closely
associated with which event?
a. Paleolithic Revolution
b. Neolithic Revolution
c. OldStone Age
Name and describe three
geographic features and their
influence over society
What are the five characteristics
of civilization?
AIM: What are the five
characteristics of Ancient
Sumer?
Objective: Swbat apply the
five characteristics of
civilization to ancient
sumeria.
2,3,4,5:
World History,
Geography of Sumer,
goods or technology,
and political system
coincides with religion.
Do Now: Can you apply
some of the 5
characteristics of early
civilization to our
civilization today?
Mini-Lesson:
-Geography of Sumeria: Rivers
- Religion
-Politics
-Technology
-Advanced cities
-Writing System (Cuneiform)
You can do an activity today
or another day where you
allow students to create
cuneiform writing on clay or
play-dough.
Name and describe the two Rivers
that surrounded Ancient Sumeria.
How did geography influence the
development of Sumer(ia)?