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DO NOW
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STAND UP!!! NEW SEATS!!!
 Binder
clean out
 Take out everything, BUT
Do Now section
 Homework section
 WHIL
 Notebook Check
 Quizlet instructions
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TODAY WE START THE FERTILE CRESCENT
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Is a region in Western
Asia.
The region is often
considered the cradle of
civilization.
It saw the development of
many of the earliest
human civilizations, and is
the birthplace of writing
and the wheel.
CRESCENT!
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Directions: Use page 29.
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Label the following:
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Tigris River ___
Euphrates River ___
Syrian Desert ___
Zagros Mountains ___
Taurus Mountains ___
Egypt ___
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Pick a light colored pencil, shade:
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ACTIVITIES FOR TODAY
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Fertile Crescent
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Create symbols for these geographic
features in color and put them on the
map:
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mountains = ______
desert = ______
river = ______
With your group, analyze the map
and respond to the questions on
the back.
REVIEW
 Question
#1: What kinds of geographic
features do you notice in Mesopotamia?
 Rivers, sea, gulf, lakes, etc.
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#2: What does the color green
represent?
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The Fertile Crescent
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#3 : Which two rivers run through the
Fertile Crescent?
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Euphrates and Tigris Rivers
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#4: Look at the physical features of
the region shown on the maps. How do the
physical features of Mesopotamia compare with
those of the areas surrounding it?
 Lot more water compared to deserts; flatter
land compared to mountains.
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#5: Predict how you think the physical
features of the Fertile Crescent will shape the
civilization there.
 Good farming, lots of cities
CLOSURE
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Here are the “answers” write the questions.
DO NOW
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Using the vocab sheet:
 Open to page 30.
 Copy the definition for Fertile Crescent.
 In
your DO NOW section:
Predict
one way rivers will affect life in
Mesopotamia.
BONUS: What was yesterday?
FERTILE CRESCENT
a
region in
Southwest Asia;
site of the first
civilizations
SUMER
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Region in southern
Mesopotamia
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Place where the first
city-states began
SHORT VIDEO ON GEOGRAPHY
1. The early humans in Mesopotamia were the first
to figure out what important skill?
 2. Mesopotamia means “land between the
_____________________.”
 3. It is easy to grow food in this area because the
soil is __________________________
 4. What was a big problem (with the rivers) in
Mesopotamia?
 5. How did the Mesopotamians solve this problem?
 6. How are the rivers formed?
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SHORT VIDEO ON GEOGRAPHY
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1. The early humans in Mesopotamia were the first
to figure out what important skill?
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Farming
2. Mesopotamia means “land between the rivers.”
 3. It is easy to grow food in this area because the
soil is fertile (rich).
 4. What was a big problem (with the rivers) in
Mesopotamia?
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Flooded without warning and destroyed crops
5. How did the Mesopotamians solve this problem?
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They built levees- walls that protected flood waters from
reaching the farmlands.
HOW THE EUPHRATES & TIGRIS ARE
RIVERS OF LIFE AND DEATH
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With your groups, read
page 31 and 32.
Fill in details about how
rivers were both full of life
and death on the graphic
organizer
Then, draw detailed
pictures showing how they
were both rivers of life
and death.
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 Reeds
THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVERS
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How were they like rivers
of life?
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Floods left good top soil
Good for farming
Fish
Clay for building
Tall, strong reeds to make
boats
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How were they like rivers
of death?
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Unexpected floods swept
away people, animals,
crops, and houses
4 CORNERS
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It was worth it for people to live next to the
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
CLOSURE
Who?
 Did What?
 To Whom?
 Where?
 When?
 Why?
 And How?
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