Bellringer What is the farthest east Middle Eastern country? What is the farthest west? Map from pg. 414

Geography Unit—2 Part—2 Pgs.— 415-417

Before—Guess the Lesson End Before—Guess the Lesson

Guess the Lesson—Possible Answers Nile Deserts Irrigation Middle East Sahara Farming

Learning Goals ALCOS #7:Classify spatial patterns of settlement in different regions of the world, including types and sizes of settlement patterns. Goal: Tell me how climate has shaped the Middle-East.

End Read—Pgs. 415 Read through “Physical Geography” then STOP. 3’s: Summarizer (Summarize each part of our lesson, 3 sentences for each summary.) 2’s : Key Fact Keeper (Find at least 3 key facts for each part of our lesson.) 1’s: Questioner (While reading, create three questions that could be used as a test question, include answers.)

North Africa and Southwest Asia are homes to the largest river and largest desert in the world. The climate in this region is very arid, or dry, and has very high daytime temperatures. Throughout history, three rivers have been crucial to life in this region, the Nile, Euphrates, and Tigris Rivers.

The Sahara is a vast desert that stretches across Africa, but it used to be a tropical grassland. The Sahara has gone through a gradual process of desertification, loss of fertile land.

End QARs What three rivers are crucial to life in the Middle East? The gradual loss of fertile land is called what?

End Read—Pgs. Read from “Tigris and Euphrates Rivers” then STOP. T—Title (1) H—Headings/Subheadings (2) I—Introduction (1) V—Vocab/Key Terms defined (3) S—Summary of the lesson at the end. (1)

The Euphrates and Tigris Rivers create a fertile stretch of land which is known as the fertile crescent. In the past, farmers have relied on flood from the rivers to water crops; however, recently farmers have used irrigation methods to redirect water without needing floods.

End QARs What is the area created by the three rivers in the Middle East known as? What methods are used to water crops by farmers in the Middle East?

QAR Answers What three rivers are crucial to life in the Middle East? Nile, Euphrates, and Tigris The gradual loss of fertile land is called what? Desertification What is the area created by the three rivers in the Middle East known as? Fertile Crescent What methods are used to water crops by farmers in the Middle East? Irrigation

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