World History A September Work Sample

Unit 3 Lesson 3 Document Analysis: Primary Source. Look at the box on page 51. It is a quotation, translated into English, from an actual Sumerian document. It is a primary source, meaning that it was written by someone at that time and in that place. Historians use primary sources to learn about what happened long ago.

Producing a Surplus: Tips for Sumerian Farmers Advice assembled from numerous fragments of Sumerian clay tablets: Before you being cultivating your field, watch carefully the opening of the dikes, ditches , and mounts so that you will not flood the field with too much water. After draining the water from your field, let shodden oxen trample it for you to loosen the weed and level the ground.

3. While your field is drying, prepare the tools you will need 4 3. While your field is drying, prepare the tools you will need 4. When your field is ready for planting, add nan extra ox to the plow ox. When on ox is harnessed to a second ox, the plow is larger 5. After your field has been harrowed and raked three times and the ground pulverized fine with a hammer, tolerate no idleness in your field of laborer. If necessary stand over them with a whip and allow no interruptions. Furthermore, do not expect your field workers to serve you day and night for ten days, their strength should be should be saved for the planting. 6. After the grain has begun to sprout, pray to the goddess Ninkilim, and shoo away the flying birds.

September Work Sample text based questions 1. Who was the audience, according to the title? 2.A historian would read the document carefully to learn more about Sumerian society. For example, look at Tip 6. A historian might point to part of this tip as evidence that Sumerians had religious beliefs. What part of Tip 6 would support that claim? 3.Scan the rest of the document and write one quotation that you have about Sumerian farming or society. 4. Why would the Sumerian be praying once the grain has sprouted? 5. Why is writing instructions and tips for Sumerian farmers critical for the civilization to thrive?

September Work Sample 6. How does human settlement influence changes in physical systems and culture? 7.How does farming change the interaction between humans and the environment? 8. How is human activity limited by the environment? 9. How does the environment influence human activity?

How do societies benefit from farming? Extended Response: Answer the following question in paragraph form. Use the rubric below to guide your answer. How do societies benefit from farming?

Organization and Structure Criteria E Owned It P Got It PP Getting It U Missed It (Will try again) Ideas and Content 40 points Multiple examples supporting how farming benefits societies. Examples supporting how farming benefits societies Limited support present of how farming benefits societies. No evidence to support how farming benefits societies Organization and Structure 10 points There are 6-7 sentences, a topic sentence (restated the question), transitions, and a concluding sentence There are 4-6 sentences. Missing elements of structure and organization Missing multiple elements of structure and organization. 3 sentences or less, missing transitions, and a concluding sentence. Conventions (SCOPE - Spelling, Capitalization, Order of Words, Punctuation, and Expresses a Complete Thought/Sentence) 5 points  There are almost no errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, order of words, punctuation, or expressing complete sentences.   There are some errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, order of words, punctuation, or expressing complete sentences, but they do not interfere with meaning.  Unintentional errors in capitalization, usage, punctuation, spelling, and/or paragraphing often interfere with meaning.  Errors in capitalization, usage, punctuation, spelling repeatedly distract the reader and make the text difficult to read.