Toward Civilizations

1. Critically examine the image and write down five things that come to mind.

Complete Chapter 1 section 1 handout.

SWBAT… 1. Explain how geography and history are linked. 2. Identify the methods that anthropologist and archaeologist use to find out about early people. 3. Describe the ways historians try to reconstruct the past.

Activating prior Knowledge 1. Why do you think people tend to build settlements near rivers?

River Valley CivilizationsReasons  Fertile land  Water attracted animals that provided a source of food.  People could use water for drinking, travel and irrigation.

What do you think would some drawbacks might be to building civilization in river valleys?

 Flooding  Challenge of protecting citizens from raids by other groups envious of the good location.

 We are going to discuss the work of geographers, historians, anthropologist, archaeologist, and others in uncovering the past, for the next couple of lessons we will examine life in the stone age and the beginning of civilization in the Middle East and elsewhere.

A key to understanding history is studying the Five themes of geography. 1. Location 2. Place 3. Human-Environment Interaction 4. Movement 5. Region

1. The class will be divided into five groups. 2. Each group is responsible for one theme. 3. Each group must define its theme and list several examples to illustrate it. 4. Make it look nice. 5. Be prepared to present.

List the five themes of geography.