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Agenda 1.Cornell Notes 2.Lecture Notes Tips 3.Indus River Valley

Objectives Students will be able to… 19.Summarize the major features of Indus River Valley civilization.

Skills Objectives Students will be able to… S13. Use the Cornell Notes system to take effective lecture notes. S14. Identify key information presented in lectures.

Reminders Unit Test: October 19 – Get in your missing work! – Quizlet.com !! ( gerritt_peck)

Cornell Notes Objective #S13

Why Cornell Notes? Effective notes improve retention Organized notes improve study habits – Cornell Notes are a built-in study guide Notes centered around key questions help identify important themes Summarization is a key skill

How Does it Work? 1/3 of the page (on the left side) is reserved for questions On right side, record notes in paragraphs, grouping information logically Get down main ideas; facts can be added later

How Does it Work? Revise notes by – Adding in questions on the left side – Correcting any facts (dates, names, terms) that were incomplete – Fleshing out thoughts that were too brief to be useful later Summarize in EXACTLY 20 words

Lecture Tips Pay attention to slide titles Look ahead on your notes sheet Use the structure of the lecture – Numberings, topic changes Think before you write! – Don’t copy every word you hear or see! Objective #S14

Indus River Valley Objective #19

Interpreting Pictures On the back of your Cornell Notes sheet, write down what you think you can tell about this civilization based on the pictures

A City Block

A City

Interpreting Pictures What do you think you can see? – Fill in STAIRs chart Defend the following statement based on your STAIRs chart: “The Indus River Valley is considered a civilization.”

Main Things We Know Main things we know – Planned cities and plumbing

Main Things We Know Main things we know – Great uniformity (of cities and bricks), citadel indicates strong rulers

Main Things We Know Main things we know – Identical houses indicates equality

Main Things We Know Main things we know – More territory than Egypt or Sumer – Wiped out with almost nothing left

Why Don’t We Know More? No translation of their writing!

Geography Mesopotamia (Sumer’s disadvantages) Indus Valley Unpredictable flooding Monsoon rains No natural defensive barriers Himalaya Mountains (the subcontinent) No natural resourcesAbundant stone and other precious rocks

Trade We know the Indus people traded with Mesopotamia – How?

Major Cities Harappa (a.k.a. Harappan civilization) Mohenjo-Daro Last from around 2500 to 1700 BCE – then disappear

Summarize! EXACTLY 20 words – Not 19, not 21 – 20

Summary Indus civilization is a mystery due to untranslated writing. It had planned cities, plumbing, and trade, and probably strong kings.

Chinese Dynasties Objective #20

Vocabulary Prosperity Mandate of Heaven – belief that the gods choose the rulers Dynastic Cycle – process by which dynasties gain and lose power in China

Dynastic Cycle New dynasty established Period of prosperity Decline, corruption, disasters Dynasty loses mandate of heaven New family claims Mandate of Heaven New dynasty comes to power with support of the people and the Mandate of Heaven. The new dynasty experiences a period of prosperity and peace. The dynasty ages and becomes corrupt, raises taxes and oppression. Possibly natural disasters occur. As a result of these events, the dynasty is seen to have lost the Mandate of Heaven. Revolution becomes justified, and a new family claims to have received the Mandate and fights the old dynasty.

Cartoons! Make a cartoon to illustrate the Dynastic Cycle, with one partner – Draw pictures and write captions in each box – Cut out boxes and arrange the panels on construction paper – You can draw arrows and add text