1. Warm-up Questions What was the purpose of building canals?
How did the surplus of food impact Sumerian culture?

2. Ancient Mesopotamia Farming & Cities Ancient Civilizations
Mr. Hollingsworth’s World History
Wednesday – September 6, 2017

3. Alabama Course of Study
Analyze characteristics of early civilizations in respect to technology, division of labor, government, calendar, and writings.
Comparing significant features of civilizations that developed in the Tigris-Euphrates valleys.
Identifying on a map locations of cultural hearths of early civilizations.

4. Today’s Learning Targets
I will use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I will identify the physical and cultural features of this region on a map.
I will identify the geographical characteristics needed for a civilization to develop.
I will arrange the steps a growing civilization goes through in its early development.

5. Warm-up Questions What was the purpose of building canals?
To control the flow of the river.
How did the surplus of food impact Sumerian culture?
Developed a division of labor

6. Reading Check Questions
What made civilization possible in Mesopotamia?
The Tigris and Euphrates flooding left a layer of soil for crops, which provided food for early settlements.

7. Reading Check Questions
Why did the Mesopotamians create irrigation systems?
To protect against damage from too much or too little water and to ensure a stable supply of water for crops and livestock.

8. Resources Needed for Civilization
What are the resources needed for a civilization to have an opportunity to begin? Make sure you distinguish between must have and nice to have.
Fresh water
Fertile Soil
Some form of security
I can identify the geographical characteristics needed for a civilization to develop.

9. Elements of Civilization
Place the following in the order in which you believe develops as civilizations grow:
System of Writing – Art & Architecture – Language – Trade – Religion – Government – Division of Labor – Food Surpluses
Be able to justify your answers.
I can arrange the steps a growing civilization goes through in its early development.

10. Elements of Civilization
What are the basic elements of a civilization?
Language – Food Surpluses – Trade (economic complexity grows) – Division of Labor
Formalized Religion – Government – System of Writing – Art & Architecture
I can arrange the steps a growing civilization goes through in its early development.

11. Civilization’s Growth
What are the steps that a society goes through as it becomes a civilization?
Farming creates a sedentary lifestyle.
Food becomes easier to produce.
Population grows.
Job specialization occurs.
Excess food leads to trade.
Government becomes more complex.
Social Stratification hardens.

12. Essential Question One:
How did the physical features and climate of Southwest Asia influence where and how people lived?
I can identify the geographical characteristics needed for a civilization to develop.

13. I can identify the physical and cultural features of this region on a map.

14. Key Terms Review More than needed. Human-made waterways. surplus
Canals
I can use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.

15. Key Terms Review A way of supplying water to an area of land
irrigation
When each worker specializes in a particular task or job.
Division of labor
I can use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.

16. Key Terms Review A large arc of rich, or fertile farmland
Fertile Crescent
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
Silt
I can use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.

17. Today’s Learning Targets
I can use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I can identify the physical and cultural features of this region on a map.
I can identify the geographical characteristics needed for a civilization to develop.
I can arrange the steps a growing civilization goes through in its early development.