1. Directions: You will view an image but it will be revealed one section at a time. The image has been covered in six different sections. Using the chart below, with a partner, list inferences based on the images as each section is revealed.
PEOPLE: WHERE ARE WE? WHO ARE WE?
WHAT OBJECTS DO YOU OBSERVE?
WHAT ARE WE DOING?
Students can copy the chart on their own paper or create a tri-fold with one sheet of paper.
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3. Discuss with your partner:
In which ways do civilizations spread their culture to other regions of the world?
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4. Cultural Diffusion
The spread of cultural elements from one area or group of people to others by contact. Ways of contact may include (trade, warfare, migration, tourism, missionaries, etc.)
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5. Learning About 3 Empires
Persian Empire
Empires in India
Empires in China
What constitutes an empire?
How might one group of people spread their culture to other groups of people?
Does the spread of ideas/culture always occur?
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6. Empire Chart GE Break Class into Groups of 3
Each member is an expert on one empire
Completes ESPG Chart on their empire
Interviewed by group
Persia
India
China
Write Summary Statement about each empire
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