1. Do Now Take out HW from last night: WHIL
Open your textbook to page 20 and copy the definitions for:
Irrigation
Surplus
artisan

2. Irrigation Surplus Artisan
Supplying land with water through a network of canals
Surplus
More than is needed
Artisan
A worker who is especially skilled at crafting things by hand

3. Beginnings of Civilization
As you work, think about the chain of events happening.
Cause and Effect
If you finish, then
begin to draw
pictures.
Beginnings of Civilization
With your group, read page 21.
Write in important notes about:
Advantages of a settled life
The population grows
Early towns and villages
THE BIG 3

4. Advantages of a Settled Life
People could have a steady supply of food all year.
They no longer had to travel.
They even had surplus food-
more than was needed.

5. The Population Grows
Food surplus allowed families to have more children.
The population grew fast.

6. Early Villages and Towns
Farming settlements grew larger into towns.
With a surplus of food, people did not have to spend all of their time farming.
People were able to do other things- like become artisans.

7. Do Now Take out the HW from last night: Copy the HW for tonight:
Page 24 #1A and 1B
Copy the HW for tonight:
WHIL due Friday
Review your HW responses from last night with your group members.

8. Homework Review Effect of food surpluses on people & population?
How did people’s lives change once they began to produce their own food?
Once people began to produce their own food, people’s lives changed a lot!
They began to settle in communities and the population increased.
Effect of food surpluses on people & population?
Food surpluses caused the population to increase and people could do jobs other than farming.

9. Do Now Copy the HW for the week:
Section 3 quiz Monday!
In your Do Now section, respond to this question:
How did people’s lives change once they began to produce their own food?
Notebook check today!

10. Activity for Today Setting: A growing farming village in Mesopotamia.
Character: Young boy or girl.
Situation: In your story, you are going to tell about the changes happening in your village as a result of all the farming that has begun.
Today we are going to apply what we learned yesterday in a creative way!
Using your flow chart, you are going to write a short comic strip about you in the time when farming began.

11. Comic Strip/Story/Song Outline
FIRST
Introduce character
Problem: Spent all their time hunting and gathering- no time for anything else
NEXT
 Started farming in my village
Settled in one area
THEN
Food surplus
Population grows
LAST
 Farming villages grow into large towns
Time for other things (new jobs)

12. Closure
Sharing stories