1. Unit 1: Foundations

2. Please clear your desks of everything except a writing stick.
Quiz
Please clear your desks of everything except a writing stick.

3. Agrarian Civilizations
During the same narrow sliver of cosmic time, cities, states, and civilizations emerged independently in several places around the world.
Video: Where & Why did the first cities/states appear?

4. Unit 1: Foundations

5. Entry Task Compare your notes with mine, did you get everything?
Video: Where/Why did agrarian civilizations appear?

6. First Civilizations Jigsaw
You will each get a reading on an early civilization.
Your job is to complete your civilization’s column on the chart.
We’ll then get into mixed groups and you will share information so that all columns on your chart are completed.

7. On a separate sheet of paper…
Looking at all of the information you now have:
Why do you think some societies flourished while others declined? What patterns do you see that could predict whether or not a society would succeed?