1. Aim: How can we better understand the Five Features of a Civilization? Copyright © Clara Kim 2007. All rights reserved. Do Now: Use your notes to complete the Graphic Organizer Road to Agricultural Revolution

2. Key Words Agriculture- Farming Domesticate- to raise Nomadic-Move place to place Rural-countryside Settlements-people in living in towns or villages Civilization- organized society, development

3. Activity Students will work in groups to create their own civilization See #1-6 for direction and help to create your own civilization.

4. Pneumonic Device Ants –Advanced Cities Can’t –Complex Institutions (government, religion) Take –Technology Slick –Specialized workers Rice –Record Keeping

5. Debriefing Activity Take notes as we identify the 5 features of a civilization

6. Advanced Cities In order to be considered a city it must have: –1. Large population –2. Must be a center of TRADE

7. Complex Institutions Institution – a long lasting pattern of organization in a community such as –Government –Religion –Economy

8. Technology New tools and techniques that solve problems and make life easier

9. Specialized Workers Specialized means someone has the skills to do a specific kind of work

10. Record Keeping Must have a developed system of writing so the people can: –Record business –Write a set of laws –Priests can record rituals and dates

11. Aim: How can we better understand the Five Features of a Civilization? Do Now: QUIZ Social Sciences, Primary & Secondary Sources, What is history? Paleolithic to Neolithic Revolution, and the 5 Features of a Civilization.

12. Student Share-out Quickly get into your groups from yesterday. Get ready to present the your civilization you created!

13. How can a timeline help us better understand events in history? Think-Pair-Share: Students will work in pairs to complete practice Regents question on Neolithic Revolution Vocabulary: Decade=a 10 year period Century= a 100 year period Millennium= a thousand year history 20 th Century=refers to the years between 1900-1999

14. Create your own Timeline Students will create a timeline of their lives that includes the five most important events. Include a title and label each event with the appropriate date.

15. See Project Paper Each student will complete their own personal and historical timeline Minimum of 10 events Total (5 personal/5 historical). You can present it in anyway you like. It must be clear and neat and in chronological order. You must have at least 4 visuals such as pictures, drawings, illustrations or images.

16. Pictures Cited Slide 3 – http://www.davidmacd.com/images/new_york/100_7303_busy_broadway.jpg Slide 4 – http://studentwebs.coloradocollege.edu/~c_belle/religion.jpg, http://www.nationwideshelving.com/images/shelving_storage_products/shelving_by_industry/gove rnment_ http://studentwebs.coloradocollege.edu/~c_belle/religion.jpg Slide 5 – clipart Slide 6 – http://www.uwm.edu/People/closs/images/firefighters1024_768.jpg Slide 7 – http://www.barrattschapel.org/images/museumpicts/journal.jpg