Aim: How can we better understand the

Five Features of a Civilization?

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Do Now: Use your notes to complete the Graphic Organizer

Road to Agricultural Revolution

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

Activity

• Students will work in groups to create their own civilization

• See #1-6 for direction and help to create your own civilization.

Pneumonic Device• Ants

– Advanced Cities• Can’t

– Complex Institutions (government, religion)• Take

– Technology• Slick

– Specialized workers• Rice

– Record Keeping

Debriefing Activity

• Take notes as we identify the 5 features of a civilization

Advanced Cities• In order to be

considered a city it must have:–1. Large

population

–2. Must be a center of TRADE

Complex Institutions• Institution – a long

lasting pattern of organization in a community such as– Government

– Religion

– Economy

Technology

• New tools and techniques that solve problems and make life easier

Specialized Workers• Specialized

means someone has the skills to do a specific kind of work

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

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.

Student Share-out

Quickly get into your groups from yesterday. Get ready to present the your civilization you created!

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 periodCentury= a 100 year periodMillennium= a thousand year history20th Century=refers to the years between

1900-1999

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.

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.

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/government_

• 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