UNIT 1 – GUIDE SHEET
CHAPTER 1
Essential Questions:
- How
did early peoples develop skills that became the basic elements of human
life?
- What
developments led to the rise of the world’s first civilizations?
- Describe
how the Neolithic Revolution led to the development of similar traits of
civilization.
Objectives:
- Explain
how recent archaeological finds have contributed to our understanding of
human origins.
- Describe
some of the achievements of the earliest humans.
- Specify
the kinds of economic, political, and social changes that resulted from
the rise of cities.
Discussion Topics:
- Migrations
– page 22
- Archaeological
finds – page 23
- Neolithic
Revolution
- Changes
and results in early civilization
- Early
writing systems
CHAPTER 2
Essential Questions:
- In what
ways were each of the early civilizations unique? How were they different?
- How
did river valley civilizations lay the foundations for the global
civilization that we know today?
Objectives:
- Understand
why Egypt was called the ‘gift of the Nile.’
- Summarize
how Sumer’s achievements enriched the early culture of the Middle East.
- Relate
how people of the Indus river valley civilization built cities.
- Examine
the major contributions of the early Chinese civilization.
Discussion Topics:
- Map
page 48 – Location of kingdoms/position of Nile; modern nations; advances
in technology; crossroads Asia/Africa
- Religion
– Did religion play a greater role in Egypt than in the US today?
- Factors
that account for growth and longevity along the Nile.
- Hammurabi’s
Code
- Harrapan
civilization attractive to invaders
- China
has the oldest continuous civilization in the
world/isolation.
- Gilgamesh
reading and discussion
CHAPTER 3
Essential Questions:
- How
did traders, religious thinkers, and empire builders shape the development
of the ancient Middle East?
- How
have their achievements influenced cultural and religious life today?
Objectives:
1. Explain how trading peoples influenced the
development of the Middle East.
2. Describe the role that slavery, exile, and
return play in the history of the Israelites.
- Explain
how a series of powerful empires extended their rule throughout the Middle
East.
Discussion Topics:
- Israelite/Hittite
interaction – reading from Genesis 23, Genesis 26: 34-35, II Samuel 11
- Project
discussion
Unit Assignments:
1.
Chapter Notes
2.
Guided Readings
3.
Movie Notes/Questions
Unit Assessments:
1.
Unit Test
2.
Neolithic Revolution Essay
3.
Civilizations of the ancient Near East Google
Presentation
- You and a partner (of
your choice) will create a Google Presentation of one of the following
topics: Hittites, Assyrians,
Chaldeans, Persians, Israelites and Phoenicians. Your project will include the
following:
i.
Beginning and ending dates of empire
ii.
Territorial extent of empire (map)
iii.
Names of major rulers
iv.
Significant achievements of empire
v.
Legacies of empire
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