Lesson 1: 1. Introduction to Mesopotamia
Duration of Days: 6
Lesson Objective
Students will analyze the relationship between physical geography and human settlement by evaluating how specific environmental characteristics influenced the site selection and structural development of early civilizations. (Fertile Crescent)
How does the physical environment determine where and how a civilization begins?
Silt
Tigres River
Euphrates River
Civilization
Irrigation
Canals
Surplus
Division of Labor
Rural
Urban
City-state
Gilgamesh
Sargon
Empire
Polytheism
Social Hierarchy
Cuneiform
Pictographs
Scribe
Epics
Architecture
Ziggurat
Hammurabi
Monarch
Hammurabi’s Code
Chariot
Cavalry
Alphabet
Cyrus the Great
Darius I
Persian Wars
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.4
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7
Claim 1: Reading
Claim 4: Research/Inquiry
DOK Level 1 - Remembering specific terms and definitions related to Mesopotamia
DOK Level 2 - Using skills and understanding concepts
DOK Level 3 - Reasoning requiring justification and use of evidence
Government Laws, Base 60 Math System,
City-State vs. Empire
Pictographs vs. Cuneiform
Guided- Note Taking
Graphic Organizers
Vocabulary Scaffolding
Choice Board Assignments
Chunking of informational texts
Students will take guided notes and review terms for formative assessments.
Students will label geographic features of Mesopotamia on a map, locate the Tigres and Euphrates River.
Chromebook
Google Clasroom
Teacher prepared slides