Ancient Civilizations Introduction

Day 1

Teacher reads Westlandia by Paul Fleischman and discusses key aspects of a civilization
- What does Wesley use to create a civilization?
- What was absolutely needed?
- What made life better?
Students are split into 5 groups and create their own civilization for the assigned terrain (desert, tropical rainforest, pine forest, tundra, grassland).
- Fill out Civilization Lab Sheet
Groups share and the class discusses what terrains were most helpful in building civilizations.

Civilizations_Lab_Sheet.docx

Pick a Civilization
Use your Civilizations page to study your civilization
As you read, you will write summaries to create a book teaching us all about your civilization
Once your book is finished, you will work with your group to present on your civilization
- You need to teach us about each topic you learned about
- You need to teach us how each topic still impacts us today

You may present in any form you choose options include, but are not limited to