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the First Civilizations
the First Civilizations
The development of agriculture enabled the rise of the first civilizations, located primarily along river valleys; these complex societies were influenced by geographic conditions and shared a number of defining political, social, and economic characteristics.
Lesson #1: Geographic Features
What common geographic features are there? How do they affect us? How do we affect them?
Geographic Features Gallery Walk Posters (Docs)
Geographic Features Graphic Organizer (Docs)
Lesson #2: Maps
What is a map? What are the features of a map?
Lesson #3: Historians
How do historians describe location?
Lesson #4: Geographic Context
What is the geographic context for the Continents?
Lesson #5: Paleolithic Evidence
What evidence do we have about life during the Paleolithic Era?
Lesson #7: Neolithic Revolution
What was the Neolithic Revolution? What effects did it have?
Lesson #8: Neolithic Life
What was life like during the Neolithic Era?
Lesson #9: Early River Valley Civilizations
Where were early river valley civilizations located?
Lesson #10: Modify Environment
How did inhabitants of Early River Valley Civilizations innovate to meet their needs?
Lesson #11: Innovations of Early River Valley Civilizations
How did the innovations of the early river valley civilizations affect their inhabitants and later periods in history?
(Gallery Walk Posters) Innovations of Early River Valley Civilizations (Docs)
Lesson #12: Creation Code of Hammurabi
What were the historical circumstances and geographic factors that led to the creation of the Code of Hammurabi?
Lesson #13: Society
What does the Code of Hammurabi reveal about society in Ancient Mesopotamia under the Babylonian empire?
Lesson #14: Founding of Judaism
What were the historical circumstances and geographic context for the founding of Judaism?
Lesson #15: Beliefs of Judaism
What are the major beliefs of Judaism? How does Judaism impact the lives of Jewish people?
Lesson #16: Spread of Judaism
How did Judaism spread?
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