Ancient Civilisations
T 2 SOCIAL STUDIES
Weeks 1- 5
Students will:
1. Report on the evidence of features of an ancient civilisation and how these features have been kept or developed to be part of modern civilisations.
2. Using the inquiry process:
- Create a presentation to explore on the civilisation features of an ancient civilisation that a student has researched
- Present a report on the Ideas from past civilisations: What key features of an Ancient Civilisation that you have studied exist today? How are they now used? How have they been changed to meet modern needs?
Assignments and Deadlines
REPORT WRITING
Over 3 days, 29th,30th and 31st of May you will take part in report writing workshops. It is your task to meet the deadline of the 28th May to have completed the research of your chosen ancient civilisation. Over the three days you will use your research to write your report.
PRESENTATION
By the 28th of May have completed a visual or oral presentation to share with the class that presents one key feature of an Ancient Civilisation that you have studied and explain its importance to modern society.
Building a knowledge base on what defines a civilisation
Pre Knowledge Gathering Task
Teachers - Link to doc you can make a copy and share through hapara
What defines a Civilisation ? What boxes need to ticked to be called a Civilisation?
CLASS TASK TOGETHER:EACH STUDENT TAKE NOTES
Resources: A3 Paper and Felt Pens
Take note as your teacher talks you through the Prezi Presentation of the 8 features of a civilisation.
You will use these notes and more short videos later to fill in a form for the definition of what a civilisation needs to be called a civilisation.
Click 9O here and 9T here and 9K here to find a link to more information on civilisations. View the information. At the end of this task you will be able to list the eight characteristics of a civilisation and their key reasons for being important , tick the box to save a copy of your responses before submitting.
View John Green's Crash Course World History: Indus Valley Civilisation
Listen carefully
On completion of video the class will collaborate to list and add detail about the features of a civilisation present
9O Your Teacher will let you know where to complete this task
9K Your Teacher will let you know where to complete this task
THURSDAY 10th May
Civilisations evolved as people evolved
As humans evolved, at a point in time, the idea of living in a group with mutual understanding and dependency became a very useful and practical lifestyle. From small isolated groups, communities were formed. Then came the societies which in time became a civilisation. An ancient civilisation refers to: the first settled and stable communities that became the basis for later states, nations, and empires.
Finding out, research the answers to the following questions
What were the key land use and management changes needed for people to be able to develop a civilisation?
What did these changes make possible?
How did this change help advance civilisations?
Recording your answers
Write your answer on the your class form 9O Form or 9T Form and 9K Form
Research
An Ancient civilisation refers to the first settled and stable communities that became the starting point for later states, nations, and empires.
Your first step is to find the ancient civilisation that you would prefer to study.
Spend time viewing information about the various civilisations and select the one that most interests you.
This will be the civilisation that you spend time researching and gathering the information that you are tasked to find.
Ancient Egyptian Civilization
Ancient Chinese Civilisation
Ancient Aztec Civilisation
Ancient Persian Civilisation
Ancient Mayan Civilisation
Ancient Indus Valley Civilisation
Ancient Mesopotamian Civilisation
Avoiding plagiarism and acknowledging where you found out the awesome facts from
Until I find a better referencing guide, we will refer to this one
This video demonstrates a good method to gather and cite your sources as note that you can refer to later when you write your report.
The Learning
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SOCIAL STUDIES
Students will:
1. Report on the evidence of features of an ancient civilisation and how these features have been kept or developed to be part of modern civilisations.
2. Using the inquiry process:
- Present a report on the civilisation features of an ancient civilisation that a student has researched
- Create a presentation to explore - Ideas from past civilisations: What features of an Ancient Civilisation that you have studied exist today? How are they now used? How have they been changed to meet modern needs?
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During this study students will build understanding of:
Identity, Culture, and Organisation learn about society and communities and how they function. They also learn about the diverse cultures and identities of people within those communities and about the effects of these on the participation of groups and individuals.
Continuity and Change – Students learn about past events, experiences, and actions and the changing ways in which these have been interpreted over time. This helps them to understand the past and the present and to imagine possible futures.
These are the key Understandings students will experience in their research and knowledge development
- Understand how cultural interaction impacts on cultures and societies.
- Understand that people move between places and how this has consequences for the people and the places.
- Understand how economic decisions impact on people, communities, and nations.
- Understand how people’s management of resources impacts on environmental and social sustainability.
- Understand how the ideas and actions of people in the past have had a significant impact on people’s lives.
- Understand how people seek and have sought economic growth through business, enterprise, and innovation.
- Understand how people define and seek human rights.
ENGLISH
During this study students will build understanding of :
Integration of sources of information, processes, and strategies purposefully and confidently to identify, form, and express increasingly sophisticated ideas.
- selects and uses appropriate processing and comprehension strategies with confidence
- thinks critically about texts with understanding and confidence
- monitors, self-evaluates, and describes progress, articulating learning with confidence.
- selects and uses appropriate processing and comprehension strategies with confidence
Purposes and audiences
- identifies particular points of view within texts and recognises that texts can position a reader
- evaluates the reliability and usefulness of texts with confidence.
Language Features
- uses an increasing vocabulary to make meaning
Ideas
Show an understanding of ideas within, across, and beyond texts.
- makes meaning by understanding increasingly comprehensive ideas in texts and the links between them
- makes connections by exploring ideas within and between texts from a range of contexts
Structure
- Show an understanding of a range of structures.