Day 9: PA
Day 8: Nomads vs. Civilizations
Homework: Complete Venn Diagram comparing nomads and civilizations
Day 6/7: Review and Test
Day 2: The Fertile Crescent
Homework: Create a foldable with the main benefits a river provides civilization
Day 3: Sumeria
Notes: Sumer
Homework: Illustrate one aspect of the Sumerian civilization.
Day 4/5: Later Peoples
Notes: Powerpoint
Homework: P86: #2a, 4, 5
Unit:
Day 1: Hammurabi's Law Code
Primary Sources:
Hammurabi Excepts pdf
The Epic of Gilgamesh by Arthur Brown
Secondary Sources:
The Bronze Age Collapse: NewYorker: "Of Hippos and Kings" by Adam Gopnik.
Climate Change in 1000 BC: New York Times: "Climate Change Doomed the Ancients" by Eric Cline.
Multimedia:
Education Portal: Agricultural Revolution 4:51
Education Portal: What is Civilization? 9:58
Education Portal: Hierarchy 6:30
BBC: Hanging Gardens of Babylon 48:52
TLC: The Assyrians:Masters of War 25:23