ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
MAP ACTIVITY
POLITICAL MAPS LESSON PLAN
GOOD MORNING!
• Please write today’s agenda inWarm
your planner
Up Questions:
1. and
What
are itsome
• Keep it open until I come around
stamp
similarities among each
of athe
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civilizations?
• Sit quietly until I am able to play
video
you
2. How do you think this
helped each civilization
survive?
3. Why do you think each
of these civilizations is
not here today?
MAP ACTIVITY
• You will create a layered map of some important
ancient civilizations
• Using your textbook, you will freehand draw the
boundaries of these ancient civilizations
• You will use the printed map as your guide
• You will use one piece of tracing paper for each
civilization
• You MUST use a different color for each civilization in
order for them to show through the various layers of
tracing paper
• When all 12 layers are completed, you will stack them
over the printed map to see a visual representation of
each ancient civilization and where they ruled
ANCIENT EMPIRES
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Babylonian (map on printout)
Egyptian (map on page 62)
Israelites (map on page 90)
Assyrian (map on page 28)
Athens/Sparta (map on page 125)
Persian (map on page132)
Greek under Alexander the Great (map on page 176)
Mauryan (map on page 210)
Qin (map on page 241)
Roman (map on page 293)
Han (map on page 241)
Gupta (map on page 213)
ANCIENT CITIES
• Plot the following
cities on the
printed map in
the correct
location:
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Athens
Sparta
Rome
Jerusalem
Xian
Beijing
Carthage
Mecca
• Medina
• Byzantium/Co
nstantinople
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Londinium
Kathmandu
Mumbai
Memphis
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Thebes
Babylon
Niniveh
Persepolis
Alexandria
Pella
CRITICAL THINKING ACTIVITY
• Read the directions on your handout carefully and
follow instructions
• The first set of directions asks you to create a
timeline. It should look something like this:
3500BC
3000BC
2500BC
2000BC
1500BC
1000BC
500BC
1AD