AP World History Day 4
HAVE OUT YOUR BELL WORK PAPER, ANY SIGNED LET TERS NOT
ALREADY TURNED IN TO ME, YOUR NOTEBOOK, AND A WRITING
UTENSIL.
Write Now! (Bell work)Day 4
Respond to the following in the space for Thursday on your
Write Now! paper. Use complete sentences.
Rivers were important for early complex societies.
Compare how rivers were used in Mesopotamia to one of
the following societies:
Egypt
Nubia
Sub-Saharan Societies
Skills Practice
WORKING WITH DOCUMENTS
Interpreting Written Documents:
Speaker
Occasion
Audience
Purpose
Subject
Hammurabi’s Code
Who sees it?
How is it displayed? Does this change?
How is it perceived?
Who can read it?
Who were the literate? How did the illiterate know what it said?
Author? Gods? Hammurabi? Scribes?
What was its purpose?
Comparison
Read the following three documents with a partner.
◦Code of Hammurabi
◦The Ten Commandments
◦The Analects
Follow the directions given at the top of the page.
Analyze each using SOAPS.
Conclusions?
Harappan Society and Its Neighbors,
ca. 2000 B.C.E.
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Foundations of Harappan Society
The Indus River
◦ Silt-enriched water from mountain ranges
Major society built by Dravidian peoples, 3000-2500 B.C.E.
◦ Cotton before 5000 B.C.E., early cultivation of poultry
◦ Decline after 1900 B.C.E.
Major cities: Harappa (Punjab region) and Mohenjo-daro
(mouth of Indus River)
◦ 70 smaller sites excavated (total 1500)
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Mohenjo-Daro Ruins
Mohenjo-Daro Ruins
Population about 40,000
Regional center
◦Layout, architecture suggests public purpose
◦Broad streets, citadel, pool, sewage
Standardized weights evident throughout region
Specialized labor
Trade
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Harappan Society and Culture
Evidence of
social
stratification
What would that be?
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Harappan Society and Culture
Statues, figurines, and
illustrations reflect a
tradition of art and
metallurgy
Venerated goddesses of
fertility
Mysterious End of Harappan Civilization
Reasons for disappearance unclear
◦Excessive deforestation, loss of topsoil
◦Earthquakes?
◦Flooding?
◦Evidence of unburied dead
Disappearance by 1500 B.C.E.
Harappan traditions survived – agricultural practices,
religious beliefs, and urban traditions
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Chart: Use your notes, reading or other
resources to complete the themed chart of
the foundational river societies.
Mesopotamia
Interaction with
the Environment
Culture
State BuildingPolitical
Economic
Social Structures
Egypt
Harappan
Shang
Foundational Societies
Locate and label the following foundational civilizations on your
map.
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa –Indus Valley
Shang
Olmecs
Chavin
Independent Practice-Remaining Class time:
◦Complete the chart of the foundational
societies.
◦Map of Early societies
Complete the vocabulary for Chapter 4.
BREATHE
Includes
Possible Earned
Thesis: specify both similarities and
differences.
1pt
Addresses all parts of the question
2pts
Specific Evidence: Offers evidence to
support an argument
1 pt for some evidence
Direct comparison: makes at least one
direct comparison. Not parallel
structure
2 pts
Analysis: Explain the reasons why a
similarity or difference in their direct
comparison existed.”because..”
1pt
1pt
7 pts
Expanded Core 0-2-all points plus
something really well.