Aim: How can we
better understand
the Five Features of
a Civilization?
Do Now: Use your notes to
complete the Graphic Organizer
Road to Agricultural Revolution
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Key Words
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Agriculture- Farming
Domesticate- to raise
Nomadic-Move place to place
Rural-countryside
Settlements-people in living in towns or
villages
• Civilization- organized society,
development
Activity
• Students will work in groups to create their
own civilization
• See #1-6 for direction and help to create
your own civilization.
Pneumonic Device
• Ants
– Advanced Cities
• Can’t
– Complex Institutions (government,
religion)
• Take
– Technology
• Slick
– Specialized workers
• Rice
– Record Keeping
Debriefing Activity
• Take notes as we identify the 5 features of
a civilization
Advanced Cities
• In order to be
considered a city
it must have:
–1. Large
population
–2. Must be a
center of
TRADE
Complex Institutions
• Institution – a long
lasting pattern of
organization in a
community such
as
– Government
– Religion
– Economy
Technology
• New tools and
techniques that
solve problems
and make life
easier
Specialized Workers
• Specialized
means
someone
has the skills
to do a
specific kind
of work
Record Keeping
• Must have a
developed system
of writing so the
people can:
– Record business
– Write a set of laws
– Priests can record
rituals and dates
Aim: How can we
better understand
the Five Features of
a Civilization?
• Do Now:
QUIZ
Social Sciences, Primary & Secondary Sources,
What is history? Paleolithic to Neolithic
Revolution, and the 5 Features of a Civilization.
Student Share-out
Quickly get into your groups from
yesterday. Get ready to present the your
civilization you created!
How can a timeline help us better
understand events in history?
• Think-Pair-Share: Students will work in
pairs to complete practice Regents
question on Neolithic Revolution
• Vocabulary:
Decade=a 10 year period
Century= a 100 year period
Millennium= a thousand year history
20th Century=refers to the years between
1900-1999
Create your own Timeline
• Students will create a timeline of their lives
that includes the five most important
events.
• Include a title and label each event with
the appropriate date.
See Project Paper
• Each student will complete their own
personal and historical timeline
• Minimum of 10 events Total (5 personal/5
historical).
• You can present it in anyway you like. It
must be clear and neat and in
chronological order.
• You must have at least 4 visuals such as
pictures, drawings, illustrations or images.
Pictures Cited
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Slide 3 – http://www.davidmacd.com/images/new_york/100_7303_busy_broadway.jpg
Slide 4 – http://studentwebs.coloradocollege.edu/~c_belle/religion.jpg,
http://www.nationwideshelving.com/images/shelving_storage_products/shelving_by_industry/gove
rnment_
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Slide 5 – clipart
Slide 6 – http://www.uwm.edu/People/closs/images/firefighters1024_768.jpg
Slide 7 – http://www.barrattschapel.org/images/museumpicts/journal.jpg