Unit/Topic: Ancient Civilizations of Mesopotamia
Length:
Grade: 6th grade
Sequence: 3
Stage 1 – Desired Results
Transfer
Students will be able to independently use their learning to…
Meaning
UNDERSTANDINGS
Students will come to understand that…
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
Students will keep considering…
U1. Ancient civilizations form the foundation for modern structures and
technologies.
Why settle here?
What does _____have to do with me?
What can we take from this society and learn from it in the future?
U2. Specific landforms are influential to a society success, longevity,
progress, development.
Acquisition
Established Goals
Students will know…
Students will be skilled at… (able to do)
-Religions were Polytheistic
-Important geographic structure is fertile
-I can identify the reasons why people
crescent.
16.8.43 Analyze the geographic, political,
settled.
-The economy was based on division
social, economic and religious structure
labor and allowed city-states to be
-I can compare and contrast the
and contributions of ancient civilizations,
formed.
Mesopotamian society to my own.
including: Mesopotamia, Egypt, India,
Hammurabi
and China.
-Your social status determined your
quality of life
16.8.96 Identify the importance of river
valleys to the development of the early
civilizations and describe how people in
early civilizations (Mesopotamia, Egypt,
India, and
China) shaped their
environments during the agricultural
revolution of 4000 B.C. -1000 A.D.
-Tigris and Euphrates Rivers make up
the Fertile Crescent
I can describe the importance of a river
to a civilizations
-The surrounding bodies of water are the
Red Sea, Mediterranean, Black Sea,
I can locate the rivers and bodies of
Caspian Sea, and Persian Gulf
water on a map
-Mesopotamia is located in Asia
16.8.45 Identify the contributions of the
following ancient civilizations:
Babylonians (e.g., first written code of
law), Hebrews (e.g., monotheism),
Phoenicians (e.g., development of simple
alphabet), India (tradition of great
literature), and China (accomplishments in
art and architecture, and innovations in
science and technology).
-Babylonians contributed Hammurabi’s
code.
-Hebrews contribute monotheism.
-The Phoenicians developed the first
alphabet.
17.8.13 (17.C.3c) Analyze how human
processes influence settlement patterns
including migration and population
growth.
17.8.19 Compare and contrast historical
and contemporary depictions of the same
place using a variety of sources, including:
landscape paintings, photographs, and
maps.
16.8.01 Identify multiple causes and effects
A hunter gatherer society is
when analyzing historical events.
A city-state society is
A agricultural civilization
I can describe the contributions of each
civilization during the Mesopotamian
period.
I can defend the necessity of
Hammurabi’s code in the ancient
Mesopotamian period.
I can explain what makes a person
choose to live somewhere.
I can compare and contrast images from
Google Earth of the Middle East to that of
images of ancient Mesopotamia.
I can describe the transition of early
people from hunter-gatherer societies to
agricultural societies.
16.8.02 Identify the differences between
primary and secondary sources.
15.D.3c Explain how workers can affect
their productivity through training and by
using tools, machinery and technology.
a primary source is…
A secondary source is…
Irrigation
Plow
Division of labor
Farming to industry
Wheel
Vocabulary
Stage 2 – Evidence
Code
Evaluative Criteria
I can distinguish between a primary and
secondary source.
I can identify the benefits of using a
primary source vs. a secondary source
I can explain how inventions of this time
affected the advancement of their
society.
I can explain why the division of labor is
necessary for the development of
civilization(s) or empires.
PERFORMANCE TASKS
Students will really show that they understand by evidence of…
1.
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3.
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5.
6.
7.
8.
Hammurabi’s Code writing
Mapping – where is it, etc.
Skits: Babylonian court cases (Hammurabi’s Code)
Hunters/Gatherers/City builders
Mesopotamian achievements (Web mapping – trace back the history of a favorite object?)
Brain pop…
Mrdonn.org
Compare google earth images to
OTHER EVIDENCE
Students will show they have achieved Stage 1 goals by…
1.
Stage 3 – Learning Plan
Code
Pre-Assessment
What pre-assessments will you use to check student’s prior knowledge, skill levels and potential misconceptions?
Learning Events
Progress Monitoring /
Formative Assessments
Support Standards