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Lesson duration is: 120 minItems in this lesson
Slide 1 - Slide
Slide 2 - Link
Go to the website:
http://www.historyshistories.com/mesopotamia-5-traits-of-civilization.html
Write down the five traits (characteristics) of a civilisation.
http://www.historyshistories.com/mesopotamia-5-traits-of-civilization.html
Write down the five traits (characteristics) of a civilisation.
Slide 3 - Open question
In the previous lessons you learned about hunters and farmers.
Write down three differences between the lives of hunter-gatherers and farmers.
The differences are about: 1: food, 2: housing and 3: possessions.
Write down three differences between the lives of hunter-gatherers and farmers.
The differences are about: 1: food, 2: housing and 3: possessions.
Slide 4 - Open question
Read "The land between two rivers".
Describe the landscape of ancient Mesopotamia in 3 sentences.
Number the sentences: 1, 2, 3.
Use the following words in your answer: Mesopotamia, desert, rivers, Euphrates, Tigris, cities.
Describe the landscape of ancient Mesopotamia in 3 sentences.
Number the sentences: 1, 2, 3.
Use the following words in your answer: Mesopotamia, desert, rivers, Euphrates, Tigris, cities.
Slide 5 - Open question
4. Drag the texts to the correct pictures.
When the water level drops, the river leaves silt. The farmers use this to make their land fertile. They store some of the water in pools.
The river is at a low point.
There is not enough fertile soil for crops to grow.
Slide 6 - Drag question
6. Drag the following events in chronological order, from first to last.
Because of this agricultural surplus some people could
specialise.
Some farmers learned that they could dig small canals to make more land fertile.
The craftsmen and farmers traded their wares at markets for food.
Some of these craftsmen started to live in cities; this is how agricultural-urban societies arose.
Because of irrigation and floods, farmers grew more food than they could eat.
These people became craftsmen when they specialised in making products with their hands.
The river overflowed and left fertile silt. Farmers grew their crops there.
Slide 7 - Drag question
Open the text on the right.
It has the same statements as in the previous question.
Use this to choose the correct answer.
It has the same statements as in the previous question.
Use this to choose the correct answer.
A
statement G is a cause
of statement E
B
statement G is an effect
of statement E
Slide 8 - Quiz
Open the text on the right.
It has the same statements as in the previous question.
Use this to choose the correct answer.
It has the same statements as in the previous question.
Use this to choose the correct answer.
A
statement A is a cause
of statement E
B
statement A is an effect
of statement E
Slide 9 - Quiz
Open the text on the right.
It has the same statements as in the previous question.
Use this to choose the correct answer.
It has the same statements as in the previous question.
Use this to choose the correct answer.
A
statement E is a cause
of statement C
B
statement E is an effect
of statement C
Slide 10 - Quiz
Open the text on the right.
It has the same statements as in the previous question.
Use this to choose the correct answer.
It has the same statements as in the previous question.
Use this to choose the correct answer.
A
statement F is a cause
of statement D
B
statement F is an effect
of statement D
Slide 11 - Quiz
Make the correct connections by dragging key-words to their explanations.
irrigation
specialise
agricultural surplus
craftsman
market
Slide 12 - Drag question
only in Sumer
only in Egypt
in both
9. Read: "Sumer and Egypt: the first civilisations"
pharaoh
highly developed civilisation
ruled by a king
Euphrates and Tigris
every city had a king
arose around river(s)
Slide 13 - Drag question
Read "Sumer and Egypt: the first civilisations".
Which five aspects of a culture can you find in the text?
Number them 1 - 5
Which five aspects of a culture can you find in the text?
Number them 1 - 5
Slide 14 - Open question
Read "Sumer and Egypt: the first civilisations".
Give two similarities between the civilisations of Sumer and Egypt. What did they have in common?
Number your answers 1. and 2.
Give two similarities between the civilisations of Sumer and Egypt. What did they have in common?
Number your answers 1. and 2.
