The+Rise+of+Civilization+Assignments

=__**Big Understanding (Why is this worth understanding?)**__= Humanity has advanced where the human and environmental factors have been "right".

**__Essential Questions (What questions will guide us?)__**
1. What are some of the stages of the development of civilizations? 2. Where were some of the first civilizations located, and why did people choose to settle there? 3. How did technological advances affect the development of civilizations? 4. What are the characteristics of a civilization? 5. How do archaeologists learn about ancient civilizations? 6. What does it mean to be an archaeologist?

__** Assignment 6 **__ Click here for directions.
 * ~ Civilization Research Groups ||
 * = **Aztecs** ||=  ||= **Romans** ||=   ||= **Han Dynasty (China)** ||
 * = Karter ||=  ||= Zara ||=   ||= Osagie ||
 * = Sneha ||=  ||= Leland ||=   ||= Isa ||
 * = Daisy ||=  ||= Nazif ||=   ||= Esha ||
 * = Payal ||=  ||= GH ||=   ||= Vihan ||
 * = Haaris ||=  ||= Aryan ||=   ||= Racheal ||
 * = SongEun ||=  ||= Agnes ||=   ||=   ||
 * = Kihoon ||=  ||= Roman ||=   ||=   ||
 * Notes Assessment:** Make a copy of this document and do the self/peer assessment.

__** Assignment 5- Formative Assessment **__ Click to download a copy of this presentation and make a copy for yourself. Make sure you rename it properly. Then follow the directions on the presentation. When you finish, please share it with a classmate to be assessed.

__** Assignment 4 **__ Now that you are an expert at creating your own maps using Google Maps, you will now need to keep track of the places we discuss. You will use Google maps to plot the different places and events from the ancient world. Create a new map and name it **//Ancient Civilizations//**. media type="custom" key="25068042" width="90" height="90" align="left"
 * = **Marker/Polygon Name** ||=  ||= **Description Needed?** ||
 * = Mesopotamia (P) ||=  ||= Yes ||
 * = Tigris River (P) ||=  ||= No ||
 * = Euphrates River (P) ||=  ||= No ||
 * = Sumer (P) ||=  ||= Yes ||
 * = Zagros Mountains (M) ||=  ||= No ||
 * = Zagros Foothills (P) ||=  ||= No ||

__** Assignment 3 **__ You are going to write a book that explains why Homo Sapiens Sapiens won the Hominid wars. Use your knowledge and critical thinking from the Hominid table to explain why we are the only ones that survived while others died off. **Make sure that you don’t list and describe each hominid**. You need to look at the overall big picture of why we survived and others didn’t.
 * Hominid Wars Directions**

Click here to get a copy of the template.
 * Page (slide) Requirements**
 * 8-10 pages
 * at least 16-24 font size (Headings should stay at 36)
 * acceptable font styles: Cambria, Trebuchet MS, Arial
 * terminology highlighted with one consistent color throughout book
 * Academic, easy on the eyes background or theme
 * Citations for each picture on the Bibliography page

__** Assignment 2- **__ ** Hominid Notes ** GUIDING QUESTIONS 1. What are the connections between the environment and hominid development? 2. Why did we survive while other hominids didn't?

= = =__Assignment 1- Reflection__= 1. Why do you think you did this activity on the field? 2. What do you think is the main idea your teachers want you to understand from this activity? 3. Clearly explain one thing that surprised you as we did this activity. 4. Explain one thing you are still confused about or would like to learn more about.
 * TIME PERIOD - When? -When? - LOCATION (Co-ordinates)(S)(K)
 * PHYSICAL APPEARANCE (K)Height. Brain Size. Skull Size. Body Shape. Bones, etc.
 * CAPABILITIES/TECHNOLOGY/DEVELOPMENTS (K) - Give examples of NEW capabilities/technologies/developments for this hominid.
 * So What? (C/C T) - Explain how these capabilities/technologies helped them to advance/survive their environment AND how/why they were not able to overcome/survive.
 * Please reflect on our timeline activity we did on the field. Write your answers in your notes/journal.**

2012 =__Assignment 2- Reflection__=

Rise of Civilization Unit Reflection

Making Connections

Thinking about everything you have learned in this unit (the development of hominids to modern man, struggle/adaptation, change from hunter/gatherer to farming/permanent settlements, development of city-states, and the characteristics of civilizations) how is your life affected by the past? Write a paragraph making at least 4 connections in your life today to the past.


 * Your connections should include different areas of the unit with at least one connection to the civilization you researched (for example, two from hominids/early man, one from characteristics of Sumer/city-states, one from your civilization).
 * Your paragraph should be a minimum of 5-7 sentences.
 * Your paragraph should include a topic sentence and closing sentence.
 * All sentences should be complete sentences using proper sentence punctuation.

Connection Example (a very basic example) Early man developed the use of tools and these helped them to survive better. Today, man is still developing tools to help us survive better such as ….

Please write your paragraph on your wiki page.

=__Assignment 1- Ancient Civilization Living Museum__=
 * Task:** You will be a statue that is displayed in a living museum. When some one presses your start button, you will come to life and give information about **one** (or more) of the characteristics of your ancient civilization.

Rubric : Use this rubric to see how you will be scored.
 * Assessment:** Each student will be assessed on his/her research notes, paragraph (ideas, organization, conventions), and oral presentation. Your group will get a group grade for the poster and the bibliography.


 * Step 1:** Take notes on your characteristic from **three** different sources. Use this handout for note taking.
 * Source 1: History Alive! textbook
 * Sources 2 and 3: Choose any two of the following sources:
 * History For Kids
 * [|Ancient Egypt], or [|Ancient Greece], or [|Ancient Rome], or [|Ancient China], the Mayans, the Incas, the Aztecs, or [|Ancient India]
 * Mr. Dowling's Ancient History
 * World Book Encyclopedia
 * Social Studies for Kids
 * KidsPast
 * Step 2:** Write a paragraph that explains one (or more) of these characteristics. **For each characteristic you must include how your civilization's achievement in this characteristic connects to our modern world. You can write about the similarities or differences between the two. ** For example, think about the Sumerian's achievement in writing. In our world today, writing is an important part of our lives. We use writing (and reading of course) almost every moment of everyday. You also must include information about two artifacts to support your information in your paragraph. Check this example to guide you in writing your paragraph. Use this organizer to help you organize your paragraph.


 * 1) Introduction: Environment/Human and Physical Geography (This will be an introduction to your civilization.)
 * 2) Stable Food Supply/Agriculture
 * 3) Government (Politics, Trade, Economy)
 * 4) Religion/Beliefs
 * 5) The Arts/Recreation
 * 6) Writing & Literature
 * 7) Social Structures/Division of Labor (jobs)
 * 8) Technology/Achievements
 * 9) Conclusion (What happened to your civilization? What effects does your civilization have on our modern world?)


 * Step 3:** Paste your artifacts on this shared Google Doc. Write a one-sentence caption (description) for each artifact under each picture explaining how it relates to your characteristic.


 * Step 4:** Create a **group** bibliography of all of your sources using EasyBib. All the sources from all the team members will be on one page. Print it out and paste it on your display.


 * Step 5:** Create your display poster. Paste your paragraph and artifacts in a logical and organized way on your poster under a characteristic title. The name of your civilization should be displayed clearly on the poster. Use the handouts of the **map** and **timeline** to plot where your civilization was and when it existed.

> **//Then the trader speaks://** //Thanks Ny. My name is Ah Dee Das.// //Writing has strengthened Ur. I want the scribe to record a business agreement I have made. He writes down what I traded with whom. This encourages trade because now I can’t be cheated. We trade with other city-states to get things we don't have. For example, My city-state needs wood to build big gates. We get the wood from another city-state and we give them lapas lazuli, a precious stone used for jewelery. Trading continues even in the modern world. Many countries don't have resources like oil. They get the oil from one country and that country could get things like fruits it can't grow. next you'll from my slave friend.//
 * Step 6:** Decide on a role that you will play for your characteristic. Write a script from a first person point of view taking that role of telling us about the characteristic and artifacts you wrote about. Design a costume and props to make your living museum more realistic.
 * **//When the “Start” button on the scribe’s sleeve is pushed, the scribe speaks first://** //My name is Ny Kee and// //I am a scribe in the city-state of Ur. I write with a stylus, which is a sharpened reed. We do not have paper yet, so I write on wet clay. My written language is called cuneiform. It has over 700 wedged- shaped symbols. Our invention of writing has been very important for the modern world because writing is part of our lives and is around us where ever we go. I'm sure you have read or written something today. Next, you'll hear from my friend the trader..//


 * Step 7:** Each group must create an advertisement for their civilization to promote their "special exhibit" in the Living Museum.


 * Step 8:** Living Museum group practice in classrooms. You will present to your classmates as a dress rehearsal.


 * Step 9:** Living Museum open to 5th graders on Wednesday Feb.6 from 10:00am to 11:00am.

__2011__

=__Assignment 4__= Now that we are finished with this unit, you have one more assignment to do. Please click on this unit survey and fill in the information. Remember that we are asking you for feedback on the **whole unit**, not just one assignment. =__Assignment 3- Ancient Civilization Living Museum__=
 * Task:** You will be a statue that is displayed in a living museum. When some one presses your start button, you will come to life and give information about **one** (or more) of the characteristics of your ancient civilization.


 * Assessment:** Each student will be assessed on his/her research notes, paragraph (ideas, organization, conventions), and oral presentation. Your group will get a group grade for the poster and the bibliography.


 * Step 1:** Take notes on your characteristic from **three** different sources. Use this handout ([[file:Civil.Characteristics Notes.pdf]]) for notetaking
 * Source 1: History Alive! textbook
 * Sources 2 and 3: Choose any two of the following sources:
 * History For Kids
 * [|Ancient Egypt], or [|Ancient Greece], or [|Ancient Rome], or [|Ancient China], or [|Ancient India]
 * Mr. Dowling's Ancient History
 * World Book Encyclopedia
 * Social Studies for Kids
 * KidsPast
 * Step 2:** Write a paragraph that explains one (or more) of these characteristics.


 * 1) Environment/Human and Physical Geography (This will be an introduction to your civilization.)
 * 2) Stable Food Supply/Agriculture
 * 3)  Government (Politics, Trade, Economy)
 * 4) Religion/Beliefs
 * 5) The Arts/Recreation
 * 6) Writing/Language/Communication
 * 7) Social Structures/Division of Labor (jobs)
 * 8) Technology/Achievements
 * 9) Conclusion (What happened to your civilization? What effects does your civilization have on our modern world?)


 * Step 3:** Draw or printout your artifacts. Cite the URL for all of your printed pictures. Write a one-sentence caption (description) for each artifact under each picture explaining how it relates to your characteristic.


 * Step 4:** Create a **group** bibliography of all of your sources using NoodelTools. All the sources from all the team members will be on one page. Print it out and paste it on your display.


 * Step 5:** Create your display poster. Paste your paragraph and artifacts in a logical and organized way on your poster under a characteristic title. The name of your civilization should be displayed clearly on the poster. Use the handouts of the **map** and **timeline** to plot where your civilization was and when it existed.


 * Step 6:** Decide on a role that you will play for your characteristic. Write a script from a first person point of view taking that role of telling us about the characteristic and artifacts you wrote about. Design a costume and props to make your living museum more realistic.


 * Step 7:** Each group must create an advertisement for their civilization to promote their "special exhibit" in the Living Museum.


 * Step 8:** Living Museum group practice in classrooms. You will present to your classmates as a dress rehearsal.

= = =__Assignment 2- Sumer Living Museum__=
 * Step 9:** Living Museum open to 5th graders on Tuesday Jan.31. Setup 11:30am to 11:55pm. Doors open at 12:00 pm.
 * Task:** You will be a statue that is displayed in a living museum. When some one presses your start button, you will come to life and give information about **one** of the characteristics of Sumerian civilization.


 * Step 1:** You will be assigned a characteristic of civilization in class. This is the characteristic you will write about and present in the living museum.


 * Step 2:** Learn more about this characteristic by reviewing your notes AND taking notes from one other source.


 * Step 3:** You will write a complete paragraph that gives information about one of the characteristics of Sumerian civilization you learned about. You will memorize this paragraph and present it orally. Your paragraph must have:
 * a proper topic sentence
 * specific supporting details that give information about **two or three artifacts** related to the characteristic
 * a proper conclusion
 * properly used transitions
 * You must also include a reference page that shows **two sources**. One of them will be your **HA! textbook** and the other one will **be one of the following**:
 * http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/
 * http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Login?ed=wb (Login ID: aisdhaka, password was given in class)


 * Step 4:** Your display will have a poster that clearly shows your characteristic and the artifacts (two to three only) that you will discuss in your paragraph. Make a rough a sketch of the poster, then make a good copy.


 * Step 5:** Decide what role you are going to play in the characteristic and what __**simple**__ props you will use. For example, if your characteristic is writing, then you might be a scribe with a clay tablet and a stylus. If your charateristic is government, then you might be a King or a soldier. For the characteristic of stable food supply, you might be a farmer. For religion, you might be a priest.


 * Step 6**: Practice your speech. You don't have to memorize your paragraph exactly but you should say the information from the perspective of a Sumerian (I, my). Here's an example for the writing characteristic:

> **//Then the trader speaks://** //Writing has strengthened Ur. I want the scribe to record a business agreement I have made. He writes down what I traded with whom. This encourages trade because now I can’t be cheated. We also use writing to keep track of taxes people have paid so the city-state knows how much money it has.//
 * **//When the “Start” button on the scribe’s sleeve is pushed, the scribe speaks first://** //I am a scribe in the city-state of Ur. I write with a stylus, which is a sharpened reed. We do not have paper yet, so I write on wet clay. My written language is called cuneiform. It has over 700 wedged- shaped symbols.//


 * Step 7:** Living Museum Performance

= = =__Assignment 1- Comic Book__=
 * Directions:** Create a comic book that uses the characters of Neolithic Nel and Neolithic Nick to tell the story of life in the Neolithic Age as compared to life in the Paleolithic Age.

Your comic book will need a colorful cover page with a title and drawings of the main characters, Nel and Nick. __**Story Pages**__ The inside of the comic book should have five story pages. Each story page will be related to one of the topics you studied (food supply, shelter, community, jobs, and trade). Each story page must include one or two sentences that explain what life was like in the Paleolithic Age. Each story page must also have a funny, four-part comic that shows the ways life changed from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic Age and explains why these changes are important. To create this four-part comic, follow these steps:
 * __Cover Page__**
 * Download this Comic Life file ([[file:Comic Template.comicdoc]])and make your comic electronically or print out the template and cut, glue, and color the drawings.
 * Add your own drawings of other animals, objects, and background scenery.
 * Write funny and informative speech or thought bubbles for the characters.
 * Add other details to make your comic book more realistic.

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= = =__2010__= =__Assignment 2 Ancient Civilization Project__= __**Task**__ Time Traveler’s, Inc. has contacted you, the experts on ancient civilizations, to recommend the destination for the trial run of their newly patented **//Time Machine 3000//** scheduled for take off at the end of June. The board of directors needs to choose one destination from these five ancient civilizations (China, Egypt, Greece, India, Rome). You have to convince the board that your civilization is the best choice for the first trip in the time machine. As historians you must: May the best civilization win!
 * 1) carefully describe & illustrate the characteristics of your chosen civilization on a presentation board
 * **Characteristics to be considered:**
 * 1. Environment/Human and Physical Geography
 * 2. Government/Politics
 * 3. Religion/Beliefs
 * 4. The Arts/Recreation
 * 5. Writing/Communication
 * 6. Social Structures/Division of Labor (jobs)
 * 7. Achievements/Technology
 * 8. Trade/Economy
 * 1) write a persuasive letter to the board of directors of Time Traveler’s, Inc., and
 * 2) present your civilization to clients who will get to vote on a destination they like best.

__**Directions**__
 * Step 1: Source 1-** Using your HA! Textbook, take notes on note cards about your civilization for all eight characteristics. Each note card should have the characteristic as a title and four bullet points about the characteristic. You will have a total of eight note cards for all eight characteristics.


 * Step 2: Source 2**- Using the World Book Encyclopedia, take notes on note cards about your civilization for any four characteristics. Each note card should have the characteristic as a title and four bullet points about the characteristic. You will have a total of four note cards from the eight characteristics.


 * Step 3:** Choosing the two characteristics. You will choose the **two** characteristics of civilization. Keep the note cards for these two characteristics, and pass on the other note cards to other students.


 * Step 4: Source 3-** You must use one of the following sources in addition to the other two sources. Take notes on your note cards about the two characteristics you chose. This means you will have two note cards for this source.
 * History For Kids
 * [|Ancient Egypt], or [|Ancient Greece], or [|Ancient Rome], or [|Ancient China], or [|Ancient India]
 * Mr. Dowling's Ancient History

__**Writing Process**__ step: (open with Inspiration)
 * Step 5:** Start planning to write your middle school quality paragraphs. Use this organizer to help in this
 * **Topic Sentence:**Decide on one of these types of topic sentence you want to start with-
 * Number Statement (//There are three reasons why AISD is the best school in the world//.) or
 * Simple Declarative Statement (//AISD is the best school in the world.//) or
 * Question (//Which school do you think is the best in Bangladesh?//) or
 * Situation/Stance (//Whenever I'm at school, I always think how lucky I am to be in such a great school like AISD.//)
 * **Conclusion:** Re-state your topic sentence.
 * **Details:** Plan the details that you are going to use in your paragraph. What else are you going to write about...TELL ME MORE.


 * Step 6: Writing First Draft**- Start writing/typing your paragraphs. Use this rubric ([[file:Characteristic Paragraph.pdf]]) to see how you will be graded. Your first copy of each paragraph will be your first draft. These drafts will be checked by Mr. Tabbara.


 * Step 7: Writing Second Draft**- After Mr. Tabbara checks your first draft, start your second draft and make corrections. Then proofread your work making final changes and show it again to Mr. Tabbara.


 * Step 8: Final Copy-** If you had to make any changes, write your final copy or use your second draft as your final copy. This copy must be printed out (not hand written) and formatted properly (check your handout). Print **two** copies of each paragraph.


 * Step 9:** After you are finished your paragraphs, you need to print/draw **two pictures related to each characteristic** you wrote about. For example, if one of the paragraphs was about Religion in ancient Sumer, I would draw or print out two pictures about Sumerian gods or temples. If the pictures are **not your original drawings**, you must **cite your source** by printing the web address under the picture you used. Your pictures/drawings must be colored.


 * Step 10:** Time Traveler's Inc. will be coming to AIS/D to watch your presentations on why your ancient civilization should be the first destination for Time Machine 3000. You will present your ancient civilization to a group of board members who will rate you on your presentations skills as well as how persuasive you are. Remember that you are trying to convince the board that your civilization should be their first choice for the first trip of Time Machine 3000. Follow these steps below to organize your presentation:
 * As a group, present all of your characteristics in a brief and persuasive way. Don't just give information because the board will only hear "blah, blah, blah, blah, blah" and then yawn!!!
 * Memorize your information (no notecards or script or showing your back to the board.). I'm forcing you to make eye contact!!
 * 4-5 minute presentation
 * "Practice makes perfect" my teachers used to say! I wonder why???

=__Assignment 1 Chapter 1 Reflection__=

Answer in complete sentences.

1. Name two things that you think you'll always remember from this chapter. Why do you think you'll remember these things? 2. Name one thing that surprised you from this chapter. Why were you surprised? 3. Name one thing that you already knew from this chapter? Where did you learn it? 4. What confused you from this chapter? OR What part would you like to get more information about?