Hms7Social Studies 2016-2017

Tuesday- CNN or Good News, watch video of how cities started to develop- if you have not already shown it.- need to sign-up for free trial http://study.com/academy/lesson/villages-to-cities-how-cities-were-invented.html

Map activity here is the link to the map. Have students color and label the 4 river civilizations and rivers *have them create a key. Note- have them add China and early Greek civilizations even though they develop later.http://www.jenksps.org/pages/uploaded_images/Ancient_Civilizations_map.jpg

Begin Cultural Diffusion in Era II activity

Wednesday- BBB, Cultural Diffusion in Era II activity, review vocab

https://quizlet.com/108165454/ancient-civilizations-flash-cards/

Thursday- Good News, Cultural Diffusion in Era II activity, review vocab

Friday- CNN, Share projects, Vocab quiz

Standard:

7 – W2.1.4 Define the concept of cultural diffusion and how it resulted in the spread of ideas and

technology from one region to another (e.g., plants, crops, plow, wheel, bronze metallurgy).

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Week of Thanksgiving!

The week of Nov. 23-27

Monday:

Hammurabi videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDALXORbtR4

CNN Student News, new vocab, Show the beginning development of a more advanced civilization (rules/laws-gov., specialized jobs, trade-econ, writing, religion, surplus of food, defense system), make a poster that shows the 7 traits of civilization

Tuesday:

Show writing video http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=31481&CategoryID=5711

and rise of citieshttp://study.com/academy/lesson/villages-to-cities-how-cities-were-invented.html Share good news, finish poster

Wednesday:

Geoguessr, Thanksgiving informational text activity, Turkey Trot?

Thursday-Friday:

THANKSGIVING VACATION

Standards:

7 – W2.1.1 Describe the importance of the development of human language, oral and written, and its

relationship to the development of culture

• verbal vocalizations

• standardization of physical (rock, bird) and abstract (love, fear) words

• pictographs to abstract writing (governmental administration, laws, codes, history and

artistic expressions)

7 – W2.1.2 Use historical and modern maps and other sources to locate, describe, and analyze major river systems and discuss the ways these physical settings supported permanent settlements, and

development of early civilizations (Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, Yangtze River, Nile River, Indus River).

7 – W2.1.3 Examine early civilizations to describe their common features (ways of governing, stable food supply, economic and social structures, use of resources and technology, division of labor and

forms of communication).

7 – W2.1.4 Define the concept of cultural diffusion and how it resulted in the spread of ideas and

technology from one region to another (e.g., plants, crops, plow, wheel, bronze metallurgy).

7 – W2.1.5 Describe pastoralism and explain how the climate and geography of Central Asia were linked to the rise of pastoral societies on the steppes.

Video and PPT Links:

How/why cities were created (need to sign-up for a free trial for this) http://study.com/academy/lesson/villages-to-cities-how-cities-were-invented.html

Mesopotamia: http://www.slideshare.net/patricehigh/mesopotamia-power-point

Hammurabi- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDALXORbtR4

How writing developed: http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=31481&CategoryID=5711

Ancient Civilizations map: http://www.jenksps.org/pages/uploaded_images/Ancient_Civilizations_map.jpg

Compare Contrast civilizations chart: http://ccworldhistory.weebly.com/uploads/1/2/7/3/12731831/6862114_orig.jpg

Pastoralism: http://study.com/academy/lesson/horse-people-and-nomadic-pastoralism-what-is-civilization.html