Unit 1: Includes Agricultural Revolution, Ancient River
Civilization, and World Religions
In this 3 week unit students will learn basic geography/map skills, what changed to make people start farming and how this created permanent settlements, leading to our first civilizations. Our first river civilizations were located in Egypt, China, Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley. All of these civilizations had 5 major aspects (Advanced Cities, Complex Institutions, Technology, Specialized Workers, and Record Keeping) that made them advanced. Due to their locations by rivers and usually protected by natural barriers they were able to thrive. Out of this comes 5 of the most popular world religions; Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism. This unit focuses on key idea of each religion and major figure heads.
In this 3 week unit students will learn basic geography/map skills, what changed to make people start farming and how this created permanent settlements, leading to our first civilizations. Our first river civilizations were located in Egypt, China, Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley. All of these civilizations had 5 major aspects (Advanced Cities, Complex Institutions, Technology, Specialized Workers, and Record Keeping) that made them advanced. Due to their locations by rivers and usually protected by natural barriers they were able to thrive. Out of this comes 5 of the most popular world religions; Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism. This unit focuses on key idea of each religion and major figure heads.
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welcome_to_the_1st_civilizations1.pptx | |
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