Unit # 2 – Foundations of Civilization Lesson # 1

Unit # 2 – Foundations of Civilization

Lesson # 1

Objective and Warm Up

◦Warm Up #8:1. What are driving forces behind people’s need to

migrate? Focus upon your knowledge of ancient civilization. Answer in 2-3 sentences

◦Objective: Analyze the causes that led to nomadic people becoming settled people

◦Homework: Finish Vocabulary - Quiz 9/10

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SAT Prep Question

Which of the following was characteristic of the physicalenvironments of early river-valley civilizations in the Near East?(A) Cool summer temperatures encouraged the production ofgrain crops.(B) Tropical forests along the riverbanks provided thepopulation with most of its food.(C) The rivers maintained a steady flow year-round, fed bymelting mountain glaciers.(D) The rivers flowed through deep mountain valleys, whichsheltered early civilizations.(E) Rainfall was low, requiring irrigation of crops with riverwater.

SAT Prep Question

Which of the following was characteristic of the physicalenvironments of early river-valley civilizations in the Near East?(A) Cool summer temperatures encouraged the production ofgrain crops.(B) Tropical forests along the riverbanks provided thepopulation with most of its food.(C) The rivers maintained a steady flow year-round, fed bymelting mountain glaciers.(D) The rivers flowed through deep mountain valleys, whichsheltered early civilizations.(E) Rainfall was low, requiring irrigation of crops with riverwater.

Housekeeping

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organized, or just need a quiet place to do homework

◦Unit #2 Assessment Monday, September 16

Opening Activity- Bell Ringer

●On your handout you received a list of items a person needs in order to achieve “self actualization” – or a happy state of being (we all want to be happy people, right?)

Opening Activity

●Put the list in order◦At the bottom, put the most basic things a

person needs to survive◦At the top, put the things that will lead a person

to be the happiest, self-actualized person◦Fill in the 3 spaces between in the order you

think they are achieved

Let’s see how you did…

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Agriculture Changes Society

●Turn to the map on page 32 in your textbook

●In your notebook◦Identify three characteristics of the geography

of this region.◦Why did early civilizations develop in the area

known as the Fertile Crescent?

What about a civilization?●Think about a civilization●In your notebook

◦List three things a civilization needs to exist.◦Think about it in terms of most basic needs to

what our civilization has that makes us operate!

What about a civilization?

Fertile Crescent

Complete the graphic organizer below as we go through notes…

Agriculture

●Originally, people were nomadic●When the last Ice Age ended…

◦New plants appeared◦People learned how to farm

⚫Irrigation●Animals became domesticated

◦Used for meat, milk, wool◦The early things needed to reach self-

actualization

Changes to society

Changes to Society

●Cities develop●Farmers with excess food sell for a profit●If all the people can be fed (no more

starvation), population grows

Civilizations

●Tigris-Euphrates Rivers in Southwest Asia●Nile River in Africa●Indus River in South Asia

Putting it all together…●From nomads to farmers

◦ Innovations and inventions

Civilizations● Cities

◦ Had politics, economics and culture to distinguish between themselves

● Organized governments◦ Formed in response to needs◦ Establish systems of justice

● Formalized religion◦ Wanted to gain favor of the gods

● Cultural advancements◦ Math◦ Alphabet and writing

Exit Ticket

●Write a 5 sentence paragraph describing how agriculture has led to religion. Use the graphic organizer and notes from class to help.