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Bellwork
Please take out the orange or purple Western European map from Friday and use the atlas to complete.
Absent? Get your copy from the file. (Regular = Orange; Honors = Purple)
This is Entry 9/Honors and Entry 8/Regular.
Test is SEPTEMBER 2!
How did the ancient peoples of the Mediterranean and Southwest Asia impact the natural environment?AN INVESTIGATION
Quick Write
Title: Civilization and the Environment
In notebooks, Entry 9 (Regular)/Entry 10 (Honors).
For each of the three pictures, explain how humans are controlling the natural world.
World’s biggest hole-Diamond mine in Russia
Fuji City, Japan
Inca Terrace Farming
Background
Athens and other cities of the ancient and classical eras were the centers of human civilization
Represented the ability to control the natural world
Humans utilized the surrounding environment as resources to build their cities/empires
Mining metals
Cutting trees
Quarrying stones
Demand for resources grew
Trade became essential
Illustration, dated 1851, of ancient Athens, Greece. [Library of Congress]
Dilemma As populations grew, people
developed different ways to secure necessary resources.
There were many ways but each had similar environmental consequences.
We will be looking at four important ways the people of the ancient Mediterranean region and Southwest Asia impacted their environment
The growth of agriculture Hunting, fishing, and the capture of animals
Forestry and deforestation The rise of industry
BELLWORK
Please take out your two-column notes from yesterday.
Absent? Get your copy from the manila folder on the front table.
Go ahead and continue working on those two column notes.
Task- Part 1
Each student will receive 1 of the 4 dilemmas to read As you read you will complete a double entry journal
On the left side, copy an important quotation or passage that you would like to respond to (at least one per paragraph).
On the right side, respond to the passage by asking a question, analyzing, interpreting, evaluating, reflecting or making personal connections.
At the end of the journal, write the Main Take Away (the main idea of the article). This can be completed wither either sentences or bullet points.
Task – Part 2
Expert GroupsMeet in groups of three or four (same dilemma) and complete your portion of the tree map.
Task- Part 3
Students will meet in a group of 4- all dilemmas represented Each student will share their findings, while the group completes their
Tree Map. Class discussion
Add to your Tree Map. In a paragraph, answer the essential question providing evidence from
the Tree Map and your Double-Entry Journal. I’ll collect the double entry notes today, the Tree Map goes in your
notebook