Early Civilizations Overview
Aim: What are the characteristics of a civilization?
Do Now: Give some examples of how we would classify BETA as a school in the Kennedy Campus by using characteristics?
Lesson Overview:
| Item | Approx Time | |
| Do Now | 3-5 Min | |
| Mini Lesson | 15-20 Min | |
| Activity | 15 Min | |
| Discussion | 5-7 Min |
Classwork & Homework
Lesson PowerPoint: Characteristics of Civilizations
Lesson Activity:
- Characteristics of a Civilization Controversy
- The Rise of Religion
- V. Gordon Childe - Neolithic Revolution
Questions:
- What characteristics does Childe list?
- What were Childe's reasons or POV for each of his choices on his list?
- How does this differ with other concepts of why civilization developed? Think of Jared Diamond.
- What is the POV in the National Geographic Article The Rise of Religion by Charles C. Mann?
Homework: Assignments 2012