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RAFT TASK: RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS. YOU DO: USING LITERARY CIRCLES , READ TEXTBOOK: RIVER VALLEYS CIVILIZATIONS ON PAGES 92-93. CREATE CORNELL NOTES ON DETAILS FOR RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS. WRITE WORKSHEET: SUPPORT WITH EVIDENCE FROM YOUR READING
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RAFT TASK:RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS YOU DO: USING LITERARY CIRCLES, READ TEXTBOOK: RIVER VALLEYS CIVILIZATIONS ON PAGES 92-93. CREATE CORNELL NOTES ON DETAILS FOR RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS. WRITE WORKSHEET: SUPPORT WITH EVIDENCE FROM YOUR READING To lift lines, please use these format: Page___paragraph___ line ____ states that, “_________________________________________.” THEN, WRITE EXPLANATION OF YOUR LIFTED LINES IN YOUR WORDS AT END OF CLASS, SUBMIT COMPLETED WORK TO GROUP MANAGERS. GROUP MANAGERS, SUBMIT WORK TO MR. TINEO FOR GRADING.
DO NOW INSTRUCTIONS: • READ TEXTBOOK: EASTERN HEMISPHERE RIVER VALLEYS CIVILIZATIONS ON PAGES 92-93. • LOCATE: WHERE WERE THE FOUR EARLIEST RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS LOCATED?
STUDENT EXEMPLAR #1#1 • Improvements • USE: • THE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE IS SAYING THAT THE REASON WHY FIELDS THAT BORDERED THE RIVERS MADE IT EASIER FOR FARMER WAS BECAUSE FIELDS WERE FLAT. CROPS ON FLAT LANDS ARE EASIER TO IRRIGATE OR WATER THAN “HILLY” LANDS. IN ADDITION, LANDS ON HILLS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO PLOW THAN FLAT LANDS. FACTORS WERE VERY FAVORABLE FOR FARMING TO TAKE PLACE. Improvements Paragraph #1 of page 92 states that, “_____________________”
EXCELL VOCABULARY valley, civilization, nourish, deposits, fertile, irrigation • valley • Dictionary Definition: • An extensive, more or less flat, and relatively low region drained by a great river system. • SENTENCE: • “River valleys are good locations for FARMING!” • REPEAT: “VALLEY”
EXCELL VOCABULARY valley, civilization, nourish, deposits, fertile, irrigation • CIVILIZATION • Dictionary Definition: • An advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached. • SENTENCE: • “ALL GREAT CIVILIZATION OF THE PAST OR ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS HAD ONE THING IN COMMON-THEY AROSE OR BEGAN IN RIVER VALLEYS.” • –EGYPT-NILE RIVER • -CHINA-HE RIVER • -INDIA-INDUS RIVER • REPEAT: “CIVILIZATION”
EXCELL VOCABULARY valley, civilization, nourish, deposits, fertile, irrigation • NOURISH • Dictionary Definition: • To sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth. • SENTENCE: • “THE SOILS WERE NOURISHED BY FLOOD DEPOSITS AND SILT, WHICH MADE THEM VERY FERTILE OR capable of producing vegetation. • REPEAT: “NOURISH”
EXCELL VOCABULARY valley, civilization, nourish, deposits, fertile, irrigation • IRRIGATION • Dictionary Definition: • 1. To supply (dry land) with water by means of canals, ditches, pipes, or streams; water artificially. • SENTENCE: • “In drought seasons, ancient civilizations used irrigation to supply water to their crops.” • REPEAT: “IRRIGATION”
EXCELL VOCABULARY valley, civilization, nourish, deposits, fertile, irrigation • fertile • Dictionary Definition: • 1. Capable of producing offspring, seeds, or fruit. • Bearing or producing crops or vegetation abundantly; fruitful. • Rich in material needed to sustain plant growth: fertile soil. • SENTENCE: • “Searching for fertile soil for farming, ancient civilizations of Egypt, China and India, • all started near a river. “ • EGYPT=NILE RIVER • CHINA=HE RIVER • INDIA= INDUS RIVER” • REPEAT: “FERTILE”