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Introduction
The world's first great civilizations developed in or around river valleys. The four great river valley civilizations were the Nile River Valley, the Tigris-Euphrates River Valley, the Huang-He River Valley, and the Indus River Valley. Why did the four great early civilizations develop in or around river valleys? This WebQuest will answer this question and many more.
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Step 1: Gaining Knowledge Directions:
1) You will receive pages 47-49 for this assignment. They will end up in your notebook.
2) To learn the information, you will need to click on the following links for each civilization and watch the videos/read the excerpts (anything that is red & underlined is a link you can click on.)
3) You MUST click/watch the 4 videos with the BOLD titles below.
4) As you click on the links and learn the material, you will fill in the paper with key words and phrases to help you remember.
1. Mesopotamia: Tigris & Euphrates River Valley
a) Read about this MAP
b) Political Life
c) Religion
d) Daily Life
e) Writing: Cuneiform (pronounced cue-nih-form)
f) Ancient Babylon
g) Hammurabi's Code (To be fair, this guy is crazy. BUT he teaches it really well :) )
2. Egypt: Nile River Valley
a) Read about this MAP
b) Egyptian Daily Life
c) Trade in Ancient Egypt
d) Egyptian Writing
e) Egyptian Engineering
f) Egyptian Religion - Polytheism, Temples, Mummification
3. Ancient India: Indus River Valley
a) Read about this MAP
b) Geography of India (only read the paragraphs, don't watch video at bottom)
c) Geography of India 2 (only read the paragraphs, don't watch video at bottom)
d) Political Life
e) Writing
f) Economics
g) Religion
4. Ancient China: Yellow (Huang He) River Valley (Forgive the low quality picture)
a) Read about this MAP
b) Ancient Chinese Society
c) China Geography
d) Chinese writing
e) Chinese religion
Source: http://sites.bascs.org/sullivan/mr-sullivan-s-global-i-class/activities/river-valley-civilizations
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Step 2: Compare/Contrast
1. Using the information you just learned, go to the Venn Diagrams (page 50).
2. In the middle of the Venn Diagrams, write at least 5 things that the two civilizations have in common. Then, on either side, write at least 4 things that are unique to only those river civilizations. (In other words, what they don't have in common.)
The world's first great civilizations developed in or around river valleys. The four great river valley civilizations were the Nile River Valley, the Tigris-Euphrates River Valley, the Huang-He River Valley, and the Indus River Valley. Why did the four great early civilizations develop in or around river valleys? This WebQuest will answer this question and many more.
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Step 1: Gaining Knowledge Directions:
1) You will receive pages 47-49 for this assignment. They will end up in your notebook.
2) To learn the information, you will need to click on the following links for each civilization and watch the videos/read the excerpts (anything that is red & underlined is a link you can click on.)
3) You MUST click/watch the 4 videos with the BOLD titles below.
4) As you click on the links and learn the material, you will fill in the paper with key words and phrases to help you remember.
1. Mesopotamia: Tigris & Euphrates River Valley
a) Read about this MAP
b) Political Life
c) Religion
d) Daily Life
e) Writing: Cuneiform (pronounced cue-nih-form)
f) Ancient Babylon
g) Hammurabi's Code (To be fair, this guy is crazy. BUT he teaches it really well :) )
2. Egypt: Nile River Valley
a) Read about this MAP
b) Egyptian Daily Life
c) Trade in Ancient Egypt
d) Egyptian Writing
e) Egyptian Engineering
f) Egyptian Religion - Polytheism, Temples, Mummification
3. Ancient India: Indus River Valley
a) Read about this MAP
b) Geography of India (only read the paragraphs, don't watch video at bottom)
c) Geography of India 2 (only read the paragraphs, don't watch video at bottom)
d) Political Life
e) Writing
f) Economics
g) Religion
4. Ancient China: Yellow (Huang He) River Valley (Forgive the low quality picture)
a) Read about this MAP
b) Ancient Chinese Society
c) China Geography
d) Chinese writing
e) Chinese religion
Source: http://sites.bascs.org/sullivan/mr-sullivan-s-global-i-class/activities/river-valley-civilizations
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Step 2: Compare/Contrast
1. Using the information you just learned, go to the Venn Diagrams (page 50).
2. In the middle of the Venn Diagrams, write at least 5 things that the two civilizations have in common. Then, on either side, write at least 4 things that are unique to only those river civilizations. (In other words, what they don't have in common.)