1. Entering the classroom procedure:
Come in quietly , pick up your spiral, and go directly to your seat
Take out the following items:
Concept Map
Assignment Sheet
Lined sheet of paper/ rough draft
Wait for further instructions from Mrs. Law

2. Mesopotamia Concept Map

3. Learning Target
I can make connections between the different concepts of Mesopotamia
The purpose of this is to be able to distinguish among, explain, and apply the relationship between different concepts we have studied for Mesopotamia.

4. Task
You will create a Concept Map on Mesopotamia. You must include all the words from the word bank and the concept map must be in color.
On the back of your concept map, complete one of the questions located on the direction sheet in a CER response.
This will be due Friday, Oct. 30 at the beginning of class!

5. MESOPOTAMIA Critical Thinking
What is the Central Idea/Topic/Point for this unit?
MESOPOTAMIA

6. Step 1: Coming up with your Main Points
With a central trunk (central point), the thickest branches are main points, and the thinner branches are subpoints of those.

7. Step 1: Coming up with your Main Points
Now you can add the first of your main branches.
Branches connect everything on your Map, radiating your thoughts and reflecting the way your mind makes associations.

8. Step 2: Identifying Sub Points
Under each main branch, add a keyword to represent the main elements of this unit.
This is not limited as this is just
Organize your vocabulary words into lists that relate to the main points. By now you should know all the vocabulary words and be able to use them ALL on your Mesopotamia Concept Map
Vocabulary:
“Eye for an Eye” Advanced Cities Board Games Boys/men City State
Clay Complex Institutions Cuneiform Developed
Euphrates River Exchange Farming Fertile Crescent
First Wheel Flooding Hammurabi Inventions
Irrigation Canals King Laws Middle East Pictographs Plow
Pottery Punishment Record Keeping Records Sailboats
Scribes Silt Slaves Social Classes Specialized Workers Sumer Symbols Tablets Technology Tigris River Topography
Trade Tributary Votes Written
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9. Step 3: Making connections between the Main Points and the Sub Points
After organizing your vocabulary words into lists that relate to the main points, what are the connections/inter-relationships between the main point word to the sub point word?
Example:
Mesopotamia to Complex Institutions: Government System
Complex Institution to Hammurabi: King of Mesopotamia
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10. Example

11. Step 4- Creating a Rough Draft
Under your list or on the back make a rough draft of your ideas. Sketch pictures, add words and start making connections Remember this is just a rough draft to get your main ideas and formatting down. Do not spend a lot of time on the picture details.

12. Step 5: Transfer your ideas into a final copy.
Only use pencil at first to get your basic design and facts down… then go back and add color!

13. Your Concept Map will be graded on..
Concept Map Rubric:
_____ (2 points) Clearly present ALL material learned
_____ (1 point) Social Studies Vocabulary is used and explained
_____ (1 point) Details are provided
_____ (1 point) Material is neat and organized

14. Mesopotamia Reflection
On the back of your concept map, please complete one of the following questions in a CER response:
How did the combinations of the 5 characteristics of a civilization lead to Mesopotamia becoming the first successful civilization?
Pretend you are a successful citizen from Mesopotamia. In a CER paragraph, from that citizen’s perspective, what made Mesopotamia successful?

15. CER Paragraph Option 1 Option 2
How did the combinations of the 5 characteristics of a civilization lead to Mesopotamia becoming the first successful civilization?
Pretend you are a successful citizen from Mesopotamia. In a CER paragraph, from that citizen’s perspective, what made Mesopotamia successful?
Claim: Restate the question and answer the question
Example: Option 1: The 5 characteristics of a civilization combined to make Mesopotamia the first successful human civilization.
Option 2: As a farmer, I believe that the reasons for Mesopotamia’s success was due to the fact that we were good farmers and traders.
Evidence: Use specific facts from the different stations and or notes in your spiral. Include at least three pieces of evidence.
Example:
Reasoning: Explain how each piece of evidence supports your claim

16. Option 1: Example
Claim: The 5 characteristics of a civilization combined to make Mesopotamia the first successful human civilization.
Evidence 1: As learned from the advance cities station, …
Reasoning 1: Explain how each piece of evidence supports your claim
Evidence 2: According to the complex institutions station, …
Reasoning 2: Explain how each piece of evidence supports your claim
Evidence 3: …. (Economy station)
Reasoning 3: Explain how each piece of evidence supports your claim
Restating the claim

17. When citing evidence… As learned from the advance cities station, …
According to the advanced cities station, …
…. (advanced cities station)
As stated in the advanced cities station,…
As seen in the advanced cities station,….

18. What a final paragraph should look like…
The 5 characteristics of a civilization combined to make Mesopotamia the first successful human civilization. As learned from the advance cities station, … State Reasoning 1 with explanation on how each piece of evidence supports your claim. According to the complex institutions station, … State Reasoning 2 with explanation on how each piece of evidence supports your claim. …. (Economy station). State Reasoning 3 with explanation on how each piece of evidence supports your claim. This is how the 5 characteristics of a civilization combined to make Mesopotamia the first successful human civilization

19. Due date: Friday, Oct. 30 at the beginning of class!