1. Unit # 2 – Foundations of Civilization
Lesson # 2

2. Objective and Bell Ringer
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Bell Ringer: Copy Venn Diagram
(take up ½ page)
Objective: Explain the distribution
of power in early civilizations
Homework: Complete tasks for
Law of 12 Tables
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Attach reading on Egypt, Rome, India
Page 16
Leave blank
Page 17
Attach Law of 12 Tables
Egyptian
Indian
Roman

3. Agree Disagree If you Agree, hold up the BLUE card
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Agree Disagree
If you Agree, hold up the BLUE card
If you Disagree, hold up the RED card

4. Ancient Egyptian Social Structure
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Ancient Egyptian Social Structure
Read “Ancient Egypt”
Answer the following questions in the venn diagram
What was Egypt’s social structure?
How did the pharaoh’s position as spiritual and political leader influence his power?

5. Ancient Egyptian Social Structure
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Ancient Egyptian Social Structure
With your partner, complete the following on page 16 in your notebook
List 2 reasons it is good the pharaoh is viewed as a god
List 2 reasons it is bad the pharaoh is viewed as a god
As a pair, decide if the US would be better or worse off in the President was also seen as a spiritual leader (ie, priest or rabbi)

6. Ancient India’s Caste System
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Ancient India’s Caste System
Read “Ancient India”
Answer the following questions in the venn diagram
What passage describes the creation of humans in Ancient India?
How does this passage determine social status?
What group was considered the lowest caste?

7. Ancient India’s Caste System
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Ancient India’s Caste System

8. Ancient India’s Caste System
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Ancient India’s Caste System
With your partner, complete the following on page 16 in your notebook
List 4 different caste systems in the United States
Are there any groups that are seen as Untouchables?
Are there any groups that are seen as Gods?

9. Ancient Roman Classes Read “Ancient Rome”
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Ancient Roman Classes
Read “Ancient Rome”
Answer the following questions in the venn diagram
Define patrician
Define plebeian
Why were the two classes at war?
Name one similarity between all three (Rome, India and Egypt).

10. Ancient Roman Classes Each pair will be given an identity
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Ancient Roman Classes
Each pair will be given an identity
Patrician or
Plebeian
You will receive three rounds of information
For each round, complete the task on page 16 of your notebook

11. Final Debrief
Can anything be done to eliminate the struggles between social groups?

12. Law of the 12 Tables
From Table 1: If anyone summons a man before the magistrates, he must go. If the man summoned does not go, let the one summoning him call the bystanders to witness and then take him by force.
From Table III: One who has confessed a debt, or against whom judgment has been pronounced, shall have thirty days to pay it in. After that forcible seizure of his person is allowed. The creditor shall bring him before the magistrate. Unless he pays the amount of the judgment or some one in the presence of the magistrate interferes in his behalf as protector the creditor so shall take him home and fasten him in stocks or fetters. He shall fasten him with not less than fifteen pounds of weight or, if he choose, with more. If the prisoner choose, he may furnish his own food. If he does not, the creditor must give him a pound of meal daily; if he choose he may give him more.
From Table XI: Marriage should not take place between plebeians and patricians.

13. Assignment Identify the research question Annotate the document
Write a thesis statement answering the research question

14. Comparison
Think anything like this could ever exist in the US?
YES!