1. Submitted to Gloucester Township Public Schools by C. Stephen Ingraham Geography 2011 Travel Brochure * Numbered stars indicate notebook pages

2. Social Studies Block #___ Your first & last name Mr. Ingraham & Mrs. Ross Today’s Date Wiki: http://timescapes.pbworks.comhttp://timescapes.pbworks.com e-mail: singraham@gloucester.k12.nj.us Table of Contents

3. Performance Assessment You and your partner(s) will create a tri-fold travel brochure and present it to the class. Your project must include the natural characteristics that define your country or region (either past or present). Include relative and absolute location ( highest/lowest Latitude & Eastern/western Longitude ). Also mention climate, vegetation, culture, ecosystems, and technology.

4. Final Performance Assessment Title of Travel Agency Slogan Emblem Price Map of Your Country Picture of Interest Inventions and Innovations of your society on back Physical Features of Your County including: Landforms, Bodies of Water, Plant and Animal life on back. Geography Geographic Regions Climate Including: Average Temperatures and Average Rainfall of your country on back CSI07 12

5. Final Performance Assessment CSI11 12b Invention & Innovation Physical Features Geography Picture of Interest Title Map Back of Travel Brochure Look up Geographic Regions under “Climate” In MapQuest Atlas Look up Land Cover under “Vegetation” In MapQuest Atlas Then list the Physical Features on your map Then look up Average temperature & Average rainfall Then look up Plant & Animal life Look up Your Civilization “Knowledge” Read textbook pages Then list the Inventions & Innovations Add Art Work To Fill Empty Spaces

6. MapQuest Student Atlas Climate & Vegetation Start your group’s research here: World Climate Map pp. 24 & 25 World Vegetation (Land Cover)pp. 26 & 27 Continue your research here: Africa(Ancient Society Egypt)pp. 94 & 95 Asia(Ancient Societies Mesopotamia, India, & China)pp. 100 & 101

7. Knowledge Egypt India China Mesopotamia Writing ReligionLeadership People “The Role of Government” pp. 63-4 “Sargon the Conqueror” pp. 68-9 “Unity for the Egyptians” pp. 96-7 “The Caste System” p.177 “India’s First Empire” p. 187-8 “The Shang Dynasty” pp. 128-9 “Rule of Shi Huanghi” p. 161-2 “Oracle Bones” pp. 129-130 “Hinduism” pp. 176-7 “The origins of Buddhism pp. 178-9 “Source of Religion” p. 96 “The Old Kingdom” pp. 100-1 “Architecture and Religious Beliefs” pp. 62-3 “New Inventions” p. 61 “Innovations” p. 66 “The Alphabet” pp. 75-6 “Source of Innovation” pp. 95-6 “The Early Period” pp. 98-100 “The City of Mohenjo-Daro” pp. 122-3 “The Golden Age of India” pp. 190-1 “The Ideas of Confucius” p. 158-9 “The Golden Age” pp. 168-9 “Shang Writing” pp. 130-1 “City People” p. 124 “Hinduism” (Sanskrit) pp. 176-7 Sargon Hammurabi Sennacherib King Narmer Pharaoh Zoser Hatshepsut Amenhotep IV King Tut Siddhartha Gautama Chandragupta Maurya Asoka Maurya King Wu Qin Shi Huangdi Han Goa Zu Confucius Textbook Research

8. Your Travel Brochure How are you going to present it? Who will introduce the partners & the travel agency & the slogan? Who will talk about the picture of interest? Who will talk about the map & point out things of interest? Who will talk about the Geography? Who will talk about the Physical Features? Who will talk about the Inventions & innovations? Who will thank the audience for listening?

9. Travel Brochure Research Topics TextbookTopics Ancient Mesopotamia Encyclopedia p. 70 Assyriapp. 784-787 p. 69 Babylonpp. 9-12 p. 69 King Hammurabipp. 33-4 p. 62 & 70 Maps of Mesopotamiap. 346 p. 61 Mesopotamiapp. 345-6 -------Seven Wonderspp. 253-6 p.61Sumerpp. 778-9 pp. 61 & 66 Inventions/Innovations The Modern World ------Modern Iraq (map)p. 327 ------Climate/Rainfall/Temp.pp. 324-9

10. Performance Assessment Create a tri-fold travel brochure and present it to the class. Your project must include the natural characteristics that define the region known as the Middle East (either past or present), relative and absolute location, climate. Culture. Ecosystems, and technology.

11. Final Performance Assessment Title of Travel Agency Slogan Emblem Price Map of Mesopotamia Picture of Interest Inventions and Innovations of Mesopotamia on back Physical Features of Mesopotamia Landforms, Bodies of Water, Plant and Animal life on back. Geography Four Geographic Regions Climate Including: Average Temperatures and Average Rainfall of Mesopotamia on back CSI07 12