Social Studies Lesson 10 Part 2

Social Studies Lesson 10 Part 2

11/6/2020

Learning Target (review from yesterday don't write down)

• I can explain how Mesopotamians changed their environment to improve their lives

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The Long Dry Spell Activity

• Don't do anything until Mr. has finished the instructions

• Read the short story "The Long Dry Spell" in your assigned groups

• Open up the "Long Dry Spell Worksheet" with Kami

• To open the PDF with Kami, click on the PDF in the assignment. It will pop up in preview mode. Click on the "Open With" tab at the top of the page and select "Kami"

• Each group will present their invention to the class

Controlling Water by Irrigation

New Topic (Write in left column)

Floods and Droughts

• Floods: When the river levels rise and spill over the banks

• Drought: A period when there is not enough rainfall

• A year of flood or drought was unpredictable

• Too much rain = major flood, not enough = drought

Irrigation

• Around 6000 B.C. farmers began digging trenches to transport water

• A system of trenches is called irrigation

• Trenches needed to be unclogged often

• Gates were added to open and close the water flow

Review Time!!

Multiple Choice

What is the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers called?

• Detroit

• Egypt

• Olympus

• Mesopotamia

Multiple Choice

What is a floodplain?

• Flat land along the banks of a river that floods every year

• Detroit

• Rocky hills next to the ocean

• Pipe that runs along the edge of a roof and catches falling water

Poll

Would you rather...

Be a caveman in modern day or a modern man in the Paleolithic Era?

• Caveman in the modern day

• Modern man in the Paleolithic Era

Multiple Select

Select the reasons Mesopotamia was great for agriculture (You can pick more than one)

• Mesopotamia is a river valley

• Semiarid climate

• Annual flooding

• Rocky, dry, dirt

• Great cell reception

Multiple Choice

The Tigris and Euphrates rivers run into what sea?

• The Mediterranean Sea

• The Black Sea

• The Persian Gulf

• The Detroit Sea

Open Ended

How did the Mesopotamians Change their environment to improve their lives?