7th Grade Ch. 1

7th Grade Ch. 1

Follow each slide for step-by-step guidance on how to progress through the chapter

Read pages 4-5 with your eyes and ears while I read it aloud (do not just stare at me or around the room while I read, you've got to actively read as well)

• Make sure you know the following bold words and their meanings (write them down if that helps you): image of god, civilization, culture, city (use the glossary in the back of the book as a tool)

Multiple Choice

What is a civilization?

• a group of civilized, well-mannered people living in a region together

• human culture as it is lived in cities or under the influence of cities

• different types of human culture in a specific area

Multiple Choice

What is culture?

• The physical and mental environment developed through human thought and labor

• The traditions and values within a given group of people

• The way of life and thought process that a region/civilization deem important

Read pages 6-8 on your own

Multiple Select

In which ways do humans work together in a civilization? Choose all that apply:

• farming

• engineering roads

• creating waterways for travel/trade

• turning trees into structures

Multiple Select

Read the 2 paragraphs at the top of page 8.

A nation is a very large group of people who share: *choose all that apply

• language

• family history

• land

• culture

• religion

Stop

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​Now work on page 1-2 in your workbook (I read this aloud with you earlier)

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​You should have sufficient time to finish in class and turn it in. If not, take home and turn in first thing next class

• Make sure you know the meanings/difference between: monotheism and polytheism (page 8 and 9)

• Then read pages 11-13

Open Ended

Who was Nero?

What should we know about him?

*this will be counted as "correct" as long as you enter anything as an answer. I will go in and read for correctness. Spelling will not count against you, use the book though!

Open Ended

Who was Diocletian? (dy-oh-clee-shun)

What should we know about him?

Read page 14

Multiple Choice

What is significant about Theodosius I?

• he issued the Edict of Milan, which put an end to Christian perecution

• he made Christianinty the only recognized relgiion in the empire

• he declared that Jesus was God at the Council of Nicaea

Read pages 15-16