RyanEastSocialStudies


 * ‍‍Lesson Topic and Description:** Ancient Civilizations: How did the domestication of agriculture change the way people lived? ‍‍

[]: More information including interactive models of ancient civilizations can be found here.

‍‍‍ **__More Advanced Reading and Vocabulary:__**
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**__Use of Primary Sources, Artifacts, and Real World Objects__**
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**__Interdisciplinary Connections__**
The information presented in this unit could easily be connected to Language Arts curriculum. Students could compose a narrative of what life would have been like from the perspective of a person from an ancient civilization.

‍‍‍ **__Includes In-Depth and Critical Analysis__**
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**__Fosters Creative Expression__**
Knowledge and comprehension: Define agriculture and explain the signifcance of the domestication of agriculture. Application: Create a Analysis and Analyzing: Examine how the domestication of agriculture changed how people lived, including: how life changed after domestication, students should also include what things developed as a result of agriculture. Synthesis or Evaluating Evaluation and Creating: Generate a short graphic novel that discusses the development of agriculture in any of the big four river valley civilizations. Should tie in and demonstrate the students knowledge of the differences in everyday life between the different major river valley civilizations of the Eastern Hemisphere.