Tuesday, January 8, 2013Read the two paragraphs on page 48 of your social studies book.

Write a brief summary of what you read.

What should be in a summary?

In Social Studies, your summary should consist of three parts: Part 1 is a main idea. Parts 2 and 3 are two details which support the main idea.

Summary Examples

Hammurabi’s empire rose and fell. The snails near Tyre were not ordinary. The profits made Tyre wealthy.

Snails made people of the Mediterranean coastal city of Tyre rich. The snails produced a purple dye which was used to dye cloth. The cloth was sold to the wealthy for a great profit.

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Key Terms

alphabet

A set of symbols that represent the sounds of a language

Page 48

Open your social studies book

Questions During Reading: Page 49 What resources did the

Phoenicians first use to build their wealth?

Why do you think the Phoenicians looked to foreign lands and sea trade to develop their wealth?

How did the sea power of the Phoenicians help spread civilization?

Questions During Reading: Page 491. What resources did

the Phoenicians first use to build their wealth?

2. Why do you think the Phoenicians looked to foreign lands and sea trade to develop their wealth?

3. How did the sea power of the Phoenicians help spread civilization?

1. The Phoenicians used wood and dye from snails to build their wealth.

2. They had limited resources, so they took advantage of their geographic location to expand their resources through trade.

3. As the Phoenicians traveled across the world, they could spread ideas of civilization to other places.

Questions During Reading: Map Look at the map on page 49. Name a city in Phoenicia and the

trading center that is farthest west of the city.

Use your finger to trace a route between the two points.

How did the Phoencians control the sea trade far from Phoencia?

Questions During Reading: Map Name a city in

Phoenicia and the trading center that is farthest west of the city. Use your finger to trace a route between the two points.

How did the Phoencians control the sea trade far from Phoencia?

1. Sidon or Tyre2. The Phoenicians

were able to control the sea trade by establishing trading centers along the coasts of distant places and spreading stories of the horrors facing sailors in the Atlantic Ocean.

Questions During Reading: Page 50How did the Phoenician alphabet spread throughout the ancient world?

Which letters in the Phoenician alphabet seem similar to the letters in our alphabet?

How did the Phoenician alphabet affect other civilizations?

Questions During Reading: Page 50 How did the

Phoenician alphabet spread throughout the ancient world?

Which letters in the Phoenician alphabet seem similar to the letters in our alphabet?

How did the Phoenician alphabet affect other civilizations?

1. Sea trade2. A,D,E,H,L,M,O,Q,T3. Other civilizations

used the alphabet as the basis for their alphabets, which are used in many languages today.

Phoenician Assessment

Using what you learned earlier about summarizing, write two summaries about what we covered in class today.1. Summarize Phoenician Sea Power (Pages

49-50)2. Summarize The Phoenician Alphabet

(Page 50)

Remember that summaries should have a main idea and two supporting details.