THURSDAY, JANUARY 23RD

Bell-Ringer: Please pick up the two handouts on the front table. Take

the first 10 minutes of class to complete the When and Where

Quiz silently on your own. When you finish, take a few minutes to

look over the Change Analysis Chart.

DAILY AGENDA: Bell-Ringer:

When/Where Quiz

Word of the Day asymptote

Collaboration: Essential Question Review

Clicker Review Review Game

Essential Question:What characteristics define human life in the Neolithic and Bronze Eras?

Homework: Study for Unit 1 Test!

ASYMPTOTE – A STRAIGHT LINE THAT IS THE LIMITING VALUE OF A CURVE; CAN BE CONSIDERED AS TANGENT AT INFINITY(PRONUNCIATION FOR WORD)

Given the equation y=, two different asymptotes are formed due to values that xand y can never be equivalent to. First, youcan never divide a quantity by zero. Therefore, x≠0 anywhere on the graph and a vertical asymptote will be formed at x=0. Since there is not a value for x that would make the y quantity equal 0, a horizontal asymptote is formed where y=0.

(Read-Aloud) Thursday January 23rd Block 1

Oxymoron – noun. Contradictory terms, appearing side by side, use for rhetorical effect

What is another word for oxymoron (synonym)?

Opposites, contradiction, contrast What word means the opposite of

oxymoron (antonym)? Synonym, similar

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24TH – 2ND BLOCK

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

REVIEWWorking in groups of 4, research and answer your assigned essential question on the white board provided. Be prepared to explain your response to the class as a group. (Note: Make sure everyone in your group can explain the answer… I will be calling on group members to answer the question)

ASSIGNED QUESTIONS:1. How was the Neolithic Revolution a turning point

or hallmark event in human history?2. Why did some peoples choose to remain

pastoralists/foragers even after the Neolithic Revolution?

3. Where did the earliest civilizations form and why?4. What different forms of rule did the earliest

civilizations use to keep order?5. What factors helped determine the social

structures of various early civilizations?6. Explain the interconnection between geography

and religion in two early civilizations.7. Was there gender equality in early societies? If

not, what prevented it?

1. HOW WAS THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION A TURNING POINT OR HALLMARK EVENT IN HUMAN HISTORY? Sedentary Lifestyle Allowed for surpluses Changed gender roles Allowed for specialization of labor Created a need for more advanced

government Humans took control of their

environment

2. WHY DID SOME PEOPLES CHOOSE TO REMAIN PASTORALISTS/FORAGERS EVEN AFTER THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION? Geographic limitations

Poor climate for agriculture Inadequate irrigationLack of staple crops / Drought

Cultural connections to previous lifestyle Competition for resources

3. WHERE DID THE EARLIEST CIVILIZATIONS FORM AND WHY? River Valleys

NileTigris / Euphrates IndusHuang He / Yangtze

Rivers provided irrigation, drinking water, and transportation

Why not other rivers?

4. WHAT DIFFERENT FORMS OF RULE DID THE EARLIEST CIVILIZATIONS USE TO KEEP ORDER? Egypt Divine rule; pharaoh = god;

bureaucracy Mesopotamia Lugals = “Big Men;”

strong armies (Assyrians); use of priests India Samsara and caste system

(social institutions) China Mandate of Heaven (Divine

Right); Confucian beliefs (Social Roles)

5. WHAT FACTORS HELPED DETERMINE THE SOCIAL STRUCTURES OF VARIOUS EARLY CIVILIZATIONS? Free vs. Slave (Mesopotamia especially) Land ownership (China) Occupation

IndiaMesopotamiaEgypt

Gender

6. EXPLAIN THE INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN GEOGRAPHY AND RELIGION IN TWO EARLY CIVILIZATIONS. Egypt Gods controlled environment

beneficial flooding = nice gods; unified religion due to geographic isolation

Mesopotamia Violent floods = Angry, vengeful gods; introduction of new religions due to geographic “openness”

China Mandate of Heaven illustrated by natural disasters

7. WAS THERE GENDER EQUALITY IN EARLY SOCIETIES? IF NOT, WHAT PREVENTED IT? All Neolithic societies women no

longer play as much of a role in food acquisition

China Confucianism held women in lower status than any male

India Aryan beliefs made women the equivalent to lowest caste; sati

Egypt Limited protections and rights for women, but not equivalent of men (few female leaders)

Mesopotamia No female “Lugals” = no legal equality for women

Let’s see what you’ve retained from Unit 1…

CLICKER REVIEW

MOST SCHOLARS BELIEVE THAT, DURING THE PALEOLITHIC AGE, SOCIAL ORGANIZATION WAS CHARACTERIZED BY

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1. a relative social equality. 2. a ruling priestly class.3. a dominant class based on

the private ownership of land.

4. a ruling merchant class.

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THE CHINESE CONCEPT “MANDATE OF HEAVEN” WAS SOMETIMES USED TO JUSTIFY

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1. Reincarnation.2. Rebellion.3. Matriarchy.4. All of the above.

WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGES, HUMAN BEINGS WERE ABLE TO

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1. produce long cutting edges.

2. accumulate knowledge and transmit it to new generations.

3. begin to fashion sharp tools from animal bones.

4. devise means for catching fish from deep waters.

A CHARACTERISTIC THAT THE SHANG CHINESE SHARED WITH THE EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION WAS THE

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1. Principle of the Mandate of Heaven.

2. Lack of a social hierarchy.3. Development of a writing

system.4. Ancestor worship.

EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT THE MESOPOTAMIANS

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1. traded extensively with peoples as far away as Anatolia, Egypt, and India.

2. lived an isolated existence and did not trade.

3. traded exclusively with the Egyptians.

4. traded extensively until the time of the Assyrians, when trade dropped to nothing.

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PARTICIPANT SCORES4 Christian Carrera4 Anna Beiswenger4 Maria Aguilera4 Jessica Caldwell4 Cassie Bolling

THE FOOD SUPPLY OF EARLY FARMERS, COMPARED TO THAT OF HUNTING-GATHERING PEOPLES

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1. Required less time to obtain.

2. Required less labor to obtain.

3. Was not as certain or secure.

4. Was less varied and nutritious.

WHICH STATEMENT ABOUT HARAPPAN SOCIETY IS FALSE?

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1. Most of their houses featured private showers and toilets.

2. They traded extensively with the Mesopotamians.

3. They had social distinctions.4. Their writings have provided

a wealth of information for historians.

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WHAT TRAITS DO HUMANS POSSESS THAT DISTINGUISH THEM FROM OTHER PRIMATES?

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1. Bipedalism, large brain, lower larynx capable of complex speech

2. Bipedalism, inability to breed in all seasons, prehensile tale

3. Large brain, ability to form social groupings, live birth of young

4. Lower larynx capable of speech, live birth of young, large brain

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ILLUSTRATES THE INFLUENCE OF GEOGRAPHY ON EARLY RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS?

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1. The annual, predictable flooding of the Nile River led Egyptians to believe their gods were benevolent and kind.

2. The major cities of the Indus Valley were left deserted after the drying up of the Hakra River.

3. Protected by deserts and large bodies of water, Egyptian civilization developed hereditary monarchies as rulers were rarely forced to defend or justify their authority.

4. All of the above.

THE GROWTH OF SETTLED AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES RESULTED IN

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1. Increasing nutrition and health.

2. Dependence on wildlife for survival.

3. Constant warfare with hunter-gatherers.

4. Trade and craft specialization.

PARTICIPANT SCORES0 Participant 10 Participant 20 Participant 30 Participant 40 Participant 5

FOR THE REMAINDER OF

CLASS:1. Fill-in your Unit 1 Test Review

Sheet2. 2. Review using resources on

the class wiki.