Chapter+4

=//**How would you solve the geographic challenges faced by the Sumerians? How would farming be different if irrigation systems were not developed?**//= = =

Day 1: Preview

 * ===Chapter Tour===
 * ===Vocabulary===
 * Content Vocabulary
 * Mesopotamia
 * Sumer
 * city-states
 * irrigation system
 * levee
 * Academic Vocabulary
 * plains
 * foothills
 * dams
 * reservoirs
 * silt
 * moats

Day 2: Notes
Students will be able to... Chapter 4.1-4.2
 * locate Mesopotamia, Sumer, Tigris River, Euphrates River and Sumerian city-states on a map.
 * analyze how the geography might affect people.

Day 3 & 4: Activity
Students will be able to.. Chapter 4.3-4.7
 * analyze geographic problems faced by the Mesopotamians and evaluate potential solutions.

Day 5: Assessment
Students will be able to...
 * create a Sumerian city-state and explain why the different parts need to exist to successful live in the environment.


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