World History Work Packet Checklist: Ancient Sumer & the Sumerians - Chapter 2; Section 1

Name: ____________________________________ Date Due: ______________ Period: _______

Directions: Organize and put in order the following items to be turned in by the due date above. (One letter grade off each item for every day late.) Staple all items below in order with this packet checklist as a cover sheet before the due date and have it ready to be turned in on the due date at the start of class.

Learning Targets: 1. Design maps physical and cultural attributes of major world regions2. Use timelines to establish cause and effect relationships3. Analyze the effects of transportation, trade, communication, science, and technology4. Correlate geographical importance of and connection to 8 characteristics of Ancient Sumer (Cradles of

Civilization.5. Support with details and examples WHY and HOW each group is a civilization.6. Analyze information from multiple sources to synthesize charts that represent the comparisons and contrasts.

Lesson Plan:Formative Assessment:BR (15%) = Bell Ringer, MN (15%) = Moe Notes, MS (15%) = Map Study, CL (15%) = ClosureHW (10%) = Homework

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday FridayDate: Jan 16

MLK Date: Jan 17

BR: NoneMN: NonePR: Video SumerCL: NoneHW: None

Date: Jan 18BR: 2.1 p. 16 AnnotaMN: 1-10MS: SumerCL: Random QuestHW: 1.2, p 15 & Map Study

Date: Jan 19 BR: 2.1 p. 16 MargMN: 11-25MS: SumerCL: Random QuestHW: 1.2, p 15, Study for Test, & Map Study

Date: Jan 20 BR: Quiz ReviewMN: NoneQU: SumerPR: 5 Facts about SumerCL: Present Facts

Summative Assessment:QU (15%) = QuizUT (30%) = Unit TestPR (20%) = Project

Assignment Checklist: All items in the checklist will need to be stapled to this packet and turned in by the due date.

Items Score 1 (less than 50 points)

Score 2 (50 to 90 points) Score 3 (up to 100 points)

Moe NotesCh. 2, Sect 1

Notes less than half complete.

Notes more than half complete or fully complete but copied word-for-word without demonstrating that they processed the information critically.

Notes are fully complete and written in student’s own words or annotated in a shorter version will ALL major points. Student added their own notes, ideas, drawn pictures, symbols, etc. to demonstrate they processed the information by thinking critically about the content.

Video: Civilisations – Sumer (Identify 8 Features of Civilizations)

Less than 50 percent of examples in score of 3

50-90 percent of examples in score 3

Top 10 percent of class with most examples.

Map Study: Ancient Sumer & Mesopotamia

Partially complete and will be graded based on percentage complete.

Fully complete with ALL required geographic features on the list.

Fully complete with additional geographic features beyond the minimum on the list. (You stepped out of the box by enlarging your circle.)

Bell RingersChapter 2 Summaries Annotated, p. 16

Less than half complete. Section summary is partially annotated more than half but not complete and the margin items and Questions incomplete by more than half.

Section summary is fully annotated and complete with the Reading Check, Vocabulary Strategy, and Reading Skill, and Review Questions complete

HomeworkChapter 2, Note Taking Study Guides, p. 15(Graphic Organizers)

Less than half complete. Graphic organizer is turned in with information from the section summary or the textbook with more than half.

Graphic organizer is fully completed with accurate information from the section summary or the textbook.

Moe Notes: DO NOT copy notes word-for-word. You must process the notes by critically thinking about them and putting them in your own words.

Split-page Notes: Summarize the notes on the major concepts below.

First Cradle

Mesopotamia

Two Rivers

Indo-European MigrationsWhy rivers?

Main Cities

Description of “Fertile Crescent”Geographic InfluencesSumer Takes Shape

Legacy of Sumer

Sumerian Religion

Sumerian Trade

Pictographs v. CuneiformImportance of Scribe

Cylinder Seals

Epic of Gilgamesh(Similarities to Christian Teachings)City of Ur

Royal Standard of Ur

Other Advances

Replace this sheet with the one given by the substitute on Tuesday, January 17

Identifying examples of 8 Features of Civilization from a Video on Cradles of Civilization (Worth a separate 100 points from the notes above.)

Feature Example Feature ExampleRise of Cities Social Classes

Organized Governments Arts and Architecture

Complex Religions Public Works Projects

Job Specialization Writing and Literature

Map Study: Sumer & Mesopotamia

Label the following bodies of water drawn in on the map, and shade with blue

colored pencil:

Tigris River Euphrates River Mediterranean Sea

Red Sea Jordan River Persian Gulf

Arabian Sea Caspian Sea Black Sea

Sea of Galilee & Dead Sea Connected by the Jordan River

With Green, also shade the area of Mesopotamia called THE FERTILE CRESCENT and label it “Fertile Crescent.”

Shade and label the Arabian Desert with a tan pencil.

Shade, color and label the Zagros Mountains with a brown pencil.

Label these cities in Mesopotamia:o Uro Uruko Babylono Ashuro Nineveho Eridu

Using three different colored pencil, outline the general outline of Sumer,

Akkadia/Babylonian, Syrian, and Assyrian cultures.