Things You need to Know Upfront

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Things You need to Know Upfront

• so that everything else will make sense.

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History 101

• History vs. Archaeology
• Prehistory vs. Civilization
• Fact vs. Myth
• City-States vs. Empire
• Polytheism vs. Monotheism
• Matriarchal vs. Patriarchal

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History or Archaeology?

• History is the recorded events of the past.
• Archaeology is the scientific study of the
  physical evidence of past human societies
  recovered through excavation.

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Fact or Myth?

• A fact is an event known to have happened or
  something known to have existed
• A myth is a traditional story accepted as
  history serves to explain the world view of a
  people
• Proof???

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Civilization or Prehistory?

• Prehistory is the period of time before writing
• Civilization is a society in an advanced state of
  development with writing, government, religion,
  jobs and social classes, arts and architecture,
  and public works

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A Record of the Past

• Documents, artifacts (pottery, tools, weapons)
  and artwork
• Began 5000 6000 years ago (before that is
  prehistory)
• What happened and why?
• The unexamined life is not worth living.
• - Socrates

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Themes for Understanding World History

• Politics and History
• Basic questions about the structure of society
• Role of conflict
• The Role of Ideas
• Power to move people to action
• Spread of ideas from one society to another

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Themes for Understanding World History

• Economics and History
• Meeting basic needs
• The Importance of Cultural Development
• Common ideas, beliefs, and patterns of behavior
• High culture (thinkers and artists)
• Popular culture (current trends)

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Themes for Understanding World History

• Religion in History
• Influence on peoples lives and culture
• The Role of Individuals
• Decisive actions by powerful individuals have
  played a crucial role
• Actions of ordinary people

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Themes for Understanding World History

• The Impact of Science and Technology
• Alters how humans relate to their world
• The Environment and History
• Societies affected by physical world
• Human activities profound impact on the
  environment
• Social Life
• Social classes
• Nature of family life
• How knowledge is passed

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Continents/Regions and Oceans
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Rise of Cities

• Paleolithic people were nomadic hunters and
  gatherers that lived in small groups.
• The Neolithic Revolution (Farming and
  Domestication of Animals) led to the development
  of villages.
• Over time farmers produced more food to feed more
  people and other jobs began to develop.
• Artisans skilled crafts workers that made
  jewelry, tools, and weapons.
• Jobs determined a persons social class with
  rulers at the top and farmers and slaves at the
  bottom.
• Some people had free time to participate in the
  arts and architecture.

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Rise of Cities

• People began to trade and trade centers developed
  into cities.
• Writing developed to record transactions.
• Cities needed some kind of government to keep
  people in order and organize public works.
• Religion became more complex with priests to
  oversee spiritual affairs

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Rise of Cities Time Machine

• Dr. Eccentric, a mad scientist, has invented a
  time machine and asked you to test it out for
  him. What he doesnt realize is that you will be
  zapped from one time period to another very
  quickly and he will not be able to control how
  long you will stay there. You first appear in the
  earliest period of human history, the Paleolithic
  age, where you spend one day trying to survive
  and observing our earliest ancestors. The next
  morning you wake up in a Neolithic village where
  you observe many similarities and differences
  from the day before. Finally, you wake up on the
  third day in one of the first cities in
  Mesopotamia and discover that human kind has made
  a number of amazing advancements. Luckily, by the
  fourth day, our nutty professor figured out how
  to bring you back home and all you have to show
  for your trip is the journal you kept describing
  your amazing adventure.

• Write one journal entry for each day of your
  trip back in time, describing where people lived,
  how that acquired food, what kinds of tools they
  used, how they communicated, and how the roles of
  men and women were similar and different.
• Each journal entry should be at least 5 sentences

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City-States or Empire?

• A city-state is an independent, self-governing
  city that incorporated its surrounding territory,
  including smaller towns and villages
• An empire is a state that extends dominion over
  populations distinct culturally and ethnically
  from the culture/ethnicity at the center of power
  

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Polytheism or Monotheism?

• Polytheism is the belief in many god and/or
  goddesses.
• Monotheism is the belief in only one god or
  supreme being or creator.

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Matriarchal or Patriarchal?

• Matriarchal societies are political/social
  systems in which women hold the power.
• Patriarchal societies are political/social
  systems in which men hold the power.
• Egalitarian societies are political/social
  systems in which men and women share power.

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Features of Civilization in Egypt and Mesopotamia
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Egypt and Mesopotamia Chart

• Of the vocabulary words that we have already
  discussed, which ones apply to both Egypt and
  Mesopotamia?
• What stands out about Mesopotamia that makes it
  unique?
• What stands out about Egypt that makes it unique?
• Which one would you rather live in and why?

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New Centers of Civilization

• Copy the timeline.
• Use Pages 54-64 to write three details for each
  event.

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Features of Civilization

• Cities
• Government
• Religion
• Jobs/Social Classes
• Writing
• Art and Architecture
• Pages 30-31

• Work with a group to demonstrate the six features
  of civilization to the class in various art
  forms.
• Art
• Music
• Drama
• Movement/Dance