Grade 1 - Early world Civilizations

Early World Civilizations: Supplemental Guide 1 | A Father and His Son in Mesopotamia 21

Did people of the ancient times have ______?

Ye s N o

cities

farms

food

families

writing

boats

cars

electricity

computers

airplanes

Make a copy of Instructional Master 1A-1 for each student. Refer

to it as their map of Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt.

Make a copy of Instructional Master 1A-2 for each student. Refer

to it as Response Card 1 for Mesopotamia. Students can use this

response card to discuss, review, and answer questions about this

civilization.

For Early World Civilizations Chart, prepare a copy of

Instructional Masters 1B-1 and 1B-2 for each student. Refer

to these worksheets as their Early World Civilizations Chart for

Mesopotamia and Image Sheet for Mesopotamia. Students may fi ll

in their own charts as you fi ll in the class chart.

Notes to Teacher

Throughout this domain, you will refer to several areas around

present-day Middle East. The Middle East includes countries

where Europe, Asia, and Africa intersect. Countries commonly

included in the Middle East are Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel,

Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen,

Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and

Egypt.

For additional background information and to fi nd images related

to Mesopotamia, you may wish to refer to these web resources:

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/kids/people-places-kids/

iraq-mesopotamia-kids/

http://www.looklex.com/e.o/mesopotamia.htm

http://mesopotamia.lib.uchicago.edu