Friday, April 3, 2009

Indian City Planning

AIM: I will identify 3 ways that civilizations in the Indus valley improved life through city planning.

Standard: 7.4 Geography and culture of India

Do Now:
1) Vocabulary word: people in a family arranged by age.
2) Vocabulary word: Distinct cultures close together.
3) Vocabulary word: To lift with effort.
4) How long ago was 117 BCE?

Lesson Steps: Today we finished all the presentations about the geography of India and finalized our review of the planned cities reading. Students inferred about how societies were so advanced for the age and whether or not they had a writing system based on the evidence in the reading.

Homework: Introduction to China via the reading. Complete all questions on the handout.

Handout: Questions and reading about China
China Reading

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