Bellwork

Please take out the orange or purple Western European map from Friday and use the atlas to complete.

Absent? Get your copy from the file. (Regular = Orange; Honors = Purple)

This is Entry 9/Honors and Entry 8/Regular.

Test is SEPTEMBER 2!

How did the ancient peoples of the Mediterranean and Southwest Asia impact the natural environment?AN INVESTIGATION

Quick Write

Title: Civilization and the Environment

In notebooks, Entry 9 (Regular)/Entry 10 (Honors).

For each of the three pictures, explain how humans are controlling the natural world.

World’s biggest hole-Diamond mine in Russia

Fuji City, Japan

Inca Terrace Farming

Background

Athens and other cities of the ancient and classical eras were the centers of human civilization

Represented the ability to control the natural world

Humans utilized the surrounding environment as resources to build their cities/empires

Mining metals

Cutting trees

Quarrying stones

Demand for resources grew

Trade became essential

Illustration, dated 1851, of ancient Athens, Greece. [Library of Congress]

Dilemma As populations grew, people

developed different ways to secure necessary resources.

There were many ways but each had similar environmental consequences.

We will be looking at four important ways the people of the ancient Mediterranean region and Southwest Asia impacted their environment

The growth of agriculture Hunting, fishing, and the capture of animals

Forestry and deforestation The rise of industry

BELLWORK

Please take out your two-column notes from yesterday.

Absent? Get your copy from the manila folder on the front table.

Go ahead and continue working on those two column notes.

Task- Part 1

Each student will receive 1 of the 4 dilemmas to read As you read you will complete a double entry journal

On the left side, copy an important quotation or passage that you would like to respond to (at least one per paragraph).

On the right side, respond to the passage by asking a question, analyzing, interpreting, evaluating, reflecting or making personal connections.

At the end of the journal, write the Main Take Away (the main idea of the article). This can be completed wither either sentences or bullet points.

Task – Part 2

Expert GroupsMeet in groups of three or four (same dilemma) and complete your portion of the tree map.

Task- Part 3

Students will meet in a group of 4- all dilemmas represented Each student will share their findings, while the group completes their

Tree Map. Class discussion

Add to your Tree Map. In a paragraph, answer the essential question providing evidence from

the Tree Map and your Double-Entry Journal. I’ll collect the double entry notes today, the Tree Map goes in your

notebook