HOOK

THESIS STATEMENT

EVIDENCE #1

EVIDENCE #2

EXPLANATION #1

EXPLANATION #2

RAFT TASK:RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS

YOU DO:1. USING LITERARY CIRCLES, READ TEXTBOOK: RIVER VALLEYS CIVILIZATIONS ON

PAGES 92-93.

2. CREATE CORNELL NOTES ON DETAILS FOR RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS.

3. WRITE WORKSHEET: SUPPORT WITH EVIDENCE FROM YOUR READING To lift lines, please use these format:

Page___paragraph___ line ____ states that, “_________________________________________.”

THEN,

WRITE EXPLANATION OF YOUR LIFTED LINES IN YOUR WORDS

4. AT END OF CLASS, SUBMIT COMPLETED WORK TO GROUP MANAGERS.

5. GROUP MANAGERS, SUBMIT WORK TO MR. TINEO FOR GRADING.

DO NOW

INSTRUCTIONS:• READ TEXTBOOK: EASTERN HEMISPHERERIVER VALLEYS CIVILIZATIONS ON PAGES 92-93.

• LOCATE: WHERE WERE THE FOUR EARLIEST RIVER VALLEY

CIVILIZATIONS LOCATED?

SAMPLE INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH

LET’S MOVE TO THE RIVER. THE RIVER PROVIDE WATER, FOOD AND TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL FOR OUR PEOPLE.

At first, hunter-gatherers societies spent most of their time hunting for food. When ever the animals moved from their location, they had to follow. It was a very difficult life to live under those conditions, especially if water was not available in the area. As a result, hunter-gatherers decided to move to river valleys. Why did they move to rivers valleys? As stated on Paragraph 1 of page 93, “river valleys were a good location for farming. Three key factors made river valleys good for farming: First, the fields that bordered the rivers were flat, which made it easier for farmers to plant crops. Second, the soils were nourished by flood deposits and silt, which made them very fertile. Finally, the river provided the water farmers needed for irrigation. “Rivers were necessary for early civilizations to form. The Egyptian early civilization began next to the Nile River Valley. The Indian early civilization began next to the Indus River Valley, and the Chinese early civilization began next to the He River Valley. What did all early civilizations have in common? Rivers!

PARAGRAPH #1(INTRODUCTION)

1. WRITE YOUR HOOK2. EXPLAIN THE LIFE OF THE HUNTER-GATHERERS SOCIETY3. EXPLAIN WHY DID THE HUNTERS-GATHERERS MOVE TO

RIVER VALLEYS. –GOOD LOCATIONS FOR FARMING.EGYPTIANS-NILE RIVER VALLEYINDIANS-INDUS RIVER VALLEY

CHINESE-HE RIVER VALLEY4. EXPLAIN FACTORS WHY RIVERS VALLEYS WERE A GOOD LOCATION FOR FARMING.-page 925. WRITE YOUR THESIS STATEMENT

SOCIAL STUDIES CORNELL NOTES

MAIN IDEAS: DETAILS: 5W’S

WHAT HAPPENED?

WHO WAS THERE?

WHERE DID THIS HAPPEN?

WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?

WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?

VOCABULARY: DEFINITIONS:

SUMMARY:

STUDENT EXEMPLAR #1#1

ImprovementsParagraph #1 of page 92 states that, “_____________________”

ImprovementsUSE: •THE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE IS SAYING THAT THE REASON WHY FIELDS THAT BORDERED THE RIVERS MADE IT EASIER FOR FARMER WAS BECAUSE FIELDS WERE FLAT. CROPS ON FLAT LANDS ARE EASIER TO IRRIGATE OR WATER THAN “HILLY” LANDS. IN ADDITION, LANDS ON HILLS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO PLOW THAN FLAT LANDS. FACTORS WERE VERY FAVORABLE FOR FARMING TO TAKE PLACE.

STUDENT EXEMPLAR #1#2

STUDENT EXEMPLAR #1#3

STUDENT EXEMPLAR #1#4

EXCELL VOCABULARY

valley, civilization, nourish, deposits, fertile, irrigation

• valley

•Dictionary Definition: An extensive, more or less flat, and relatively low region drained by a great river system.

•SENTENCE: “River valleys are good locations for FARMING!”

•REPEAT: “VALLEY”

•

WHY WOULD YOU BUILD A HOUSE HERE IN THE VALLEY?

EXCELL VOCABULARY

valley, civilization, nourish, deposits, fertile, irrigation

• CIVILIZATION

•Dictionary Definition: An advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached.

•SENTENCE: “ALL GREAT CIVILIZATION OF THE PAST OR ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS HAD ONE THING IN COMMON-THEY AROSE OR BEGAN IN RIVER VALLEYS.” –EGYPT-NILE RIVER-CHINA-HE RIVER-INDIA-INDUS RIVER

•REPEAT: “CIVILIZATION”

EXCELL VOCABULARY

valley, civilization, nourish, deposits, fertile, irrigation

• NOURISH

•Dictionary Definition: To sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.

•SENTENCE: “THE SOILS WERE NOURISHED BY FLOOD DEPOSITS AND SILT, WHICH MADE THEM VERY FERTILE OR capable of producing vegetation.

•REPEAT: “NOURISH”

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EXCELL VOCABULARY

valley, civilization, nourish, deposits, fertile, irrigation

• IRRIGATION

•Dictionary Definition: 1. To supply (dry land) with water by means of canals, ditches, pipes, or streams; water artificially.

•SENTENCE: “In drought seasons, ancient civilizations used irrigation to supply water to their crops.”

•REPEAT: “IRRIGATION”

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EXCELL VOCABULARY

valley, civilization, nourish, deposits, fertile, irrigation

• fertile

•Dictionary Definition: •1. Capable of producing offspring, seeds, or fruit. Bearing or producing crops or vegetation abundantly; fruitful. Rich in material needed to sustain plant growth: fertile soil.

•SENTENCE: “Searching for fertile soil for farming, ancient civilizations of Egypt, China and India, all started near a river. “EGYPT=NILE RIVERCHINA=HE RIVERINDIA= INDUS RIVER”

•REPEAT: “FERTILE”

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