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Early Civilization

Description: 

Middle school students will examine the key features of civilization using Google Earth to examine ancient Egypt, China, or Mesopotamia. 

Learning Targets: 
Students will be able to identify the key features of all ancient civilizations.
Students will be ably to explain the cause and effects of the development of early agriculture-based civilizations.
Students will be able to differentiate the key achievements of each early civilization studied.
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Author: 
rnovack
Content Area: 
Social Studies
World History
Language: 
English
Resource Type: 
Interactive
Licensing: 
Creative Commons Licence
Grade: 
7

Student prerequisite skills and knowledge

Students need to have a basic understanding of Google Earth 

What concepts or procedures are being explained or demonstrated in this lesson object?

Spacial geographic understanding is being used to locate and understand ancient achievements. 

What was your experience, both successes and challenges, using this lesson object with your students?

Students loved this lesson. It is engaging and captivating to actually see what people created thousands of years ago.