2.3 The Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamia: 2.3 The Fertile Crescent
Lesson duration is: 30 minItems in this lesson
Mesopotamia: 2.3 The Fertile Crescent
Learning goals
At the end of this lesson:
- You can explain why the first cities grew
- You can explain what changed in daily life in Mesopotamia
- You are able to describe a change in a picture using definitions
FERTILE CRESCENT
the Fertile Crescent = the place where the first civilisations started
AGRICULTURE
Agriculture = farming
IRRIGATION
Irrigation = watering the farm land
SURPLUS
surplus = more than you need
SPECIALISE
CRAFTSMEN
specialist = someone who is very good at 1 specific job or task
BARTERING
barter trade = trading without using money
MARKETS
POPULATION GROWTH
CITIES
URUK
TEMPLES
SOCIAL DIFFERENCES
social differences = difference between rich and poor people
LAWS
NEEDED
LEADERSHIP
NEEDED
WRITING SYSTEM
leadership is needed
temples
are built
rivers used for irrigation
bartering in market places
Fertile
Crescent
social
differences
barter
trade
writing system
villages grow into cities
rise of
agriculture
rules and laws needed
specialisation and craftsmen
agricultural surplus
population growth
YOUR TASK this lesson:
cut out the pictures.
use the info of this lessonup to spread them on your A3 poster
happy with the results? (check with your classmates), then glue them on the poster.
connect the pictures with arrows
write the story of the change from farmers to civilisations in your own words with the pictures.