Task: Create a three slide Google presentation about the basic geography of Early Mesopotamia.
Learning Objective: Explain the relationship between the geographical features of Mesopotamia and the civilization that developed there.
Process: (see example presentation)
- Create a Google presentation
- Create a title slide
- draw a map of Mesopotamia using Google drawing, and paste it into a second slide.
- label the map with norhtern and southern Mesopotamia, the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, the Persian Gulf, the Mediterranean Sea, the Zagros Mountains, and the following ancient city states; Ur, Kish, and Hit.
- As discussed in class you then must show the Mesopotamian Plateau, and the Mesopotamian Plains. Use the description in your text book on pages 150-151 to indicate the location of these features on your map. Don't forget to create a legend that explains each feature.
- on your third slide answer the two following questions:
- Describe the geography of Mesopotamia’s northern plateau, and southern plains.
- What is the connection between the geography of Mesopotamia and the civilization that developed there?
- please answer these in paragraph form. Make sure your answer has a clear main idea(s) and supporting details. Label each answer with an appropriate subtitles that reflects the main idea.
- your work should reflect care and attention to detail. Please see the rubric to understand how you will be assessed on this assignment.
- the assignment is due Friday December 10th, 2010.
