Jesse Warner

The Invention Week Project is a culminating project designed for the end of The Fertile Crescent and Mesopotamia Unit. It is set up as a group project where students will be assigned or pick an invention, research and answer essential questions on the invention and how it helped shape culture and adapt to geography. Students then will work to create a new invention/ innovation that is used for the same purpose the old invention was. Students will work together to create a presentation, costs an

This is a brief unit designed to be done prior the Units Pre-History and History, The Fertile Crescent, Egypt, India, China, Greece, and Rome. It is a review of important geographical ideas and features that will appear in the units to come and a better understanding of how cultural and physical geography will impact these civilizations. This unit also will review archaeological ideas that will help students better understand how historians learned about the past before the time of writing. Idea

This is a full unit on the Fertile Crescent and Mesopotamia.

This unit focuses on the Stone Ages and Early Cultures prior to the development of permanent settlements. The unit starts by looking at the stages of the Earth's development and the development of the early human ancestors. The unit looks at the Paleolithic Age and the hunter/ gatherer societies and how they survived with simple stone tools. The unit transitions to the Mesolithic Age with some advances in tools and weapons. Finally, the unit focuses on the great Neolithic Revolution and Age. The

This is a research project that can be done in conjunction with your schools library database/ Culture Grams/ any other resources. This project focuses on Cultural and Physical Geography. The projected can be completed on Prezi/ Powerpoint/ Google Slides.

This activity is designed for students to view cave paintings dating back to the Paleolithic and Mesolithic Ages. Students will view the paintings, discuss and interpret them. They will have a painting activity to do with the notes. This is Hand Out 7 of the unit.

The Rise of Sumer Worksheet looks at the first city-state of Mesopotamia. It identifies the geographical challenges of the land. It identifies the first inventions and achievements of the Sumerians. Finally, it looks at the development of religion. This is Hand Out 3 of the unit.

The Archaeology Dig Project is a class project that you can set up outside of your school building to create an archaeological expedition or fact finding activity. It is a great review for pre-history and also helps students capture the elements of what archaeologists do.

This is a small self driven project at the mid point of the Fertile Crescent. It is designed to review and focus on the significant inventions and achievements of the Fertile Crescent. This is Hand Out 7 of the unit.

This is a complete unit test for The Fertile Crescent. It focuses on the city-states Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, Assyria, the Phoenicians, and Abraham and the Hebrews.

This is a unit quiz for The Fertile Crescent and Mesopotamia. It focuses on the Phoenicians and their trade and achievements.

This video packet is designed to be used with Discovery Education videos: Trade Routes/ Nomads to Farmers/ The Development of Writing. The video packet helps the students follow along and focus on the essential elements of the videos. This is Hand Out 5 of the unit.

This is a brief presentation looking at the stages of the Earth as it developed and a time frame for early humans. The notes are to be taken as the presentation is viewed. This is Hand Out 3 of the unit.

This is a lesson designed to review the brief Archaeology and Geography Units before the History and Pre-History Units. This lesson focuses on review of the materials and preparation for a quiz. The lesson helps create quiz questions designed to be used in a review game played the day prior to the unit quiz. This is designed to use Hand Out 5.

These are the lesson plans for Archaeology and Geography Review Units before History and Pre-History Units. These are designed to be used with the Unit Overview Handout 1, and the Geography Slides Handout 2.

This is a lesson plan designed to review Archaeological terms and ideas to better understand how historians learned about the past before the time of written records. The lesson provides an overview of telling time on a calendar, looking at fossils, clues, artifacts, oral traditions, primary and secondary sources. It is designed to be used with the Archaeology Review Hand Out 4.

This lesson is designed to be a review of geography ideas and elements that will be seen in the study of the Ancient Civilizations. The lesson is a review of prevalent geography terms and research with the internet. This is designed to be used with Geography Scavenger Hunt Hand Out 3.

This is the opening lesson for the Stone Age and Early Cultures Unit. There is a folktale/ drawing activity to do with the students to help expose them to different ideas and cultures.

This is a brief presentation looking at the stages of the Earth as it developed and a time frame for early humans. The notes are to be taken as the presentation is viewed. This is Hand Out 2 of the unit.

The is the first map skills activity for this units and the remaining units that will be covered in the Ancient Civilizations Unit. The map focuses on the major geographical locations of the Fertile Crescent. It also incorporates the visual use of Google Earth to find and look at the current locations. Finally, the map skills asks the students to identify challenges and solutions to the problems that the geography of the landscape presented. This is Hand Out 2 of the unit.