RETURN TO 7TH GRADE PATHFINDERS
ARCHITECTURE |
ART, MUSIC AND LITERATURE |
GOVERNMENT |
RELIGION |
GEOGRAPHY |
DAILY LIFE |
AGRICULTURE |
ECONOMICS |
LEADERS |
SIGNIFICANT DETAILS |
TIMELINE |
SCIENCE AND MEDICINE |
1.) What significant feature(s) did the people of this civilization create?
2.) What did their homes look like and why were they constructed the way they were?
3.) How did the people acquire the materials needed for construction?
4.) How did their homes accommodate the climate and landscape?
1.) What artistic forms do we associate with this civilization?
2.) What creative artifacts evident of this civilization are found today?
3.) If examples exist of their language or writing, what did they look like?
4.) What instruments did these people borrow or create for listening /dancing?
1.) Did religion play an important part in this civilization?
2.) What religions are associated with this civilization?
3.) What practices or features are recognized as part of this religion?
4.) Basically, what did these people believe?
1.) What kind of government did these people live under?
2.) How did this civilization benefit from this government?
3.) Do you believe this government was oppressive?
1.) On which continent(s) did this civilization exist?
2.) What landforms (a peninsula, an island, inland, riverside, mountains, desert..)
characterizes this civilization?
3.) How did the geography affect the growth of this civilization?
4.) What major landforms are in, or are part of, this civilization?
5.) Was the climate like it is today?
1.) What routine did they follow as to meals, school, work and play?
2.) Of what might a typical meal consist?
3.) What games did these people play?
4.) How did their clothing appear?
1.) How did this civilization earn their money?
2.) What did they trade away and what did they trade for?
3.) What did they use as a form of money?
4.) What natural resources did they possess?
1.) What kind of crops did this civilization grow?
2.) Did they cultivate food from the sea and what was it?
3.) What tools did they use to acquire food?
1.) Who is considered a leader in this civilization and why?
2.) What qualities do you believe this person possessed that made them so extrordinary?
3.) If there is more than one individual, please introduce all of them by telling of each
person's accomplishments.
1.) When this civilization is mentioned, what is one of the first things that is recognized about it?
2.) Under what focus area would this detail usually come?
3.0 Is this detail found anywhere else or is it specific to this culture?
1.) At what point, or year, did this civilization achieve greatness?
2.) What events are considered to be the beginning and end of this civilization?
3.) Identify major events and the year(s) in which they occurred in this civilization.
1.) What major scientific advances are credited to this civilization?
2.) Identify inventions created by and during this civilization.
3.) What medical treatments were common among these people?
1.) How did most of the people get from one land point to another?
2.) How were their boats built at this early time? How far did they travel?
3.) Did transportation benefit this society or was it harmful to its inhabitants?