Dream Your Imaginary Civilization

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Dream Your Imaginary Civilization
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What is Civilization?
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What is Culture?
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What characteristics make a culture?
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Historians use several characteristics

• A stable food supply
• A social structure with different social levels
  and jobs (social classes).
• A system of government
• A religious system (involves a set of beliefs and
  forms of worship.
• A highly developed culture that includes arts
  such as painting, architecture, music, and
  literature
• Advances in technology.
• A highly developed written language.

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Read to discover-- The First Communities
Specialization
Social Class
A group of people with similar customs,
background, training, income
Skilled in one kind of work
Government
Ways of creating order and providing leadership
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More Complex Villages
Technology
Religious Beliefs
Peoples application of knowledge, tools, and
inventions to meet their needs.
A worship of God, gods, or spirits.
Language
Spoken and written words used to communicate
thoughts, ideas and feelings
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Highly Developed Culture

• Art
• Music
• Architecture
• Literature

What will you have in your civilization to
represent a highly developed culture?
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Take a minute and think about your imaginary
civilization

• Use the organizer provided to describe the
  specializations (skilled workers) in your
  civilization.
• How will you obtain your food supply?
• What are your social classes?
• What are the characteristics of your government?
• What type of technology will your civilization
  have?
• What language will you use?

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Directions

• Finish filling in your organizer.
• Make sure you have some examples/ details for
  each aspect of civilization.
• Does your imaginary civilization have all the
  characteristics needed to call it a civilization?