Compare and Contrast Two Civilizations Graphic Organizer

Choose two civilizations that we have talked about so far: Sumer, Egypt, Indus River Valley, and China. Fill out the graphic organizer, using ONLY what we talked about in class and your textbook. You do not need to do any outside research. After filling out the graphic organizer, write a paragraph summarizing your graphic organizer. Civilization 1: Geography What was the land like? What rivers were near the civilization? Economy What goods were traded? How did they trade? Religion What was their religion like? Was it monotheistic or polytheistic? Government What type of government did they have? What was the leader called? Did they have written laws? Other notes Civilization 2:

After filling out the graphic organizer, please write one good paragraph summarizing your findings. Submit the graphic organizer and paragraph through kmail. Save the document as YOURNAME-2civ

This project is worth 30 points.

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CATEGORY Graphic Organizer 5 Graphic organizer or outline has been completed and shows clear, logical relationships between all topics and subtopics. Information clearly relates to the topic. 4 Graphic organizer or outline has been completed and shows clear, logical relationships between most topics and subtopics. Information relates well to the main topic. 3 Graphic organizer or outline has been started and includes some topics and subtopics. 2 Graphic organizer or outline has not been attempted.

Quality of Information

Information relates to the main topic.

Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic.

Paragraph Construction

Mechanics

Paragraph includes introductory sentence, 3 or more explanations or details, and concluding sentence. No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.

Paragraph includes introductory sentence, 1 - 2 explanations or details, and concluding sentence. Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors All topics are addressed and most questions answered with at least 2 sentences about each. Student completed assignment, but did not have a lot of information.

Paragraph included related information but were typically not constructed well.

Paragraphing structure was not clear and sentences were not typically related within the paragraphs. A few grammatical Many grammatical, spelling, or spelling, or punctuation errors. punctuation errors.

Amount of Information

Overall impression

All topics are addressed and all questions answered with at least 2 sentences about each. Student completed the assignment to the best of his/her ability.

All topics are addressed, and most questions answered with 1 sentence about each. Student may have left some blanks on the graphic organizer, or did not write the paragraph.

One or more topics were not addressed.

Student left many blanks and/or did not write the paragraph.