The Rise of Sumerian City- States

 

Rubric:  30 Summative points

 

___/ 3 points – Title page including all of the authors (people in the group)

 

___ / 3 points – Section 4.1, overview of what the PowerPoint/chapter includes. Include key questions that will guide the presentation.

 

___ / 3 points – Include timeline shown on page 33 of when Sumerian city-states first appeared. Section 4.2, Use maps to discuss the area in which they inhabited and the environmental features, key problems, climate and weather. (THIS WILL BE 2 SLIDES at least)

 

___ / 3 points – Section 4.3, why was there food shortages? Conditions that attributed to the shortages in food. Mentions Zagros and the migration to Sumer- both in Mesopotamia

 

___ / 3 points – Section 4.4, the water supply, why was it uncontrolled? Describe irrigation and levees and how they contributed to controlling the water supply.

 

___ / 3 points – Section 4.5 How did they build and maintain the water systems, silts effect on the water supply, how this control of the resources allowed the villages to become towns, and then cities.

 

___ / 3 points –Sections 4.6 and 4.7 Attacks, disputes and how they dealt with them. What were the disputes? Also, summarize the entire PowerPoint.

 

___ / 3 points – USE OTHER SOURCES OTHER THAN JUST THE BOOK. AT LEAST TWO. LIST THEM ON THE LAST SLIDE.

 

___ / 3 points – All group members contributing to the PowerPoint and the discussion of what will be included on the presentation.

 

___ / 3 points – Presentation, time used efficiently, effort and style, and originality.

 

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___ / 30 points