Grade/Course



Grade: 6

Unit: India – Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro Day 40, Pacing Guide 5/2003

VSC Standards: Geography 3.C.a: Explain how the development of transportation and communication networks influenced the movement of people, goods and ideas (along the Indus River), Economics 4.2.b.: Explain how available resources affected specialization and trade in ancient India, Economics 4.2.c.: Explain how trade contributes to economic growth, Political Science 1.A.1: Identify the necessity and purpose of government, Peoples of the Nations and World 2.A.1.: Describe characteristics that are used to organize people into cultures.

Technology Connection:







Concept: Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa

Text/Instructional Materials: AMAD Pgs 225-228, teacher made Clay Seal examples,

Student Outcome: Students describe what artifacts can tell us about daily life in Mohenjo-Daro and describe the nature and purposes of government and the connection between government and religion in Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa. Students will explain the economic interdependence between Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa.

|Purpose |Activity |Suggested |

| | |Time |

|Anticipatory Set |Show a clay Harappa Seal and explain that it was found in an archaeological dig in |5 min. |

|Communicate Outcomes |Mesopotamia. | |

|Demonstration | | |

| |Pose the question, What does this Indian artifact tell us about this civilization?” | |

| |(animals – warm environment, written language, Indians traded with Mesopotamians, | |

| |had an identification system similar to cylinder seals and present day credit | |

| |cards.) | |

|Introduce new concept(s), content or skills |Read about the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro in AMAD p. 225-228, making sure to|15 min. |

|Lecture |cover everything you want on the map below. | |

|Reading | | |

| |Talk about the evidence of government: (Some group planned: straight streets, | |

| |artifacts in common, standardized weights and bricks showing nature and purpose of | |

| |government as evidenced by the standardization and similarity of city designs, Great| |

| |Bath in the central part of city for religious purposes, concern for common good as | |

| |shown by underground sewers and grain storage, specialization of jobs showing a | |

| |level of civilization, evidence of math and engineering as shown in ability to make | |

| |same size bricks and two-story houses, etc.) | |

|Guided practice and making connections with |Make a map of Harappa or Mohenjo-Daro (noting that both cities were set up in a |30 min. |

|teacher feedback |similar manner) – What does this tell us? | |

| |Justify everything in your map: standardized bricks, underground sewers, large | |

| |grain storage, citadel in center of city with bath and wall around it, two-story | |

| |houses, govt. buildings and shops (describe kinds) and standardized weights. | |

| |Analysis: Include a key, which tells what each feature on the map indicates about | |

| |the people who lived there. Example: straight streets, knew math, citadel – | |

| |organized government, evidence of protection strategies (army), two-story home – | |

| |good engineers, etc. | |

|Assessment of Proficiency |Class discussion: Pose the questions – |20 min. |

|Re-teaching as necessary |What specialized jobs had developed to help create Harappan civilization? | |

|Teacher observation |How might historians have concluded that there was taxation in Harappa and | |

| |Mohenjo-Daro? | |

| |What evidence can you find to conclude that Harappan civilization had a strong | |

| |central govt? | |

| |What evidence suggests that religion was important in Mohenjo-Daro?. | |

|Closure |Journal Write: Students describe the contents of a time capsule from Mohenjo-Daro or|15 min. |

|Relevance to outcome |Harappa. Each artifact is analyzed for what it tells us about the sophistication of| |

|Relevance to past and future learning |the people and their relationship with their physical environment. And their | |

| |economic interdependence with other cities along the river. Look at page p. 226-227| |

| |in AMAD for ideas of what to put in the capsule | |

What do you Need on your Harappa Map?

• Label everything !!!!!

• Include each artifact on the key with an explanation of what it tells us about Harappans!!!!

1. Title – Harappa or Mohenjo-Daro and a compass rose.

2. Great Bath

3. Straight streets

4. Sewers

5. Surplus Storage Bin

6. Two specialized shops – labeled

ex: potter, weaver, brick maker

7. Government Building

8. Citadel with wall around it (west side)

9. Indus River

10. 2 Story House

Harappa or Mohenjo-Daro Map Rubric

| |Awesome = 4 |Acceptable = 3 |Not Acceptable = 2 |

|Title & Compass Rose |Title is spelled accurately and |Title is spelled accurately and |Title is not correctly spelled |

| |creatively displayed & compass |attractively colored & compass |and/or compass rose is missing. |

| |rose is included |rose is included | |

|Artifacts |All artifacts are included and |All artifacts are included and |Some artifacts are missing and/or |

| |creatively displayed |neatly colored |not neatly colored |

|Labeled |More artifacts are included than|All necessary artifacts are |Some artifacts are missing and/or |

| |was required, all neatly |included, labeled and neat. |not labeled. |

| |labeled. | | |

|Key |All artifacts have an excellent |All artifacts have an adequate |Some artifacts are missing an |

| |explanation of what they show us|explanation of what they tell us|explanation or include poor |

| |about these ancient peoples |about these ancient peoples. |explanations. |

|Overall effort |Map shows an excellent |Map shows a good understanding |Map does not show a clear |

| |understanding of how Harappa |of how Harappa was set up, what |understanding of Harappa, with less |

| |was set up and what information|information we have gained from |effort than was required. |

| |we gain from these artifacts, |artifacts with required effort. | |

| |with more effort than was | | |

| |required. | | |

|Total points | | | |

|Your grade | | | |

18- 20 = A Awesome

16-17 = B Admirable

14-15 = C Acceptable

12-13 = D Less than Acceptable

11 under = E

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