Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 5, Lesson 3: Starting Cities (pp. 135-141)
I. A City on the Plain
B. Irrigation allowed farmers to control water and the surplus of food.
II. Features of a City
B. As labor began to get more specialized, many different kinds of jobs were created.
C. Cities developed different social groups, with some people richer and more powerful than others.
D. People in cities were able to develop long-distance trade.
B. Many early civilizations around the world grew up near river valleys.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. At the city of Ur, people began to dig canals from the riverbeds to irrigate--supply water to--their fields.
A. In cities, people learned to get organized, by leaders, to work together.
III. An Early Civilization
A. A civilization is complex society with a stable food supply, specialization of labor, a system of government, social levels, and a highly developed culture.
Back to Lesson at a Glance
Copyright © 1997 Houghton Mifflin Company. All Rights Reserved.