We set up our new E.Q. page with a definition of "Civilized" and discussion and then the question: "Were urban cultures civilized?" with more discussion. See a reliable classmate for this set up. Also, be mindful that we have now covered that technically, according the the original definition of "civilized" urban cultures ARE, indeed, the very definition of the word...HOWEVER, the term has taken on a positive connotation and "uncivilized" a negative connotation as a result of how those terms have been used to label and categorize societies. The assignment in our E.Q. notes (and later writing), therefore, is to assess carefully each of our case studies for aspects that are advanced and moral as well as aspects that are not advanced or moral. (Humans and their cultures are complex.) Next, collaborate to pull E.Q.-relevant information about the Urban Jews into the two E.Q. columns (yes/+ and no/-). We then finished discussing and color-coding the rest of the Outline of Popular Details packet. A trends note page for early Mesopotamian urban cultures was distributed to use on the reading uploaded into the stream of Google Classroom -- work on this for ~15 minutes -- we'll finish the rest in class tomorrow.
