Directions: In partners or small groups, share and compare your sequence of events activity with your classmates. Your goal in this share and compare activity is to find commonalities and

differences between what you felt was most important in the development and progression of populations, governments, regions, and countries in North Africa and Southwest Asia, and what

others found to be most important. Use the questions below to guide your thinking.

1. Were there any major or important events that are clearly on both yours and someone else’s
2. sequence of events chart? Which event(s) were these? Why do you think they are on both charts?
3. Were there any major or important events that were on one sequence of events chart but not the other? Which event(s) were these? Why do you think this occurred?
4. Are there any keywords or terms related to the standard and topic of this lesson that are consistently found throughout one or both of your sequence of events charts? How do these words relate to the subject and purpose of this learning activity?
5. What could this person have added to their chart to make it more detailed, specific, or to show
6. their understanding of the resources and content better? What could be added to your sequence of events chart to improve it in the same way?