1. Tuesday, January
8, 2013
Read the two
paragraphs on page 48
of your social studies
book.
Write a brief summary of
what you read.

2. What should be in a
summary?
In Social Studies, your
summary should consist of
three parts:
Part 1 is a main idea.
Parts 2 and 3 are two details
which support the main idea.

3. Summary Examples
Low Quality High Quality
 Hammurabi’s  Snails made people
empire rose and fell. of the Mediterranean
coastal city of Tyre
The snails near Tyre rich. The snails
were not ordinary. produced a purple
The profits made dye which was used
Tyre wealthy. to dye cloth. The
cloth was sold to the
wealthy for a great
profit.

4. Key Terms
 alphabet A set of

symbols
that
represent
the sounds
of a
language

5. Open your social studies
book
Page 48

6. Questions During Reading:
Page 49
 What resources did the Phoenicians
first use to build their wealth?
 Why do you think the Phoenicians
looked to foreign lands and sea trade
to develop their wealth?
 How did the sea power of the
Phoenicians help spread civilization?

7. Questions During Reading:
Page 49
1. What resources did 1. The Phoenicians used
the Phoenicians wood and dye from
first use to build snails to build their
their wealth? wealth.
2. Why do you think
the Phoenicians 2. They had limited
looked to foreign resources, so they took
lands and sea trade advantage of their
to develop their geographic location to
wealth? expand their resources
3. How did the sea through trade.
power of the 3. As the Phoenicians
Phoenicians help traveled across the
spread civilization? world, they could spread
ideas of civilization to

8. Questions During Reading: Map
 Look at the map on page 49.
 Name a city in Phoenicia and the
trading center that is farthest west of
the city.
 Use your finger to trace a route
between the two points.
 How did the Phoencians control the
sea trade far from Phoencia?

9. Questions During Reading: Map
 Name a city in 1. Sidon or Tyre
Phoenicia and the
trading center that is 2. The Phoenicians
farthest west of the city. were able to
Use your finger to trace control the sea
a route between the trade by
two points. establishing trading
 How did the centers along the
Phoencians control the coasts of distant
sea trade far from places and
Phoencia?
spreading stories
of the horrors
facing sailors in the
Atlantic Ocean.

10. Questions During Reading:
Page 50
 How did the Phoenician alphabet
spread throughout the ancient
world?
 Which letters in the Phoenician
alphabet seem similar to the
letters in our alphabet?
 How did the Phoenician alphabet
affect other civilizations?

11. Questions During Reading:
Page 50
 How did the 1. Sea trade
Phoenician alphabet 2. A,D,E,H,L,M,O,Q,
spread throughout
the ancient world? T
 Which letters in the 3. Other civilizations
Phoenician alphabet used the alphabet
seem similar to the as the basis for
letters in our their
alphabet? alphabets, which
 How did the are used in many
Phoenician alphabet languages today.
affect other
civilizations?

12. Phoenician Assessment
 Using what you learned earlier about
summarizing, write two summaries about what
we covered in class today.
1. Summarize Phoenician Sea Power (Pages 49-
50)
2. Summarize The Phoenician Alphabet (Page 50)
 Remember that summaries should have a main
idea and two supporting details.