What cycles occur in nature?
Read “Before the Mummies.” What climate cycles does it describe? Make a visual representation of the cycles, and as you do, think of the visual as something that could accompany the article to help Saudi Aramco World’s readers better see and understand the climate cycles the article describes. Write a headline and a caption for your visual. For models, look at a newspaper like USA Today or The Wall Street Journal, or a news magazine like Time or Newsweek. Display the different visuals around the classroom. Discuss how they’re similar to and different from each other. What were some of the effects of the climate cycles described in “Before the Mummies”? A graphic organizer can help you think about effects, too. Make a web. At the center, put “Climate Cycles.” Then make a branch for each of the following: People, Animals, Plants, Land and Water. Fill in how the climate cycles affected each of them. You’ll want to do this with other students, so you can get each other thinking. When you’v
