December 5th
Warm Up:
Word search
Some of the words might be unfamiliar cradle, crescent,scribe, ziggurat, cuneiform. We will use pictures to familiarize ourselves with the terms. Label each picture with one of the words from the word search
Copy the text in your notebook while substituting the pictures for the correct words.
Essential Question: How were the Mesopotamian civilizations the same and different?
Listen to the song and answer these questions:
1. Who defeated the Sumerians?
2. What is Cunieform?
3. Who was Sargon?
4. What did the Akkadians start?
5. Who was Hammurabi?
Discovery education: A series of Empires(listening to read aloud)Create a timeline of the Mesopotamian civilizations
Timeline of Mesopotamian civilization
Mesopotamia
Warm Up:
Word search
Some of the words might be unfamiliar cradle, crescent,scribe, ziggurat, cuneiform. We will use pictures to familiarize ourselves with the terms. Label each picture with one of the words from the word search
Copy the text in your notebook while substituting the pictures for the correct words.
Essential Question: How were the Mesopotamian civilizations the same and different?
Listen to the song and answer these questions:
1. Who defeated the Sumerians?
2. What is Cunieform?
3. Who was Sargon?
4. What did the Akkadians start?
5. Who was Hammurabi?
Discovery education: A series of Empires(listening to read aloud)Create a timeline of the Mesopotamian civilizations
Timeline of Mesopotamian civilization
Mesopotamia
December 4th Warm Up: 1. Why did M build irrigation canals? a. to prevent flooding and to increase farming b. to control the water so people can wash their clothes c. to control the surplus d. to control the low river level 2. Why did the M civilizations develop along the two river? a. the rivers aided in the getting new territories b. the rivers provided power for industries c. the river valleys provided areas for recreation d. the rivers provided a source of fresh water and good farmland |
3. Which feature was most important for the development of the river valley civilizations? a. fertile soil from the rivers b. high mountains c. vast deserts d. smooth coastlines 4. High crops yields in M contributed most directly to the development of what? a.metal tools c.a division of labor b.irrigation d.a network of roads 5. Mesopotamian invented the wheel and writing. Which one is more important contribution to us? Defend your answer with three reasons. |
Homework on the desk for collection.
Please use the map on the board to label the locations on the Map of Mesopotamia.
Color the bodies of water-blue; mountains-brown; land-green; Mesopotamia-orange
Essential Question: How were the Mesopotamian civilizations the same and different?
Vocabulary words:cradle, crescent,scribe, ziggurat, cuneiform
Picture dictionary activity; label each picture,
Define the new vocabulary words:partner work, based on the picture
Please use the map on the board to label the locations on the Map of Mesopotamia.
Color the bodies of water-blue; mountains-brown; land-green; Mesopotamia-orange
Essential Question: How were the Mesopotamian civilizations the same and different?
Vocabulary words:cradle, crescent,scribe, ziggurat, cuneiform
Picture dictionary activity; label each picture,
Define the new vocabulary words:partner work, based on the picture
December 3rd
Warm Up: If an archaeologist five hundred years from now found a penny, would they have enough information from it to claim us a civilization? Justify your reasoning. Ancient civilizations Visual history |
Essential Question: Was Sumer a civilization? Justify your answer.
Vocabulary words: empire, trade
Video on Ancient Sumer
Video on Akkadian Empire
Video on Babylonian Empire
Video on Neo-Babylonian Empire
Video on Cradle of civilizations
HW: Reading comprehension
Reflection: How do we learn about peoples' life in the past?
Vocabulary words: empire, trade
Video on Ancient Sumer
Video on Akkadian Empire
Video on Babylonian Empire
Video on Neo-Babylonian Empire
Video on Cradle of civilizations
HW: Reading comprehension
Reflection: How do we learn about peoples' life in the past?
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December 2nd
Warm Up:
1. What does Mesopotamia mean?
2. What was the name of the first civilization?
3. Why did people settle down around Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
4. How did people irrigate the dry land and make it good for farming?
Geography of Mesopotamia-worksheet
Using this MAP(click on
the word) label the locations on your map.
Essential Question: Was Sumer a civilization? Justify your answer.
A civilization is a society with cities, a central government, workers who specialize in certain jobs leading to social classes, that has religion, writing and art and architecture.
There is no civilization without agriculture-societies need a stable food supply before they can develop.
A civilization is made of many parts. We will use the acronym G.R.A.P.E.S to remember them
GEOGRAPHY:Where is the civilization?What sort of crops do they grow?What natural resources do they have?
RELIGION:What do people believe in? How do their believes affect their lives?
ACHIEVEMENTS: What did they contribute to the world? What did they invent? What did they build(architecture)?
POLITICS: What is their government like? Who made the decisions in the society?
ECONOMY: How did the society distribute their resources? Did they trade or use money? What did they sell or trade? What did they need to get from outside of their civilization?
SOCIAL STRUCTURES: What were their social class systems? Who was considered more important in their society? What was their art, music, recreation like?
Watch the video for answers the questions.
Achieve 3000/ Mailbox/"Are those words?"
Homework:
Reflection:
December 1st
Warm up: Log in and get to my website. Click on the Padlet link and answer the question by double clicking anywhere on the page.
Essential Question: How did the geography of the region affect the development of the city-states and the Mesopotamian civilizations?
Vocabulary words:complex, maintain, dispute, irrigation, city-state , Mesopotamia, silt, fertile
Using the characteristics of civilization, break down the acronym GRAPE. Make a list of questions that we need to answer to learn about each civilization
Pretest
Answer sheet
Warm Up:
1. What does Mesopotamia mean?
2. What was the name of the first civilization?
3. Why did people settle down around Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
4. How did people irrigate the dry land and make it good for farming?
Geography of Mesopotamia-worksheet
Using this MAP(click on
the word) label the locations on your map.
Essential Question: Was Sumer a civilization? Justify your answer.
A civilization is a society with cities, a central government, workers who specialize in certain jobs leading to social classes, that has religion, writing and art and architecture.
There is no civilization without agriculture-societies need a stable food supply before they can develop.
A civilization is made of many parts. We will use the acronym G.R.A.P.E.S to remember them
GEOGRAPHY:Where is the civilization?What sort of crops do they grow?What natural resources do they have?
RELIGION:What do people believe in? How do their believes affect their lives?
ACHIEVEMENTS: What did they contribute to the world? What did they invent? What did they build(architecture)?
POLITICS: What is their government like? Who made the decisions in the society?
ECONOMY: How did the society distribute their resources? Did they trade or use money? What did they sell or trade? What did they need to get from outside of their civilization?
SOCIAL STRUCTURES: What were their social class systems? Who was considered more important in their society? What was their art, music, recreation like?
Watch the video for answers the questions.
Achieve 3000/ Mailbox/"Are those words?"
Homework:
Reflection:
December 1st
Warm up: Log in and get to my website. Click on the Padlet link and answer the question by double clicking anywhere on the page.
Essential Question: How did the geography of the region affect the development of the city-states and the Mesopotamian civilizations?
Vocabulary words:complex, maintain, dispute, irrigation, city-state , Mesopotamia, silt, fertile
Using the characteristics of civilization, break down the acronym GRAPE. Make a list of questions that we need to answer to learn about each civilization
Pretest
Answer sheet
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