Mesopotamia

Back to 6th Social Studies Back to 2010-2011

History of Our World Chapter 2 p. 28-60
 * Book Resources:**

[|Overview of Mesopotamia Video] [|Hammurabi's Code Lesson Plans] [|Homemade Clay Website] [|Mesopotamia Lesson Plans] [|Cuneiform Translation Website]
 * Websites/Videos/Etc:**

[|Wk12- Fertile Crescent.odt] [|Wk13- Sumer,Babylonia,Assyria.odt] [|Wk14- Israelites.odt] [|Wk15- Ch 2 Test.odt]
 * Weekly Schedules:**

//A Day in the Life of a Scribe// Students spend one class period experiencing a taste of what it would've been like to be a scribe. They will have translated their names into cuneiform in a previous lesson. They each receive a small slab of fresh clay and must write their name in cuneiform using only a wooden stylus.
 * Projects:**

[|Sumer Quiz.odt] [|Ch. 2 Test.odt] [|Fertile_Crescent_Map_for_Test.ppt]
 * Tests & Quizzes:**

[|Ch1 Sec1-Notes.odt] [|Notes Outline p.33-35.odt] [|Cuneiform alphabet example.odt] [|Babylonia Civ. Element Chart.odt] [|Assyria Civ. Element Chart.odt] [|Phoenicia Civ. Element Chart.odt] [|Israelites Civ. Element Chart.odt] [|Communication Activity.ppt] [|Cuneiform Examples.doc] [|Hammurabi's Code activity.doc] [|Hammurabi's Code.ppt] [|Intro to the Fertile Crescent.ppt] [|Sumerian Religion.ppt] [|The Israelites.ppt] [|Judaism.ppt]
 * Other Worksheets/Resources/Etc:**