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Plan  Tests
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 Book  Game
 Extra Credit |
| ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Indiana
Jones Meets Reality Adventure Into Archaeology |
| BABYLON |
Far Reaching
Trade  Trade and Transport
Trade in Babylon |
| History of Plumbing |
| CIVILIZATION |
| Civilization
Chart |
| Timelines of Ancient
Civilizations |
Early
River Civilizations Layered Curriculum
3 pages of projects worth varying points
If link doesn't work, here's the back door. Click World History.
Click on Early River Civilizations Layered Curriculum. |
| Early
Civilizations chart showing A Timetable of the Emergence of the First Civilizations |
| CUNEIFORM |
| Cuneiform Tablet Picture |
| Development of Writing |
| FLOOD STORIES |
| Myths of the
Flood |
| Ballard
& the Black Sea: Search for Noah's Flood 7000 years ago. Mediterranean Sea
floods with ice-age run off. Fills Black Sea with salt water. Black Sea rises
6" a day. Creates flood myths over the world. |
| HAMMURABI |
| You Be
the Judge: Hammurabi's Code |
| LITERATURE |
| Proverbs from Sumer |
| MAP |
| Mesopotamian
Map |
| Natural Resources Map of
Mesopotamia |
| MESOPOTAMIA |
| Accessing Women's Lives in
Mesopotamia Read the following excerpts gleaned from Mesopotamian cuneiform
tablets and artifacts. Then find the sentence, phrase or idea that shows information about
women's lives. |
| Ancient
Mesopotamia Short article and 5 questions |
 Ancient
Mesopotamia Jeopardy |
| Mesopotamia:
Cause and Effect 2 pages |
| Mesopotamian Gender Roles
Venn Diagram |
| Test
Mesopotamia |
| Ancient
Mesopotamia Geography, Religion, Clothing, Trade & Commerce, Achievements.
Activities for each topic. |
| Ancient Mesopotamia Teacher
Resource File |
| Map of Mesopotamia |
| Mesopotamia |
| Mesopotamian
Timeline |
| Note Taking Page for
Mesopotamia |
| Architectural Marvels of
Ancient Mesopotamia |
| Medicine
in Ancient Mesopotamia |
| NIPPUR |
| Learning From an Ancient
Nippur Map Nippur Map |
| RELIGION |
| Sumerian
Gods and Goddesses |
| SARGON |
| Biography
of King Sargon of Akkad |
| Legend of Sargon 2300 B.C.
30 lines |
| Sargon
the Great SARGON OF AKKAD was an
ancient Mesopotamian ruler who reigned approximately 2334-2279 BC, and was one of
the earliest of the world's great empire builders, conquering all of southern Mesopotamia
as well as parts of Syria, Anatolia, and Elam (western Iran). |
| STANDARD OF UR |
| Standard of Ur Detail
man with fish |
| Standard of Ur Peace Panel |
| Standard of Ur War
Panel |
| SUMER |
| Notes
on Sumer Information from Development of humans to end of Hammurabi |
| Early Sumerian Warfare
Good pictures. |
| TIMELINE |
| TimeLine
Mesopotamia Labels |
| UR |
| Explore
the Land of Ur Clickable map, Time line, and the diagram of wealthy Sumerian's
house. |
| Royal Tombs of Ur |
| Treasures
From the Tombs of UR |
| ZIGGURATS |
 Ekur, the Ziggurat of
Enlil at Nippur |
| Explore the Ziggurat |
| The Ziggurats |
| Ziggurat Story |
| Build a Ziggurat |
| EXTRA CREDIT |
| 3-D ZIGGURATS. In cooperative groups, students create
ziggurat replicas using either sugar cubes, milk cartons, or styrofoam. |
| CARVED CUNEIFORM IN CLAY. After presenting a cuneiform lesson
and providing a cuneiform reference sheet, the student creates a clay tablet with
cuneiform inscriptions that must be decipherable.C |
| CITY-STATE CREATION.
Using posterboard and colored pencils, the student designs a Sumerian city-state based on
the description in the textbook. Items that should be on the map include: a title, compass
rose, scale of miles, legend, a ziggurat, city wall, farmland, irrigation system, narrow
winding streets, government buildings, courtyards, and homes of the different social
classes. |
| Code of Laws 282 of
Hammurabi's laws Choose one and write in common language. |
| Mesopotamian and Modern
Education Comparison: Venn Diagram |
| Mesopotamian Gender Roles
Venn Diagram |
| NEWSPAPER CREATION. The student will have to design a front
page of a modern-day newspaper using ancient Mesopotamian content. Items that should be on
the front page include a mast, a date line, a byline, a wire service, a cut,a
cutline, and two articles relating to ancient Mesopotamia. |
| WEBPAGE CREATION. The student creates a webpage of ancient
Mesopotamia to demonstrate his/her knowledge of the area. After all, that is the objective
of the course in which I created this webpage. |
Atlas of World
History pp. 10-11
Terms to Learn
