acmesopotamia

Cradle of Civilization, city-state, Code of Hammurabi, Fertile Crescent, Gigamesh, irrigate, Ishtar, Mesopotamia, scribe, Tigris and Euphrates, ziggurat, dispersion, Akkadians, Sumerians, stylus, cuneiform, polytheists, monotheists, Shinar, Nanna, humanists, Anu, bureaucracy, Babylonia, laws, promulgation, Ishtar, Marduk, Shamash, Canaan, Israel, nation-state, Baal, Amorites, Hittites, Kenites, Jebusites, nomads

Art:

Create a menu card for a Royal Mesopotamian meal. Include information card on evidence found about Ancient Mesopotamia food.

Copper relief based on the Babylonian style. Include information card with it in portfolio

Clay cuneiform tablet creation. Include information card about cuneiform and clay letters.

Examine architecture in Then and Now.

Create model of ziggurat using blocks. Take a picture and include an information card

Scrapbook page on Gate of Ishtar

Architectural analysis of the Hanging Gardens

Coloring sheet on Ancient Sumeria with information summary

Coloring sheet for Nebuchadnezzar (use as graphic with biography)

Coloring sheet on the Winged Bull with summary

Make queen's headdress and take a picture. Include it with an information card for your portfolio. (Pattern found on pg 61-62 of Ancient Egypt and Her Neighbors)

Ancient Mesopotamia Art Studies

Divider page for Mesopotamia section of portfolio

Timeline Characters/Events:

Sumerians, Gilgamesh, Ur-Nammu, Hammurabi, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Esau and Jacob, Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel, Esther, Ahasuerus, King Tiglath-Pileser I, Assurbanipal, Cyrus the Great, Nimrod, Tower of Babel, Shalmaneser, Sennacherib, Jews carried into captivity, Sargon, Darius, Medes, Xerxes

History:

Read History text on Ancient Mesopotamia and outline chapter

Write out questions in review and answer with complete sentences.

Study the different ancient cultures of Mesopotamia

Geography:

Complete map of Ancient Mesopotamia, including all land features, early civilizations, and major towns.

Trace on a map Abraham's journey

Science:

List contributions of Ancient Mesopotamia to the world.

Create a Sumerian Invention Wheel (elementary - pattern from Teacher Created Press - The Ancient World: The Sumerians)

Math Enrichment:

Math Sumerian style activity on pg 76-77 of Ancient Egypt and Her Neighbors

Games/Physical Education/Other:

Create game of Ur (pattern found in Milliken's Sumer and Babylonia) and make up rules on how to play. Include rules with game.

Culminating Activities:

Mesopotamia Test

Organize Notebook section on Ancient Mesopotamia (High school level)

Create Lap book (Elementary Level)

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