Choice Activities Project Directions |
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Lesson 3-1: Geography |
Textbook Chapters |
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Check out this useful website: The Land between the Rivers
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Lesson 3-2: The First Civilization
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TIMELINE of
Important Events |
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Lesson 3-3: Life in Sumer
Daily Life in Mesopotamia--Read about daily life & social structure!
Cuneiform Writing |
Online TranslatorType some words and see what
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Change Over Time
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This video explores the concept of change over time. It uses Mesopotamian history to show that different groups of people can take control of the same area of land at different times in history. There is a section about King Hammurabi of Babylon at 3:50.
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Lesson 4-1
Hammurabi |
Video about Hammurabi's Code and its place in the history of laws.
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Vocabulary
Extension Activities
- Dig Into History: Mesopotamia Interactive Click on this link to go to an interactive site where you can "dig" for Mesopotamian artifacts and then create a museum exhibition using the artifacts you found!
- Learn about Life in Mesopotamia at this site.
- Learn about Cuneiform This link will show you what the first writing, cuneiform, looked like. You can also explore what it was like to be a scribe at that time and find out how the pictures have changed over time.
- Read the story of King Gilgamesh and his fight against the terrible monster Humbaba.
- Complete an online crossword puzzle for this chapter.
- Check out what was happening on "This Day in History" on the History Channel website.