December 18, 2009
Bell Ringer
- Name four natural resources found along the Nile River.
- What are the Black Lands?
- What are the Red Lands?
Happy Holidays
- Christmas Traditions
- Today you will be visiting Web sites about Christmas in foreign countries
- Post a comment about what you learned about different Christmas traditions
- When you have finished
December 16, 2009
Bell Ringer
- What was the river that gave life to Egypt?
- What were kings and queens called in Ancient Egypt?
Essential Questions
- Examine the dynamics of the Nile River Valley.
- Explore the natural resources found in Egypt and use graphing coordinates to find their location.
Process
- Vocabulary
- Cataract
- large waterfall; strong flood or rush of water
- Delta
- a plain at the mouth of a river; formed when sediment is deposited by flowing water
- Silt
- fine soil found on river bottoms
- Nile River
- world’s longest river; flows north; floods every year
- Geography of Egypt
- Facts about the Nile River
Extension
December 14, 2009
Bell Ringer
- What do you know about Ancient Egypt?
Process
- Review Mesopotamia Test
- Use Google Earth to locate Egypt.
- Watch a video
Extension
December 7, 2009
Bell Ringer
- How did Mesopotamia pave the way for later civilizations?
Process
- Review game for Mesopotamia test
- Break
- Cuneiform video
Homework
- Study for test
- Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
December 3, 2009
Bell Ringer
- What were some of the major achievements from Mesopotamia?
- How did the sea power of the Phoenicians help spread civilization throughout the Mediterranean area?
- What is the difference between Cuneiform and the Phoenician Alphabet?
Unit Essential Question
- How did Mesopotamia pave the way for later civilizations?
Process
- Return “Letter to the Editor”
- Mesopotamia video
- Time Warp Video
- Review Vocab
Homework
- Mesopotamia test will be on Wednesday 12/9 & Thursday 12/10
December 1, 2009
Bell Ringer
- What were the two major achievements from King Hammurabi?
- Why is it important to have laws in society?
Unit Essential Question
- How did Mesopotamia pave the way for later civilizations?
Essential Questions
- What are the major achievements and how did they impact future civilizations?
- What is the difference between Cuneiform and the Phoenician Alphabet?
- What were the major religious beliefs of ancient Mesopotamia?
- How did the sea power of the Phoenicians help spread civilization throughout the Mediterranean area?
Process
- Vocab
- Review Vocabulary Quiz
- Introduce new vocabulary
- Inventions
- Alphabet
- Trade
- Israelites
- Location
November 23, 2009
Bell Ringer
- What were the two most important empires in Mesopotamia?
- Compare Babylonians to Assyrians.
Unit Essential Question
- How did Mesopotamia pave the way for later civilizations?
Essential Questions
- What were some achievements of King Hammurabi?
- Understand why the need arose for laws to govern society.
Process
- Vocabulary Quiz
- King Hammurabi
- Code of Laws Activity
- Use your groups
- 1 minute for each law
- After all are complete share Hammurabi’s judgements
- Review King Hammurabi’s Code of Laws
- Pull out your clay tablets — or paper — to write a letter to the editor of the Babylonian Times.
- In the letter, you must clearly state the code number you are discussing and what the law states, your opinion of the code, and why you feel that way.
- If you disagree with the code, you should offer suggestions for Hammurabi to consider.
November 19, 2009
Bell Ringer
- What four modern day countries make up Ancient Mesopotamia?
- What was the name of the two rivers that helped Mesopotamia thrive?
- What is the world’s first known written language?
Unit Essential Question
- How did Mesopotamia pave the way for later civilizations?
Essential Questions
- What were the two most important empires in Mesopotamia?
- What characterized the Babylonian and Assyrian empires?
- How was Babylonia able to rise again from defeat?
- What were some achievements of King Hammurabi?
Process
- Vocabulary
- Babylon
- Assyria
- King Hammurabi
Extension
- British Museum
- You read the story
- Then explore what you read
- Take the challenge (game)
November 17, 2009
Bell Ringer
- How was irrigation a good thing for Mesopotamia and also a problem?
- What is a city-state?
Essential Questions
- What four modern day countries make up Ancient Mesopotamia?
- What were the first cities in Sumer like?
- How did the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers support agriculture?
- What was the world’s first known written language?
Process
- Fertile Crescent
- Written Language
November 13, 2009
Bell Ringer
- What do you think you know about Mesopotamia?
Process
- Review QCBA
- Preview Vocabulary for Mesopotamia
- Scribe
- Fertile Crescent
- region in Southwest Asia; site of the first civilizations
- City-state
- city that is also a separate, independent state
- Polytheism
- Monotheism
- Myth
- traditional story; in some cultures, a legend that explain’s people’s beliefs
- Video
- Ancient Mesopotamia for Children
- How did the need for cooperation to control flooding and irrigate crops lead to the development of civilization in Sumer?
- How did this affect the people?
- What kinds of specialized jobs were created?
- What is a ziggurat?
- What are some of the reasons for the decline of Sumer?
