Download Mrs. Prescott`s 6th Grade World History Chapter 3 Mesopotamia

Mrs. Prescott’s 6th Grade World History Chapter 3 Mesopotamia
Vocabulary and assignments for Chapter 3
Complete all assignments in your history notebook. End of section questions MUST be answered in complete
sentences. This is not a final list—there may be more assignments in class, but it allows you to see the
shape of the unit.
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Ch.3.1 Geography and the Fertile Crescent Common Core Standard RH. 1 I can cite evidence to
support analysis of primary and secondary sources. CCSRH.4 I can understand vocabulary used in social studies.
Key idea: Rivers and new farming techniques supported growth of civ. pp54-57
fertile Crescent
silt
irrigation
canals
surplus
division of labor
End of sec. questions 1-2 all
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Ch. 3.2 pp. 60-64 Common Core Standard RH. 1 I can cite evidence to support analysis of primary and
secondary sources. CCSRH.4 I can understand vocabulary used in social studies.
CCS.RH.7 I can integrate visual information with print information.
Key idea: Sumerians dev. the first civ. in Mesopotamia.
Journal question—complete “If you were there” p. 60
rural
urban
city-state
Gilgamesh
Sargon
empire
polytheism
priests
social hierarchy
End of sec. questions
1b-c, 2b-c
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Ch.3.3 pages 65-71 Sumerian Achievements CCSRH.4 I can understand vocabulary used in social
studies.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of
the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions. Key idea: Sumerians made many inventions and advancements including the
development of writing.
Journal writing: Complete “If you were there” p. 65
Vocab.
cuneiform
pictographs
scribe
epics
architecture
ziggurat
Hunter-gatherers
End of sec. questions: 1b-c, 2a-b, 3a-b
Read pp. 70-71 from THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH
Answer Connecting Lit. to History #1-2 on page. 71 in complete sentences.
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Ch.3.4 pages 72-77 Later People of the Fertile Crescent
CCSRH.4 I can understand vocabulary used in social studies.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of
the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions. Key idea:
Key idea: After the Sumerians, Babylonians and others ruled parts of the Fertile Crescent.
Monarch
Hammurabi’s Code
Chariot
Nebuchadnezzar
alphabet
End of sec. questions
1-3 all
Interpreting Physical Maps p. 78
Answer questions #1-3
Chapter Review pp. 79-80
#1-8
Use complete sentences for the following:
9c, 10b, 11a, 12a-c, 13