Download Extra Credit Assignments for Ancient Mesopotamia

Extra Credit Assignments for Ancient Mesopotamia
1. We have been discussing the building of homes with mud bricks.
 Can you make a mud brick? Is it possible to make a small model of a home
out of home made mud bricks?
 Does anyone still use mud brick today? Do a google search (building mud
brick homes, or mud brick homes today) Do a power point on what you learn!
2. Learn about the food of Ancient Mesopotamia…do a report on what you learn
Use this site http://library.thinkquest.org/C005446/frame.html
3. Learn about the gods and goddesses of Sumer…Explain what you have learned.
Consult these two sites: http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/home_set.html
http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/gods.html
4. Trade was central to ancient societies. Learn about this through an interactive
game called “a Tale of Three Merchants.”
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/trade/story/sto_set.html
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/trade/explore/exp_set.html
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/trade/challenge/cha_set.html