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LESSON-AT-A-GLANCE
Lesson Title: SUMERIAN GEOGRAPHY and GOVERNMENT
Essential Question:
Do our laws limit revenge?
Key Content Knowledge and Skills: Learning Goal(s):
8.10.3 SWBAT define the five characteristics of a civilization.
SWBAT identify the location of the Fertile Crescent.
8.10.4 P- Describe how the earliest civilizations arose in Mesopotamia, organized governments
and established the world’s first empires
Key Thinking Strategies: Learning Goal(s):
Key Lifelong Learning Behaviors: Learning Goal(s):
Prior Knowledge:
 Identify Africa as the continent where humans originated.
 Explain the origins of early human beings.
 Trace the spread of humans throughout the world and analyze the impetus for human
migration.
 Compare and contrast the technological and artistic achievements of the Paleolithic Age
and the Neolithic Age.
 8.10.2 E-Trace the development of agriculture and evaluate its effect on the
establishment of civilizations
Interdisciplinary Connections (Optional):
Critical Resources/Teacher Preparation:
Estimated Time for Lesson: 2 Days
LESSON DEVELOPMENT
I.
Lesson Agenda
1. Activator: Use pg. 30 of your textbook to draw on your map of the Middle
East the Fertile Crescent.
2. (For my class- Why isn’t the Paleolithic Age a civilization?)
3. “P” and “E” of Mesopotamia- True or False Lesson
4. Justice vs. Revenge
5. Summarizer
6. HW: Fill in the P and E of the RESPECT chart and Fact and Opinion PreAssessment
III.
Lesson Description
1. Activator: Have them use their old map of the Middle East they created.
Using pg. 30 in the book they should do the following:
a. Draw the Fertile Crescent in Green
b. Draw Sumer in Purple
c. Label the following cities: Uruk, Ur, Lagash, Umma, Kish, and Babylon
d. What modern day countries does the Fertile Crescent cover?
2. Whiteboard Review of the “P” and “E”. Give them about five minutes to
review and read over their notes. Then, answer the questions on the PPT
slides about the Politics and Economics of Mesopotamia. Have them write
T and F for each statement. As a class, brainstorm a summarizer for their
Cornell Notes about the “P” and the “E” and add it.
3. Justice and Revenge- Introduction to Hammurabi’s Code. Have students
read pg. 33- law 196 and then read the story from the bible “The Rape of
Dinah”. Which one seems more like justice and which seems more like
revenge? At the end discuss and decide what is the rule of thumb is for
Hammurabi’s Code (An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth). Have students
adjust the definition though by reading 196, 198, and 199 on pg. 30- law
depends on social class) See worksheet
4. Summarizer:
A. In your own words, what is a city-state?
B. How did the city-states act towards each other?
C. How did people in Mesopotamia earn a living?
D. What would the law be for the following crime under Hammurabi’s
Code? (Assume that the people are from the same social class) A man
stole 40 chickens and broke the fence of his neighbor. What would the
punishment be?
b. Formative/Summative Assessment: What will be the evidence/student
demonstration of achieving the learning goal?
- worksheet on justice and revenge
-Summarizer
-HW
c. Summarizer
5. -Ticket out- A. In your own words, what is a city-state?
B. How did the city-states act towards each other?
C. How did people in Mesopotamia earn a living?
D. What would the law be for the following crime under Hammurabi’s
Code? (Assume that the people are from the same social class) A man
stole 40 chickens and broke the fence of his neighbor. What would the
punishment be?
d. Homework/Practice
1. Fill out P and E of RESPECT
Cristo Rey Network Lesson Design Template
LESSON-AT-A-GLANCE
Lesson Title: The “R” and “E” and “T” of Mesopotamia
Essential Question:
Where did we come from and where are we going?
Key Content Knowledge and Skills: Learning Goal(s):
 8.10.7 T- Explain how technological changes affected early civilization (e.g., tools,
communication, transportation, wheels, geometry, number system, units of measure,
cuneiform)
 8.10.5 E- Identify forms of education in Mesopotamia and explain who had access to it
 8.10.1 R- Define polytheism and its role in early civilizations
Key Thinking Strategies: Learning Goal(s):
Key Lifelong Learning Behaviors: Learning Goal(s):
Prior Knowledge:
 Identify Africa as the continent where humans originated.
 Explain the origins of early human beings.
 Trace the spread of humans throughout the world and analyze the impetus for human
migration.
 Compare and contrast the technological and artistic achievements of the Paleolithic Age
and the Neolithic Age.
 8.10.2 E-Trace the development of agriculture and evaluate its effect on the
establishment of civilizations
 8.10.3 SWBAT define the five characteristics of a civilization.
 SWBAT label a map of the Middle East.
 SWBAT identify the location of the Fertile Crescent.
 8.10.3 SWBAT define the five characteristics of a civilization.
 SWBAT label a map of the Middle East.
 SWBAT identify the location of the Fertile Crescent.
 8.10.3 SWBAT define the five characteristics of a civilization.
 SWBAT identify the location of the Fertile Crescent.

8.10.4 P- Describe how the earliest civilizations arose in Mesopotamia, organized
governments and established the world’s first empires
Interdisciplinary Connections (Optional):
Critical Resources/Teacher Preparation:
Estimated Time for Lesson: 1 Day
LESSON DEVELOPMENT
II.
Lesson Agenda
1. Activator: Name the different countries. Summarize the philosophy of
Hammurabi’s Code. Who was treated differently under Hammurabi’s
Code? Which of the 5 characteristics of a civilization are missing?
2. Key Vocabulary Review
3. “E”-Education and Mesopotamia
4. “R”- Religion and Gilgamesh
5. “T”- Technological Advances of Sumer
6. Summarizer
7. Homework: Pre-Assessment of Fact and Opinion
III.
Lesson Description
b. Instructional Strategies/Processing Opportunities and Structures
1. Activator: Name the different countries. Summarize the philosophy of
Hammurabi’s Code. Who was treated differently under Hammurabi’s
Code? Which of the 5 characteristics of a civilization are missing?
2. Key Vocabulary Review- have them match the key vocabulary with correct
term (on worksheet)
3. “E”-Education and Mesopotamia- Fill this out together in RESPECT chart.
Edubba- name for schools. Literally meant “Tablet Houses”. They were
attached to the temples- only boys attended. Focus was on teach
Cuneiform.
4. “R”- Religion and Gilgamesh- take Cornell Notes on pgs. 31-32
5. “T”- Technology- take Cornell Notes pg. 32 “Sumerian Science and
Technology”
6. Summarizer- Christian or Mesopotamian God?
7. Homework: Draw the advancements of this 1st civilization in an empty “M”
(just like the P and N)
c. Formative/Summative Assessment: What will be the evidence/student
demonstration of achieving the learning goal?
- Summarizer
-HW
d. Summarizer
See above
e. Homework/Practice
Finish the “M”
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LESSON-AT-A-GLANCE
Lesson Title: The “S” and “C” of Mesopotamia
Essential Question:
Where did we come from and where are we going?
Key Content Knowledge and Skills: Learning Goal(s):
 8.10.6 C- Identify important art, architecture, literature, intellectual movements
(Hammurabi’s Code)
 SWBAT analyze the stratification of Sumerian Society.
Key Thinking Strategies: Learning Goal(s):
Key Lifelong Learning Behaviors: Learning Goal(s):
Prior Knowledge:
 Identify Africa as the continent where humans originated.
 Explain the origins of early human beings.
 Trace the spread of humans throughout the world and analyze the impetus for human
migration.
 Compare and contrast the technological and artistic achievements of the Paleolithic Age
and the Neolithic Age.
 8.10.2 E-Trace the development of agriculture and evaluate its effect on the
establishment of civilizations
 8.10.3 SWBAT define the five characteristics of a civilization.
 SWBAT label a map of the Middle East.
 SWBAT identify the location of the Fertile Crescent.
 8.10.3 SWBAT define the five characteristics of a civilization.
 SWBAT label a map of the Middle East.
 SWBAT identify the location of the Fertile Crescent.
 8.10.3 SWBAT define the five characteristics of a civilization.
 SWBAT identify the location of the Fertile Crescent.
 8.10.4 P- Describe how the earliest civilizations arose in Mesopotamia, organized
governments and established the world’s first empires
Interdisciplinary Connections (Optional):
Critical Resources/Teacher Preparation:
Estimated Time for Lesson: 1 Day
LESSON DEVELOPMENT
III.
Lesson Agenda
1. Activator: Graphic Organizer of the 5 characteristics of civilization. Label
the corresponding parts of Mesopotamia
2. PPT Review of the “T”- Paleolithic, Neolithic, or Mesopotamia?
3. “S”- Cornell Notes
4. ART Walks
5. Fact/Opinion
6. Summarizer
7. Homework: For the standard Fact and Opinion
III.
Lesson Description
b. Instructional Strategies/Processing Opportunities and Structures
1. Activator:
c. Formative/Summative Assessment: What will be the evidence/student
demonstration of achieving the learning goal?
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d. Summarizer
e. Homework/Practice