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Name: ______________________________________ 6M Social Studies: Mesopotamia Pd: ____ Date: ________________ # ____ Making Mesopotamia Directions: To learn about the world’s first civilization, you need to follow the checklist below. Be sure to complete your “Exit Card” handout when you’re done each section and check-in! The Basics (I recommend completing this section first!): “Mesopotamia’s Major Definitions” Handout Writing & Record Keeping (Choose ONE): British Museum Site: http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/writing/home_set.html (Complete the Story, Explore, AND Challenge!) OR Cuneiform Reading OR Watch a video about cuneiform: http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=250885&title=Cuneiform Exit Card complete? Common Culture (Choose ONE): Epic of Gilgamesh, Literature’s first hero: http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/geography/story/sto_set.html (ONLY Complete the STORY section!) OR “The Story of Gilgamesh” Reading Exit Card Complete? Religion (Choose ONE): Gods & Goddesses: http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/home_set.html (Complete the Story, Explore, AND Challenge!) OR Religion in Mesopotamia Reading Exit Card Complete? Specialized Jobs/Workers (Choose ONE): Specialized Jobs Video: http://elementsofcivilization.wikispaces.com/Ancient+Mesopotamian+Job+Specialization OR “Specialization of Labor in Mesopotamia” handout Exit Card Complete? Teacher Note: Government & Written Laws, Social Hierarchy, and Advanced Cities/Technology aren’t on this checklist because we’ll take time to discuss them as a whole class! If you finish your tasks early, try these extras: Create a Mesopotamian Museum Exhibit: http://mesopotamia.lib.uchicago.edu/interactives/DigIntoHistory.html Get a preview of the fall of Mesopotamia: http://www.learner.org/interactives/collapse/mesopotamia.html Look through Mesopotamian issues of Calliope and Dig magazines. Name: ______________________________________ Mesopotamia’s Major Definitions City-state: _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Cuneiform: _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Hammurabi’s Code: _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Polytheism: _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Social Hierarchy or Structure: _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Ziggurat: _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ There’s no exit card for this handout, just check-in with me so I know you’re finished this section! Name: ______________________________________ Making Mesopotamia Exit Card Directions: After you complete each section of the checklist, fill in this exit card (using COMPLETE sentences) and check-in with me! Don’t move on to the next section until you get my “ok!” Writing & Record Keeping: Make an inference-why would farming in Mesopotamia bring about a need to write and record? Explain at least TWO reasons. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Why do you think writing evolved and changed from cuneiform to what we have today? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Common Culture: Name one of Gilgamesh’s admirable traits AND one of his faults. What can this hero tell us about what Mesopotamia’s values? (Ex: if a character doesn’t think before he acts but sacrifices himself for a friend, then the civilization probably values careful thought and loyalty.) __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ How do stories like this show a united culture? Why do you think this story might have been more complex than a hunter gatherer story? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Religion: Think about hunter-gatherers and their lack of emphasis on religion. How did farming help make religion a large part of daily Mesopotamian life? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ What are most of Mesopotamia’s gods/goddesses based on/around? What do these gods tell us about Mesopotamian culture? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Specialized Jobs/Workers: How did farming help create specialized jobs in Mesopotamia? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ What do these jobs reveal about daily Mesopotamian life (Ex: if there are a lot of sciencebased jobs, then you could infer that a civilization is pretty advanced)? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Because Mesopotamia needed different jobs, its citizens were unequal. Do you think having a specialized job you’re interested in is worth inequality? Defend your opinion! __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________