1. S.O.A.P.S.tone
Document Analysis

2. Gilgamesh and Hammurabi's Code
I will analyze the Mesopotamian Culture and Tradition through the Epic of Gilgamesh and Hammurabi's Code.

3. S.O.A.P.S.-tone Speaker: Is there someone identified as the speaker?
Can you make some assumptions about this person?
What class do they come from? What political party? A gender?
S.O.A.P.S.-tone

4. S.O.A.P.S.tone Occasion: What prompted the author to write this piece?
What event led to its publication or development?
S.O.A.P.S.tone

5. S.O.A.P.S.tone Audience: Does the speaker identify an audience?
What assumptions can you make about the audience?
Is it a mixed racial/gender group?
What social class? Political party?
Who was the document created for?
S.O.A.P.S.tone

6. Audience:
Are there any words or phrases that are unusual or different?
Does the speaker use language that is specific for a unique audience?
Does the speaker evoke God? Nation? Liberty? History? Hell?
Does the speaker allude to classical themes: the Fates, the Classics, Pericles, Caesar?
Why is the speaker using this type of language? What is the mode of delivery?
S.O.A.P.S.tone

7. S.O.A.P.S.tone Purpose What is the speaker’s purpose?
In what ways does he convey this message?
How would you perceive the speaker giving this speech?
S.O.A.P.S.tone

8. Purpose
What is the document saying? What is the emotional state of the speaker?
How is the speaker trying to spark a reaction in the audience?
What words or phrases show the speaker’s tone?
How is the document supposed to make you feel?
S.O.A.P.S.tone

9. Subject:
What is the subject of the piece? How do you know this?
How has the subject been selected and presented by the author?
S.O.A.P.S.tone

10. S.O.A.P.S.-tone -tone: What is the author’s tone?
How is the author perceived by the audience?
What is the author’s mood? What is the author’s point-of-view?
S.O.A.P.S.-tone

11. How would you define Mesopotamian ideal of kingship
How would you define Mesopotamian ideal of kingship? What is the basis of the monarch's legitimacy?
What understanding of the afterlife does the epic suggest?
What philosophy of life comes across in the Gilgamesh story?
How does the Epic of Gilgamesh portray the gods and their relationship with humans?
Gilgamesh Questions

12. Hammurabi’s Code of Laws Questions

13. Hammurabi’s Code of Laws Questions

14. In a 7 sentence constructed response, explain what you can infer about Mesopotamian culture from the Epic of Gilgamesh.
In a 7 sentence constructed response, explain what you can infer about political and social structure in Mesopotamia from Hammurabi’s Code of Laws.
DOL

15. Explain what you can infer about Mesopotamian culture from the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Explain what you can infer about political and social structure in Mesopotamia from Hammurabi’s Code of Laws.
Bell Work

16. Define lex talionis
Lex talionis

17. Early Civilizations
I will compare and contrast the achievements of the early civilizations and justify which achievements had the greatest impact on the human experience.

18. Ziggurats

19. For each of the following early civilizations, explain their importance to the development of the human experience. Be sure to justify your argument through the SPICE categories:
Sumerians
Sargon of Akkad Babylonian Empire
Assyrian Empire
Hittites
Hebrews
Phoenicians
Graphic Organizer

20. Thesis Must Have… Your Argument Place and Time 3 Categories (Buckets)
What your arguing must be precise and evident
Place and Time
Acknowledge when topic occurred and where it was.
3 Categories (Buckets)
Your three main points must be stated
Can be SPICE categories but they must be specific.
Thesis Must Have…

21. Thesis Writing Read the Prompt Brainstorm the Prompt
Write a Preliminary Thesis
Reevaluate the Thesis/ Re-categorize.
Write Essay
Thesis Writing

22. Practice Prompts Create a Thesis Statesment
Argue which technological improvements impacted Mesopotamia the most.
Argue what should be the most defining characteristics of a Civilization during the early Civilization period.
Analyze how one of the following civilizations in the Mesopotamian region furthered the human experience:
Sumerians
Akkadians
Assyrians
Hittites
Hebrews
Phoenicians
Practice Prompts Create a Thesis Statesment

23. The early civilizations from Mesopotamia and Southwest Asia had major impacts on the development of the human experience. Explain which three civilizations had the greatest impact based on their achievements.
Essay Prompt

24. Explain the most important accomplishment was for each of the following civilizations:
Sumerians
Akkadians
Assyrian Empire
Hittites
Hebrews
Phoenicians
DOL

25. Thesis Writing
I will construct accurate thesis statements that demonstrate accurate arguments in AP World History.

26. Thesis Must Have… Your Argument Place and Time 3 Categories (Buckets)
What your arguing must be precise and evident
Place and Time
Acknowledge when topic occurred and where it was.
3 Categories (Buckets)
Your three main points must be stated
Can be SPICE categories but they must be specific.
Thesis Must Have…

27. Thesis Writing Read the Prompt Brainstorm the Prompt
Write a Preliminary Thesis
Reevaluate the Thesis/ Re-categorize.
Write Essay
Thesis Writing

28. Practice Prompts Create a Thesis Statesment
Argue which technological improvements impacted Mesopotamia the most.
Argue what should be the most defining characteristics of a Civilization during the early Civilization period.
Analyze how one of the following civilizations in the Mesopotamian region furthered the human experience:
Sumerians
Akkadians
Assyrians
Hittites
Hebrews
Phoenicians
Practice Prompts Create a Thesis Statesment

29. Analyze the early civilizations and their greatest achievements
Analyze the early civilizations and their greatest achievements. Argue which three civilizations had the greatest impact on the progress of the human experience based on their achievements.
Essay Prompt

30. The early civilizations from Mesopotamia and Southwest Asia had major impacts on the development of the human experience. Explain which three civilizations had the greatest impact based on their achievements.
DOL Prompt

31. The early civilizations from Mesopotamia and Southwest Asia had major impacts on the development of the human experience. Explain which three civilizations had the greatest impact based on their achievements.
Essay Prompt