1. Mesopotamia Project
Mrs. Moser

2. My Mesopotamia Project
World History
Mrs. Moser
6th Grade
Chateau Estates

3. It happened first in Mesopotamia
Task 2
It happened first in Mesopotamia
Go to this website to read about the “firsts” in Mesopotamia
Plow
Irrigation
Dikes
Cuneiform
Canals
12 month calendar
Read the article about firsts in Mesopotamia
Select 2 and design a visual that represents them

4. Go to this website and read the story
Task 3 Cuneiform
Go to this website and read the story
Answer the Questions below:

6. Task 5 The Code of Hammurabi
Go to the website
Create a page titled  “The Code of Hammurabi”. 
On the Code of Hammurabi page are the laws of Hammurabi as translated from cuneiform.
Select four laws and write them out. 
After each law, explain in your own words what the law means in today’s world. 
Do you know if there are simliar laws?

7. Task 6 – Vocabulary Exercises
Create a page titled “Vocabulary Exercises”
Visit this website
Copy the vocabulary words onto the page

8. Task 7 – Ziggurats
Go to  ziggurats at the British Museum. 
Write a one page, multi-pargraph report on ziggurats. 
Include the following information - 1. Explain what a ziggurat is. 2. How and why they were built 3. How does the building function in the culture.
How does it effect daily life?
4. Famous ziggurats

9. Ziggurat Page 2
Go to this website:
Draw and label a ziggurat
Play the challenge game. 
At the bottom of your ziggurat drawing, explain what you learned when you played the challenge game.

10. Go research astronomers at the British Museum.
Task 8 – Astronomers
Go research astronomers at the British Museum. 
Write a one page, multiparagraph report on the astronomers in Mesopotamia.  Include the following information: 1. Who is Aplum? 2. What was Aplum’s job and what did he learn from his job? 3. Why was his job important to Babylonians? 4. What did Aplum need to do to add a month to the calendar? 5. Did the King accept the extra month?

11. Explore some of the texts of the scribes of Enuma Anu Enlil.
Astronomers Page 2
Explore some of the texts of the scribes of Enuma Anu Enlil. 
Describe what you learned in a paragraph.  Play the challenge game. 
Explaine what you learned from the game.

12. Task 9 – Ancient Sumerian Society Visit these websites:
Classes of PeopleSumerian Society
Daily Life
Religion
Social Classes
Write a one page, multiparagraph report on their society.  Include the following information: 1. Description of their Daily Life 2. Description of the social classes – Describe each class.  
  This section could be several paragraphs. 3. Describe their religion. 

13. Task Map
Find a map of ancient Mesopotamia and one that is current.
Do your best to redraw this map (don’t trace). Redraw the outlines of the current nations that occupy the area and label them. Label the major rivers, lakes, mountains, and other major geographical places, including oceans and seas. Label the capital cities of the nations with a star next to them.
Using a colored pencil, outline and fill in the area that used to be ancient Mesopotamia over the modern day map. Label the civilizations that were there. Label the major cities of these civilizations with a dot next to them.
Color in the oceans and other water sources with blue. Make the land area green.
Label this “The Middle East, Then and Now” and include it with your packet.