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1 Take Out: 1.Pencil & sheet of paper 2.Smile 3.Textbook page 99

2 Take Out: 1.Pencil & sheet of paper 2.smile

3 Homework this week: 10/25 Monday - Write about one Sumerian invention on Edmodo 3- 4 sentences Tuesday - Chapter 3, lesson 3 worksheet Wednesday – Work on your Travel Ad STUDY FOR QUIZ on THURS/FRIDAY…lessons 1, 2, & 3 Monday - Write about one Sumerian invention on Edmodo 3- 4 sentences Tuesday - Chapter 3, lesson 3 worksheet Wednesday – Work on your Travel Ad STUDY FOR QUIZ on THURS/FRIDAY…lessons 1, 2, & 3

4 Chapter 3, Lesson 3 Vocabulary bronze pictograph stylus cuneiform scribe bronze pictograph stylus cuneiform scribe A metal made of copper and tin A picture or drawing that represents a word or an idea A sharpened reed used to press markings into clay tablets A type of writing made up of wedge-shaped markings A person who specializes in writing and serves as a record-keeper A metal made of copper and tin A picture or drawing that represents a word or an idea A sharpened reed used to press markings into clay tablets A type of writing made up of wedge-shaped markings A person who specializes in writing and serves as a record-keeper

5 Sumer

6 Chapter 3, Lesson 3 What were the social classes in Sumer? What tools did the Sumerians invent? How did the Sumerians invent writing? Upper classkings, priests, landowners, officials, and merchants In-betweenall free people not in the upper class Lower classslaves The plow, the wheel, and the potter’s wheel They used symbols called pictographs to keep track of goods. These symbols would later stand for ideas, too. Then, they invented a system with wedges and lines called cuneiform

7 Chapter 3, Lesson 3 Why were the scribes highly respected in Sumer? They were the most educated people in the society and performed an important function

8 Sumerian Inventions Pottery Wheel The Plow The Wheel Writing


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