Do Now Respond to the question below in your DO NOW section: Explain one disadvantage of trading (instead of using money) Go find your picture on the back table and take it home please  Stickers on desks*

3300 B.C. A Barter Economy Turns to Tokens People would barter- trade one thing for another. Instead of dragging your sheep around all day, people created tokens. Token represented what you wanted to trade. But as trade increased, people might have different tokens in different areas.

Your task! They may not even speak the same language! Prepare tokens to represent the items in the boxed list. Each token should tell the other merchant exactly what the item is. CANNOT use: Words Letters Numbers You and your group members are merchants in Mesopotamia. You want to go to the city of Ur to trade. You want to use tokens, but you know you may be trading with merchants who may not use the same tokens as you.

TRADING IS ON! Now you will meet traders from another city. Unfortunately, you don’t speak their language. The entire trade must be done in silence! To simplify things, you are going to just trade: Bricks for bricks Carts for carts Etc. Challenge: How do you know which of their tokens stand for the same items as yours?

Reflection What was difficult about the token system? How do you think this lead to the development of money?

Reflection What was difficult about the token system? Tokens made it hard for people to understand what items were and the amount. How do you think this lead to the development of money? People realized that a standard set of “tokens” used by everyone could represent value, instead of objects. Instead of just trading “stuff” we could “sell” items by how valuable they are.

Do Now Copy the HW: Clear your desk and get ready for the quiz! Project due at the end of class Thursday! Test is Tuesday November 6th! Clear your desk and get ready for the quiz!

When you are done 1. Check it over! 2. Put it face-down on the back table. 3. Take a copy of the Project Instructions. 4. Read over the instructions.

A Dedication to Mesopotamian Achievements Project In ancient Mesopotamia, rulers recorded their most important achievements on steles. A stele is a stone slab on which an illustration or inscription has been carved. In this project, you and your assigned partner will decide on one Mesopotamian achievement to research, draw, and write about on a stele.

Topics Sumerian Religion (pgs. 34-35) Ziggurats    Ziggurats Babylonian Learning (pg. 41) Beliefs Describe the subjects they studied Myths Explain the discoveries they made Sumerian Cities (pg. 33) Hammurabi’s Code (pgs. 43-45) Explain what a city-state is What is it? Describe what the cities looked like What kinds of laws are included in it? Trade (pg. 39) What are the punishments like? Importance of roads, bazaars, and Babylon Writing (pgs. 45-47) Describe how writing started and changed Assyrian Warfare (pg. 40) Explain why they attacked other places What did they write about? Explain the role of scribes. Describe the different types of weapons invented and used

Requirements:   _____ 1. Picture: At the top of your stele, you will need to draw (no color, just black and white) a picture or symbol of your achievement. This must be detailed! _____ 2. Written Paragraph: You and your partner are going to write a 5 sentence paragraph about your achievement. BOTH members’ must write a part of the final project. Include: Topic sentence, 3 supporting details, and a concluding sentence Resources: We will be using the textbook and our notes to complete this project.  

Notes Section Notes: _____________________________________________________________________

Topic Sentence Detail #1 Detail #2 Detail #3 Concluding Sentence Pre-Write:   Topic Sentence Detail #1 Detail #2 Detail #3 Concluding Sentence

Total: _______ / 18 **** Group Grade Criteria 3 points 2 points 1 points 0 points Notes Students wrote at least 7 notes on the topic. Students wrote at 6 notes on the topic. Students wrote 5 notes on the topic. Students wrote less than 4 notes. Picture Accuracy Includes a very accurate picture of Mesopotamian achievement. Includes a mostly accurate picture of Mesopotamian achievement. Includes a somewhat accurate picture of Mesopotamian achievement. No picture included. Picture Appearance Picture is very detailed: not colored, neat, and easy to see. Picture is kind of detailed: not colored, somewhat neat, and mostly easy to see. Picture is barely detailed: colored, not neat, or hard easy to see. No picture is included. Topic & Concluding Sentences Topic sentence introduces the topic, concluding sentence closes the topic. Topic sentence sort of introduces the topic AND/OR concluding sentence sort of closes the topic. Topic sentence barely introduces the topic AND/OR concluding sentence barely closes the topic. Topic sentence and concluding sentence missing. Supporting Details 3+ very detailed sentences explaining the achievement. 2+ somewhat detailed sentences explaining the achievement. 1+ not so detailed sentences explaining the achievement. Details missing. In Student’s Own Words The paragraph is completely written in the students’ own words. The paragraph is mostly written in the students’ own words. The paragraph is barely written in the students’ own words. The paragraph is not written in the students’ own words. Total: _______ / 18 **** Group Grade

Group Grade = __________ / 18 + Criteria 3 points 2 points 1 points 0 points Comments Cooperative Group Work Always focused on his/her work and shared the work equally. Sometimes focused on his/her work AND/OR shared the work somewhat equally. Rarely focused on his/her work AND/OR barely shared the work equally. Did not focus on his/her work AND/OR did not share the work equally at all.   Group Grade = __________ / 18 + Individual Grade = ________ / 21 ***This is your final grade for the project.

Any questions?

I will assign you partners. What should we remember about how we act? This project will only take a few days. You will need to learn to work with people you may not be friends with, are different from, etc. You need to work together to the best of your ability- or your parents will need to be involved. 

Once you are ready to start 1. Pick a topic. 2. Get your notes and a textbook. 3. Begin taking notes. 4. Pre-Write

Do Now Copy the HW: Project due Thursday! Test is Tuesday Nov. 6! Get your project materials ready!

Mesopotamian Stele Project Write down 7+ research notes about your topic. Complete the pre-write section (check it over). Begin writing the final draft. Think of a picture you want to draw to show your achievement.

Closure Discuss with your partner: What are the next steps to completing our project?