Sumerian Achievements Chapter 3-3 Page 65-69

Homework Check Note Card Write a paragraph (4-5 sentences) explaining how Sumerian achievements have affected today’s world. Use specific inventions/achievements to support your answer. Please put your note-card in the pocket when finished and begin bell work.

Bell Work 9/16 Read the excerpt from The Epic of Gilgamesh on page 70-71. Answer the 2 questions at the bottom of page 71, in complete sentences. # Date Assignment Grade 1 8/16 Culture Activity /8 2 Timeline Activity /11 3 8/19 Exit Ticket: Sources /7 4 8/20 Geography Foldable /10 5 8/21 or 8/22 Chapter 1 Map Activity 6 8/23 Chapter 1 Group Quiz /30 7 8/26 Chapter 1 Quiz Corrections /2 8 Exit Ticket: Landforms /12 9 8/27 Social Scientists Advertisements /3 10 9/6 Chapter 2: Story Board /20 11 Unit 1 Test /100 12 9/9 Unit 1 Test Corrections 13 9/13 Academic Vocabulary Quiz

What are some Sumerian advances and inventions? World’s 1st Writing System Cuneiform (Wedge Shaped Pictograph) Scribes (writer used styluses and clay tablets) Keep business records Created Epics Long poems that tell stories of heroes Epic of Gilgamesh School Learned to read and write Wheel 1st wheeled vehicles Carts and Wagons Potter’s wheel (clay into bowls) Plow Farm Production

Sumerian Clay Tablet with Cuneiform

Sumerian Alphabet

Mesopotamian Wheel

Plow and the Oxen

What are some Sumerian advances and inventions? Clock Falling Water Measured time Sewers Underground Irrigation Catalogued their Scientific and Medical Knowledge Kept records Used animals, plants, and minerals to produce healing drugs Records of symptoms and treatments Math Concept of 60 360 Degree Circle 1 Year=12 months Areas of triangles and rectangles

What are some Sumerian advances and inventions? Lyre (liar) Stringed Musical Instrument Bronze and Gold Make Stronger tools, art, and jewelry Art Cylinder Seals Stone and clay Most famous artwork Battle Scenes and Sign Documents Make Up and Glass Jewelry Jewelry was popular Architecture Science of buildings Two-story homes with lots of rooms Palaces Ziggurats Pyramid shaped temple tower Rose above each city Statues for the gods

Mesopotamian Achievements Bronze Tools Ziggurat at Ur

Mesopotamian Project Objective: Create a Mesopotamian Alphabet Picture Book. Rubric for 100 Points: 26pts-Each letter must represent a Mesopotamian idea. The idea must be explained. 26pts-Each letter must include a picture pertaining to the explanation. 26pts-Each page must be in color. The project must be in booklet form (use something to hold the pages together). Must have a front and back cover for your booklet. 22pts-This project should be neatly done, with no spelling/grammatical/historical errors. Extra Information: Some pictures/writing can be computer generated but not the entire book The project is due Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Optional Mesopotamian Project Assignment 20 Points Due: 9/27/13 You may have a partner for this assignment. Choose 1 of the following and create a model: Functioning chariot or wagon (wheel) Functioning Lyre Hanging Gardens of Babylon Ziggurat Phoenician Ship Functioning Irrigation System Cylinder Seal NO LEGGGGOOOOOOS

Bell Work 9/17 Handout Please do not write the write on the handout. Write answers in your comp books. Section 3-2 (1-10) Section 3-3 (1-10)

Become a Sumerian Scribe Clay Tablet Stylus Sumerian Script