1. Why was the ziggurat such an important part of Sumerian society?
Walk-In
B’s, please get the textbooks.
Copy the question and answer in sentences:
Why was the ziggurat such an important part of Sumerian society?

2. Answer The ziggurat was part of the city center.
Priests ruled from the highest levels of the ziggurat, and were the leaders of the people.
Farmers brought grain and other goods there to be counted and stored for when it was needed.
People from all jobs met there to worship and interact together.

3. Sumerian Inventions

4. SUMERIAN INVENTIONS READ PAGES 99-102
Answer the questions on your small slip of paper by finding evidence from the text.
Be ready to share your answers when we go over them!

5. Create an advertisement poster!
Make an advertisement for ONE of
Plow
Wheel (for wagons or pottery)
Arithmetic book (and how math was used)
Writing tools (stylus and clay tablet) and how to write
Other Sumerian invention of your choice

6. In your poster…
Use drawings, bullets, captions, and decorations to make a Sumerian want to buy your product!
Be PERSUASIVE in your writing – make the person feel like they have to have this product!

7. Walk-In Take out notebook, folder, pencil box.
Copy the question and answer in sentences:
Why were the wheel and the plow such important inventions by the Sumerians?

8. Answer
The wheel made it easier to transport heavy things, by making wagons and carts with rolling wheels.
The plow made farming easier. Animals could be used to pull the plow through the ground to get the soil ready for planting.

9. Measuring Time
The Sumerians based numbers on the number 60 in math, and we still use this today for time!
60 seconds, 60 minutes, and 360 degrees in a circle!

10. Cuneiform Writing
The first alphabet, carved with a stylus into stone tablets, was invented by the Sumerians.

11. Look at this Cuneiform writing!
View the symbols created for Cuneiform writing!