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History of the Ancient and Medieval World Ancient Middle East Mesopotamia. Walsingham Academy Mrs. McArthur Room 111. Theme: Role of Geography. Activating Prior Knowledge Waterways – rivers, seas, gulfs helped connect the two early civilizations of Mesopotamia (Fertile Crescent) + Egypt?
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History of the Ancient and Medieval WorldAncient Middle East Mesopotamia Walsingham Academy Mrs. McArthur Room 111
Theme: Role of Geography Activating Prior Knowledge • Waterways – rivers, seas, gulfs helped connect the two early civilizations of Mesopotamia (Fertile Crescent) + Egypt? • Cultural diffusion helps explain important changes brought about by contacts with others.
Remember: a good map has: • A title • A date • A scale • A key or legend • compass What 2 elements does this text map lack?
MesopotamiaQuestions to Consider • What are some of the ways in which Mesopotamia’s geography influenced its cultural and historical development? • What specific examples of the civilizing process that we have studied do we encounter in Mesopotamia’s story?
In Class Activityconnecting last week to this • Questions based on homework • Definition of Terms • Take a Look at your maps • Gilgamesh • Test Yourself! (Complete the organizer) • What basic feature of civilization (as well as recurring theme) includes music? • What can we learn about early civilizations from artifacts such as musical instruments?
Assignment 1 • Complete in-class activities, slide#6 • On-line activities: (I-II of worksheet and slide #9) The purpose is (a) to find out more about the Epic of Gilgamesh and (b) to explore visually archaeological evidence of Mesopotamia’s ziggurats. Read carefully. (two days to complete) Reminders: • Back-to-School Night, Wed. 9/15 at 7 PM (2 pts for parent contact) • Black Ships Before Troy, September 20
A MesopotamianVirtual Field Trip • Gilgamesh’s story (details) • Ziggurats were the most impressive early buildings – temples show importance of religion. • Kings claimed to be representatives of gods and to rule by favor of gods = theocratic kingship
An Epic is: A story: • About a hero possessing extraordinary strengths ( and weaknesses.) • About conflicts requiring feats of valor, great courage and stamina. • Written in an elevated register (tone) of language.
Write like a Babylonian • List the progression from “object” to its cuneiform. Draw one example. • Over what period of time and by which peoples were cuneiforms used? • What were the advantages, the disadvantages of this system of writing? • What eventually replaced cuneiforms writing? Why? • What allowed scholars to learn about this first writing system? More Resources for Extra-Credit personalized cuneiform
Assignment 2 • Complete on-line worksheet activities, I-III • Look over Assignment 3. Brainstorm ideas, create a tentative topic sentence, an outline. Write down questions you wish to ask in class about the assignment. Reminders: • Back-to-School Night, Wed. 9/15 at 7 PM (2 pts for parent contact) • Black Ships Before Troy, September 20
In Class Activity: Preparing to Write • With your partner, you will discuss one of the two topics. • Given our activities, (lectures and homework) summarize in bulleted form the key ideas presented. Be sure to cite examples of your major points. • Class discussion
Assignment 3 • Write a well-organized paragraph answering one of the 2 topics on slide #5. (Be sure you know which one you’ve been assigned.) • Remember: • Use complete sentences. • Check your spelling and punctuation. • Provide examples of your key ideas • .
Assignment 4 • Read pp. 36-37 of your textbook. • Complete first row of focus question on chapter guided reading worksheet. • For each of the 5 blue-coded terms, write an identifying sentence. • Answer Checkpoint question on pp. 37. What phrase emphasizes Hammurabi’s greatness? What effect would it have on its listeners?
Assignment 5 Weekends are a good time to take stock: of where you’ve been; where you are; where you’re going. Consider this self-check. • Do you have Black Ships? Due Monday 9/20 • Do you have your notebook in order? • Can you articulate the key ideas of the term so far? • Do you have questions? (write them down) • Optional cuneiform - due Tues. 9/21