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Week of 9/10/12 Q1 W5: Mesopotamia Eastern Hemisphere

NAME _____________________________ CLASS

__________ SCORE ________%

Why are you here? What legacies did the people of Mesopotamia leave us?

Assignment: Minimum

Descriptor Average Descriptor Maximum Descriptor Warm Ups

5

I completed 0-2 of the warm ups this week.

8

I completed 3 warm ups and attached them to the rubric.

10

I completed all 4 warm ups and attached them to the rubric. 5 THEMES

History Fertile Crescent

Vocab Builder _______/70 Flood Stories _______/30 Total: _______/100

10

I earned less than 70%.

My% ___________

15

I earned 70-89%. My% ___________

20

I earned 90% or higher. My% ___________ Map Skills Mesopotamian Empires Map Flipbook _______/100

10

I earned 70% or less. My% ___________

15

I earned 70-89%. My% ___________

20

I earned 90% or higher. My% ___________ Vocabulary

Division of Labor, Irrigation, Tigris & Euphrates, Polytheism, Cuneiform

5

I earned 70% or less. My% ___________

8

I earned 70-89%. My% ___________

10

I earned 90% or higher. My% ___________ On-Time Points

10

I turned my rubric in late and/or incomplete!

20

I turned my rubric in with all work completed and on time!

Employability Skills

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I earned less than 13 points.

15

I earned less than 14-17 points.

20

I earned 18 points or more.

I came to class prepared Monday

1 Tuesday 1 Wednesday 1 Thursday 1 Friday 1

I was on task from bell to bell

1 1 1 1 1

I was kind, thoughtful, & considerate

1 1 1 1 1

Presentation Warm Ups

1 5 Themes 1 Map Skills 1 Vocabulary 1 Rubric 1

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Q1 W5 AGENDA: Mesopotamia

Monday

1. Warm Up:

a. Take 1 of each of the Handouts for this week.

b. For today’s warm up, complete the “What is a Civilization?” worksheet! 2. Q1W5 Rubric

3. Q1W5 Vocabulary KIM Sheet: Division of Labor, Irrigation, Tigris & Euphrates, Polytheism, Cuneiform (Due Friday)

4. What is a Civilization Handout & Discussion

Tuesday

1. Warm Up: What are three things neccessary to make a society a civilization? (Remember to answer in complete sentences and restate the question in your answer.)

2. Mesopotamian Empires Map Instructions

3. Mesopotamian Empires Map Flipbook (Due Wednesday)

Wednesday

1. Warm Up: Why did all of the earliest civilizations in the world each appear next to major rivers? (Remember to answer in complete sentences and restate the question in your answer.)

2. Grade Mesopotamian Empires Map Foldable

3. History of Fertile Crescent Vocab Builder (Due Friday)

Thursday

1. Warm Up: Cuneiform is the earliest known form of writing in the world. It was

created by the Ancient Sumerians, a civilization in Mesopotamia. What is the importance of the creation of Cuneiform?

(Remember to answer in complete sentences and restate the question in your answer.) 2. Read excerpts from The Epic of Gilgamesh & Genesis

3. Flood Stories from Around the World (Due Friday)

Friday

1. Study for Quiz 2. Quiz

3. Grade KIM Sheet

4. Grade Vocabulary Builder 5. Hand in Q1W5 Rubric

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WARM UPS

MONDAY

DATE: __________________

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TUESDAY

DATE: __________________

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WEDNESDAY

DATE: __________________

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THURSDAY

DATE: __________________

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FRIDAY

DATE: __________________

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K.I.M. Q_W_

Knowledge Information Memory

Correct Definition____/2 Detailed Picture____/2 Thoughtful Sentence____/2

Effort / Penmanship____/2 Sentence:

Correct Definition____/2 Detailed Picture____/2

Thoughtful Sentence____/2

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Correct Definition____/2 Detailed Picture____/2 Thoughtful Sentence____/2 Effort / Penmanship____/2 Sentence:

TOTAL SCORE:

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1 Southwest and Central Asia

Name Class Date

History of the Fertile Crescent

Vocabulary

Builder

Section 1

DIRECTIONS Write a word or phrase that has the same meaning as the term given. 1. surplus ____________________________________________________________ 2. irrigation __________________________________________________________ 3. division of labor ____________________________________________________ 4. Fertile Crescent _____________________________________________________ 5. silt _______________________________________________________________ 6. canal _____________________________________________________________

DIRECTIONS Look at each set of three terms following each number. On the line provided, write the letter of the term that does not relate to the others. ______ 7. a. irrigation b. silt c. canal ______ 8. a. surplus b. division of labor c. Fertile Crescent ______ 9. a. hunter-gatherer b. Mesopotamia c. Fertile Crescent

canal division of labor Fertile Crescent

irrigation silt surplus

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Scoring Guide:

*1 pt for each problem

*12 pts for Presentation (neatness, penmanship, packet not folder, ripped, crumpled, stained, etc) Problems _______/58

Presentation _______/12 TOTAL: _______/70

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Name Class Date

History of the Fertile Crescent

Vocabulary

Builder

Section 2

DIRECTIONS On the line provided before each statement, write T if a statement is true and F if a statement is false. If the statement is false, write the correct term on the line after each sentence that makes the sentence a true statement.

______ 1. Land with different territories and peoples under a single rule is called a/an city-state.

______ 2. Social hierarchy is a division of society by rank or class.

______ 3. Kings in Sargon believed that the gods had chosen them to rule the people.

______ 4. A/n empire consists of a city, which is the political center, and the surrounding countryside.

______ 5. The practice of worshipping many gods is called polytheism.

______ 6. People relied on priests to help them gain the gods’ favor.

city-state empire polytheism priests

social hierarchy Sumer

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Name Class Date

History of the Fertile Crescent

Vocabulary

Builder

Section 3

DIRECTIONS Read each sentence and fill in the blank with the word in the word pair that best completes the sentence.

1. A would be hired to keep track of the items people

traded. (pictograph/scribe)

2. A pyramid-shaped tower that rose above each Sumerian city was called a . (cuneiform/ziggurat)

3. The Sumerians developed the world’s first system of writing called . (cuneiform/ziggurat)

4. An is a long poem that tells a story of a hero.

(epic/architecture)

5. The was the earliest form of written communication.

(pictograph/scribe)

6. The science of building is known as .

(epic/architecture)

DIRECTIONS Look at each set of three terms following each number. On the line provided, write the letter of the term that does not relate to the others.

______ 7. a. pictograph b. ziggurat c. cuneiform

______ 8. a. scribe b. ziggurat c. architecture

______ 9. a. scribe b. wheel c. cuneiform architecture cuneiform epic

pictograph scribe ziggurat

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Name Class Date

History of the Fertile Crescent

Vocabulary

Builder

Section 4

DIRECTIONS Read each sentence and fill in the blank with the word in the word pair that best completes the sentence.

1. Nebuchadnezzar was the most famous Chaldean king who rebuilt a

battle-damaged into a beautiful city in which his palace was

famous for the Hanging Gardens. (Phoenicia/Babylon)

2. A set of letters that can be combined together to form words is known as an , which was developed by the Phoenician traders.

(alphabet/chariot)

3. was a land with few resources other than cedar trees.

(Babylon/Phoenicia)

4. The Hittites skillfully used the , a wheeled,

horse-drawn battle car, to move quickly around the battlefield and fire arrows at their enemy. (chariot/alphabet)

5. was a set of laws, that dealt with almost every part of

daily life and was written down for all to see. (Babylon/Hammurabi’s Code)

alphabet Babylon Hammurabi’s Code

chariot Phoenicia

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Name:___________________________ Period:_________ Due Date: ______________

FLOOD STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

DIRECTIONS: After reading The Epic of Gilgamesh, and the Bible’s version of the flood story, Google search other

cultures’ versions of the flood story. Pick one that is interesting to you. After reading the story, answer the questions below.

What is the internet address where you found this story? (provide the html)

http://___________________________________________________________________

Identify the culture or people that the flood story you found originated from (where is this story from)?

In the version of the flood story that you found what was the reason given for the cause of the flood (for example, the gods were angry)?

Who is the Gilgamesh or Noah in this story?

What are three similarities between this version of the flood story and that of the flood story in Genesis?

1.

2.

3.

What are three differences between this version of the flood story and that of the flood story in Genesis?

1.

2.

3.

Why do you think so many cultures have flood stories? _{(at least 2 complete sentences}

____/2 ____/2 ____/2 ____/2 ____/2 ____/2 ____/2 ____/2 ____/2 ____/2 ____/4

Name:___________________________ Period:_________ Due Date: ______________

Total Score from below: ______/24 Presentation (penmanship, neatness, etc) ______/6 Total: ______/30

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You will make a map of each Mesopotamian Empire

Scoring Guide:

Each map will be worth a total of 25 pts.

Akkadian Babylonian New Assyrian New Babylonian Empire Empire Empire Empire Name/dates in legend ____/3 ____/3 ____/3 ____/3

Boundary drawn and ____/10 ____/10 ____/10 ____/10 colored

map in chronological ____/2 ____/2 ____/2 ____/2 order

Presentation

*top edge stapled ____/2 *cut out neatly ____/2 *no rips/tears, etc ____/6 *map colored ____/10 *penmanship ____/10 *overall appearance ____/10

Total: _________/100 Corrected by:_______________________________________

*On the back of each map in your flip book, write a significant accomplishment of that empire.

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Q1 W5 AGENDA: Mesopotamia

WARM UPS

MONDAY

DATE: __________________

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TUESDAY

DATE: __________________

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WEDNESDAY

DATE: __________________

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THURSDAY

DATE: __________________

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FRIDAY

DATE: __________________

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K.I.M. Q_____W_____

TOTAL SCORE:

History of the Fertile Crescent

Vocabulary

Builder

Section 1

History of the Fertile Crescent

Vocabulary

Builder

Section 2

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K.I.M. Q_W_