Standards H-SS 6.2 Students analyze the geographic, political,
economic, religious, and social structures of the early
civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Kush. E-LA Reading 6.2.3
Clarify and connect main ideas by identifying their relationship to
other sources and related topics.
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Anticipatory Set Can you locate the Tigris and Euphrates
River?
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Objective You will learn about farming improvements and how
better farming methods led to the rise of cities and the worlds
first civilization in a land known as Mesopotamia.
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Language of the Discipline 1.Irrigation- a system of watering
crops. 2.Population- number of people. 3.City-state- made up of a
city and the surrounding land and villages that it controls.
4.Barter- a trading system in which people exchange goods directly
without using money.
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The Land Between the Rivers
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Ancient Mesopotamia is surrounded by bodies of water
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The Land Between the Rivers Ancient Mesopotamia is surrounded
by bodies of water Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf Euphrates
River and Tigris River
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The Land Between the Rivers Ancient Mesopotamia is surrounded
by bodies of water Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf Euphrates
River and Tigris River The land became known as The Fertile
Crescent Provided Sumerians with rich, fertile soil for
farming
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Weather Issues
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Sumerians had long dry summers
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Weather Issues Sumerians had long dry summers There was no rain
for months and the ground became hard and rocky. Due to the bodies
of water surrounding the land = frequent floods Sometimes villages
were swept away = danger.
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Agricultural Techniques
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Sumerians developed an irrigation system to assist with
watering crops. Adaptation to the hot summers and flooding
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Agricultural Techniques Sumerians developed an irrigation
system Adaptation to the hot summers and flooding From this
Sumerians enjoyed a plentiful flood supply
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Agricultural Techniques Sumerians developed an irrigation
system Adaptation to the hot summers and flooding From this
Sumerians enjoyed a plentiful flood supply Population increased
City- States formed across the region which were made up the
surrounding land and villages.
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Check for Understanding Please determine the BEST answer for
the following question. Please write your answer on your white
boards and wait for the teachers signal. On the teachers signal,
hold up your white boards.
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Checking for Understanding Name one of the challenges of
farming in Mesopotamia? Answers can be: Flood waters washed away
the fertile soil and made farming difficult. Many times,
floodwaters destroyed whole villages. Most of the region beyond the
rivers was a desert where nothing could grow.
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Checking for Understanding What rivers did farmers live? Answer
Farmers lived on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
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Checking for Understanding _______________ is a system of
watering crops. Irrigation
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Guided Practice/Independent Practice Guided Practice Complete
questions 1 - 2 on the reading comprehension worksheet. Raise your
hand and wait to get stamped. If you received an R go to the back
table with Ms. Graham. Independent Practice Once you have been
stamped moved to independent practice and complete numbers 3 and 4
on the reading comprehension worksheet. Homework Note-taking guide
on the reverse side.
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Chapter 3 Section 2 The Civilizations of Sumor
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Standards H-SS6.2.3 Understand the relationship between
religion and the social and political order in Mesopotamia and
Egypt. E-LA Reading 6.2.3 Connect and clarify main ideas by
identifying their relationships to other sources and related
topics.
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Objective You will learn how religion and government supported
the social order of Sumer. You will also learn about some of the
achievements of the Sumerian civilization.
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Anticipatory Set Think back to when you first learned how to
write? Was it hard? Could people easily read what you wrote?
Scribes became an important part of Mesopotamia when they began to
document everything.
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Language of the Discipline 1.Polytheism- they worshiped many
gods. 2.Scribe- a person who was trained to write and keep records
in ancient times. 3.Kingship- a government headed by a king. 4.Law
code- a written set of laws. 5.Technology- the application of human
intelligence in problems to create new and better ways of doing
things.
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Social Order
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As city-states grew so did the social order Social order was
supported by religious and political leaders
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Social Order As city-states grew so did the social order Social
order was supported by religious and political leaders Priests were
the lifeblood of Sumerian civilization
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Social Order As city-states grew so did the social order.
Social order was supported by religious and political leaders.
Priests were the lifeblood of Sumerian civilization. Communicated
with the gods, ran the temples, and developed an early system of
writing to track goods. They believed that the gods ate, drank,
slept, and married.
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Social Order As city-states grew so did the social order.
Social order was supported by religious and political leaders.
Priests were the lifeblood of Sumerian civilization. Communicated
with the gods, ran the temples, and developed an early system of
writing to track goods. Scribes were trained to write and keep
record. Eventually military leaders were allowed to govern
city-states.
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Kingship
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The idea of kingship developed
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Kingship The idea of kingship developed Advances in technology
and learning grew Early writing system developed
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Kingship The idea of kingship developed Advances in technology
and learning grew Early writing system developed From pictures of
ideas to shapes representing a sound An alphabet was created
Sumerians wrote the first mathematics books and created a number
system based on 60, which is still used to tell time and help with
measuring circles today.
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Check for Understanding Please determine the BEST answer for
the following question. Please write your answer on your white
boards and wait for the teachers signal. On the teachers signal,
hold up your white boards.
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Checking for Understanding Sumerians believed that their gods
got married, ate and drank, and ____________? Answer Ate
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Checking for Understanding Cities grew because of trade,
increased population, new technology, and_________ Answer Farming
methods that brought about a food surplus.
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Checking for Understanding A _________________was a person who
was trained to write and keep records in ancient times. Answer
Scribe
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Guided Practice/Independent Practice Guided Practice Complete
questions 1 - 2 on the reading comprehension worksheet. Raise your
hand and wait to get stamped. If you received an R go to the back
table with Ms. Graham. Independent Practice Once you have been
stamped moved to independent practice and complete numbers 3 and 4
on the reading comprehension worksheet. Homework Note-taking guide
on the reverse side.
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Chapter 3 Section 4 The First Empires
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Standards H-SS: 6.2.4 Know the significance of Hammurabis Code.
E-LA Reading 6.2.3 Connect and clarify main ideas by identifying
their relationships to other sources and related topics.
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Anticipatory Set Could you imagine a world without laws? What
would happen if no one had to follow any rules? Well, Hammurabi
created the first law code in Mesopotamia. His ideas would change
our world forever.
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Objective You will learn how strong rulers finally conquered
the city-states to create the worlds first empires. You will also
read how a ruler named Hammurabi tried to unite Mesopotamia under
one law code, or set of laws.
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Language of the Discipline 1. Conquest- when one people defeats
and controls another. 2. Empire- a group of countries or peoples
who are ruled by one government. 3. Chariots- wheeled war vehicles.
4. Barbarians- people without civilization.
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Conflict
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Conflict increased as city-states grew
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Conflict Conflict increased as city-states grew Sargon the
Great conquered city- states and formed Mesopotamias first empire
called The Akkadian Empire. Spread Sumerian civilization for more
than 50 years. The Akkadian people adopted the Sumerian farming
techniques, cuneiform writing, and even religion.
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Law Code
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After Sargons death, Sumer was united by Ur-Nammu Issued the
first known law code
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Law Code After Sargons death, Sumer was united by Ur-Nammu
Issued the first known law code The next king, Hammurabi, issued
codes of laws for his people to follow The law code was carved in
stone for people to see. He wanted people to know the laws that
they were to live by.
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Law Code The code was important because 1. It was the first
known attempt by a ruler to use laws to unite an empire. 2. It
provided historians with a great deal of information about life in
Mesopotamia.
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Check for Understanding Please determine the BEST answer for
the following question. Please write your answer on your white
boards and wait for the teachers signal. On the teachers signal,
hold up your white boards.
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People without civilization were known as_________________.
Answer Barbarians Check for Understanding
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What did Hammurabi do so that all of his people knew his laws?
Answer King Hammurabi wrote or carved his law code on huge stones
that hung for people to see. Check for Understanding
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How did Sargon unite Mesopotamia? Answer Sargon united
Mesopotamia by creating Mesopotamias first empire with a well
equipped army. Check for Understanding
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Guided Practice/Independent Practice Guided Practice Complete
questions 1 - 2 on the reading comprehension worksheet. Raise your
hand and wait to get stamped. If you received an R go to the back
table with Ms. Graham. Independent Practice Once you have been
stamped moved to independent practice and complete numbers 3 and 4
on the reading comprehension worksheet. Homework Note-taking guide
on the reverse side.