Warm-UpSeptember 30,2013
•Where do you live?•What are some challenges or problems in your life.•What are some of your achievements?
Students will be able to:
• Compare and contrast the Assyrian and Babylonian cultures.• Explore how empires formed in Mesopotamia.
Two Empires of
MESOPOTAMIA
Materials for Today’s Lesson
• RULES FOR TODAY’S LESSON
Raise your hands before speaking or leaving your seat
Respect your classmates and Mrs. Roberts
Keep hands, feet, and objects to yourself.
Compare and Contrast
The Assyrian and the Babylonian’s cultures.
Where They Lived• Assyrians
• North of Babylon on open land.
• Babylonians• Between the
Tigris and Euphrates, north of Sumer
• Assyrians
One of the most important Mesopotamia empires.. Its capital was Nineveh.
• Babylonians
One of the most important Mesopotamia empires. The city of Babylon was the center of the empire.
Their Challenges or Problems
•Assyrians
• Continually open to invasion
Babylonians
Destroyed by the Assyrians
Their Lasting Achievements
• Assyrians
• They developed sophisticated weapons and conquered many lands.
• Babylonians
• Babylon became a center of learning; strides were made in astronomy.
Civilization
• Sumerians
Where did the Sumerians live…
•Between the Tigris and Euphrates, north od the Persian Gulf
Their challenges or problems (Sumerians)•Destructive floods
•Constant warfare
Their lasting achievements (Sumerians)
They developed a system of writing
What would life be like without written language?
Warm-UpOctober 2, 2013
Students will be able to…
• Imagine a world with no writing systems • Share knowledge about the creation of writing systems.
Rules for Today’s Lesson
• Raise your hands before speaking or leaving your seat • Respect your classmates and Mrs. Roberts• Keep hands, feet, and objects to yourself.
• No yelling out answers
• LOL = Laughing Out Loud• LOL = Lots Of Love• BRB = Be Right Back• BRB = Bath Room Break
• TA great minds think alikeGTSY glad to see youH&K hug and kissHAGN have a good nightHAG1 have a good oneHHIS hanging head in shameIC I seeIYKWIM If You Know What I MeanIGP I gotta peeIMO in my opinionIMHO in my humble opinionIRL in real lifeIWALY I will always love youJK just kiddingJMO just my opinion
Materials for Today’s Lesson
Ancient Sumerians(Cuneiform)
•Reading from the book about cuneiform.
Question?
•What is cuneiform?
• What ancient civilization invented cuneiform?
• List five things you think the ancient people wrote down?
Civilization
Chaldeans
Where did they live…(Chaldeans)
•King ruled Mesopotamia from Babylon
There challenges and problems…
•Overthrown by fierce Assyrians
Their lasting achievements (Chaldeans)
•They gained control of the Assyrian empire and rebuilt Babylon.