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.