Mesopotamia

The Life of a ...
Imagine that you are a citizen of Mesopotamia. Choose a job you might have, like a farmer, merchant, priest, scribe, king, or even a God. You are going to write a story about your daily life. Your story should incorporate your knowledge of Mesopotamia and should be at least three (3) paragraphs long. Use the ideas below to help you.

__what you like/dislike about Mesopotamia__
//You will be graded on content - how well you show your knowledge about the different aspects of Mesopotamian life You will be graded on form - how well your story flows. It should sound like a story and not just a bunch of facts linked together. You will be graded on mechanics - proper use of capitals, punctuation, grammar, spelling, etc//.

__**Individual/Partner Study**__ __- //**Mesopotamia**//__
You will be researching and reporting on a specific aspect of Mesopotamian society. To begin, you will need to sign up for a topic that interests you. Go to [|Google] and sign in using our hopkinsclass username. Then go to Docs. You will need to find the "Individual/Partner Study" for your class, click on it, then type your name directly on the document next to the topic you want to learn about. Up to two people can sign up for a topic and you can choose to work individually or with a partner. It's up to you. You will create a poster with writing and illustrations about your topic. You will show your poster and report on your research this Friday, 1/15/10. Have fun!

[|Timelines] of Mesopotamia and Mesopotamian cultures [|mesopotamia website] [|Another good mesopotamia website] Power Point about Mesopotamia by Grayson Lambert. Another version of Grayson's ppwer point. Check out the major impacts on farming in ancient and current times.

[|Irrigation in Mesopotamia] - Fill in the gaps and see how well you understand the concept of irrigation.

Go to the following website by the British Museum and read about the Geography of Mesopotamia. Then play the farming Challenge and learn what it was like for the farmers of Mesopotamia. [|Mesopotamia by the British Museum]

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Check out your KWL charts on Google Docs. You may view any of the documents by clicking on the links, but you will have to sign in to edit. [|Noll-KWL] [|Hop-KWL] [|Utz-KWL] [|Ham-KWL] Map of modern-day Iraq. Use this map to help you with the location of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Use this map of the Middle East to help you label water features in the Middle East. Also note that the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers run through Iraq and into Syria and Turkey.