We are starting Ancient Mesopotamia this week in History.  Our main curriculum will be Story of the World, but we will also be using A child’s Book of History, Usborne books and Kingfisher books and various other books.  Here is kinda a mini unit study for Ancient Mesopotamia.

Informational sites and unit studies:

http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/AncientSumer.html

http://www.shrewsbury-ma.gov/schools/Central/Curriculum/ELEMENTARY/SOCIALSTUDIES/Mesopotamia/ancient_mesopotamia.htm#resources

http://www.geocities.com/garyweb65/oldassy.html

http://www.seekonk.k12.ma.us/WebQuests/MesopotamiaWQ.html

Write your name in Cuneiform:

http://www.upennmuseum.com/cuneiform.cgi

Art History:

http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/ancient/mesopotamia.htm

How to play the Royal Game of Ur:

http://www.gamecabinet.com/history/Ur.html

Make a paper model of a Ziggurat:

http://www.jaconline.com.au/atlasofdiscovery/downloads/worksheets/ws48-ziggurat.pdf

Lapbooking and Notebooking: (you didn’t think I would leave that out did you?)

          Blackline Map:

             http://highland.hitcho.com.au/acmesopotamiamap.pdf

           Notebooking Page:

             http://highland.hitcho.com.au/sumeriancitycolor.pdf

                        Coloring Pages:

                         http://highland.hitcho.com.au/zigguratshapebook.pdf

                         http://www.cavemanart.com/osroene/mesopotamia.htm

            Clipart:                 http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=History/Ancient_Civilizations/Babylonians

Some things you can Notebooks:

               Maps:

1.    Draw the ancient boundaries of Sumer

2.    Find Ur on the map

3.    Draw the ancient boundaries of Assyria

4.    Find Nineveh on the map

5.    Draw the ancient boundaries of Babylon

6.    Find Babylon on the map

7.    Draw the boundaries of Akkadia

8.    Find Akkad on the map

                Timeline

              http://www.notebookingpages.com/files/Timeline_With_Lines.pdf

                                 http://www.notebookingpages.com/files/Timeline_No_Lines.pdf

                Notebooking:

             1.    Draw and write about Gilgamesh

2.    Draw and write about a Ziggurat

3.    Draw and write about the ancient customs

4.    Draw and write about The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

5.    Draw and write about King Nebuchadnezzar

6.    Draw and write about cuneiform

7.    Draw and write about Sargon

8.    Draw and write about Hammurabi

             9.    Write and opinion about Hammurabi’s Codes

         Free Notebooking pages:

           http://www.notebookingpages.com/files/History2.pdf

                        http://www.notebookingpages.com/files/History3.pdf           

                        http://www.notebookingpages.com/files/History4.pdf           

                        http://www.notebookingpages.com/files/2Border_with_Space_at_Top_Lines.pdf 

                        http://www.notebookingpages.com/files/5Mixed_No_Border_Minus_Top_Line.pdf

                        http://www.notebookingpages.com/files/8No_Border_with_Title_with_Lines.pdf

                        http://www.notebookingpages.com/files/10Twisted_Line_Border_Large_Box_Top_with_Lines.pdf

1.    Abraham

http://www.notebookingpages.com/files/14_Abraham_Bible_Notebooking_Pages.pdf

2.    Daniel

http://www.notebookingpages.com/files/50_Daniel_Bible_Notebooking_Pages.pdf

3. The Fiery Furnace

http://www.notebookingpages.com/files/52_Shadrach_Meshach_Abednego_Bible_Notebooking_Pages.pdf

3.    Tower of Babel 

http://www.notebookingpages.com/files/13_Tower_of_Babel_Bible_Notebooking_Pages.pdf

                    4. Jonah

 http://www.notebookingpages.com/files/36_Jonah_Bible_Notebooking_Pages.pdf

               For more great Notebooking Stuff check out www.notebookingpages.com

             Lapbooking:

1.      Accordion book with time periods- write about each period

2.   Layered book – different jobs in Mesopotamia-  such as Scribe, Priest, ect.

3.    Tab book- Life of Gilgamesh

4.    Venn Diagram- compare Sumer to Assyria or to Babylon or compare Mesopotamia to Egypt.

5.    Vocabulary List

6.    Shape Book- Ziggurat

7.    Write name in Cuneiform

8.    Make list of numbers in cuneiform

9.    The coloring pages would make a nice front cover

10.    Make a flapbook and list some
  Hammurabi’s Codes

11.   Do a question and answer fold for some of the   rulers of Mesopotamia

For more info on Notebooking and Lapbooking see my previous article called Difference Between Notebooking and Lapbooking

                     Link for Lapbooking Elements.

                                                                          http://www.notebookingpages.com/Notebooking_Pages_Free_Lapbooking_Elements.html

http://www.notebookingpages.com/Notebooking_Pages_Free_Cutouts.html

Some products for sale that may help you with Mesopotamia:

Notebooking Pages on Mesopotamia

Lapbook on Mesopotamia

Guide Book on Mesopotamia

Scrapbook Kit for Lapbooking and Notebooking on Mesopotamia

Enjoy!

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Posted by Buckeyeblog

What a great list of links! Awesome!

BTW, the next McCHEO meeting is NEXT Tuesday, the 16th. :-) Hope to see you there.

Blessings, Kim Wolf<><

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