Taking the Mystery Out of Mesopotamia Dec. 6/11
1. Definitions- word Wall
2. Map of area
3. Locate in your atlas. How far is it from O.L to Iraq? What is Mesopotamia? What time is it in Mesopotamia compared to our time?
4. Map- due
5. Mark on Map
Title
(1) Mediterranean sea
(2) Red sea
(3) Nile River Delta
(4)Euphrates River
(5)UR
(6)Persian Gulf
(7) Nile River
(8) Tigris River
(9)Sumer
(10)Mesopotamia- purple
(11) Fertile Cresent- green
(12)Zaggros Mts.- grey
(13)Sy.

Rivers-blue
Seas- blue

6. Videos- Sumerian City States- Socail Classes
-Government
7. Cuneiform
8. Gilagamesh
9. Hammurabi-Purpose of rules and laws
10. Contributions
11. Food
12. Clothing
13. Gate of Ishtar -Mosaic
-King Nebu
14. Hanging Gardens of Babylon (1 of the & wonders).

Projects

1. Carved Cuneiform in clay - visit website do initials, print or trace
- stylus e.g. stick
or make a seal
2. 3D Ziggurat
Built form e.g. sugar cubes, small milk cartons, Styrofoam.
3. City State Creation
Poster board
Coloured pencils
Title
4. Meso. Madness -choose a character from Mesopotamia paragraph describing a day in your life.
5. Meso. Lunch - Choose a food you can bring for lunch.

A.M.

history happining today

Dec 2/11
Sidney Crosby is back in the NHL after recovering from a concusion for almost one year Sidney led the Pittsburg Penguins his first game back scoring 2 goals and 2 assists on Mon game against New York Islanders.

Micro Soft thinks that it is a good idea to open a game designing studio in victoria BC the tech business employs 13000 people and 800 companies and makes $2.65 billion per year.

Brandon University faculty is off strike after 45 days. Classes resumed Monday.

A fire at BU destroyed the schools food bank on Monday.

In southern Alberta there was 100km winds that caused many damages to buildings and had to go into evavcuations due to grass fires.

D.C.