Mesopotamia

__**Individual/Partner Study**__ __- //**Mesopotamia**//__
Using your textbook, trade books in the classroom, and the internet, 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 the project sign up link below, click on it, then type your name directly on the document next to the topic you want to learn about. Up to 4 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.Information on your topic must be thorough and written in your own words. You must also list all sources used. Your poster must be neat, well written and include a title and pictures to illustrate the topic. It must be worthy of a 6th grader!! Remember to include your by line on the front or back. This project is worth 30 points. [|Project sign up]

[|Interactive map of Mesopotamia] [|Ziggurat Website]- see images of ancient ziggurats and the ruins they are today.

[|Worshipper Statues] What is a worshipper statue and why did the ancient Mesopotamians use them? Learn the answer to this question and more with this interactive.

[|Early Clay Tablet] See how this early clay tablet used pictures to communicate.

[|Mesopotamian House]- Learn more about daily life over 8,000 years ago after examining this model of a house from the ancient Neolithic settlement of Jarmo.

[|Mesopotamian Art]

[|Sumerian Art]

Mesopotamian cultural and scientific contribution

[|Mesopotamia and the Sumerians] [|Mesopotamia] [|Ancient Mesopotamia] [|Timelines] of Mesopotamia and Mesopotamian cultures [|mesopotamia website] [|Another good mesopotamia website] [|Mesopotamian Culture] [|Code of Hammurabi]

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]

[|The Ziggurat] - check out this link to learn about the different parts of a ziggurat.

Map of modern-day Iraq. Use this map to help you with the location of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.


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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.


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