ANCIENT HISTORY - UNIT 2 - MESOPOTAMIA
Unit Summary:
Agriculture marked a dramatic change in how people lived together; they began dwelling in larger, more organized communities. Gradually, from some of these permanent settlements in the Fertile Crescent, cities emerged. The result formed the backdrop of a much more complex way of life—civilization. The elements of civilization develop from the numerous groups inhabiting the Tigris-Euphrates region.
Unit Objectives: Students will be able to
a)Explain why the first civilization began in Mesopotamia
b)Find the major elements of Mesopotamia on a map of the Middle East and the Globe
c)Discuss the changes in technology that resulted from the first Mesopotamian Empires
d)Analyze the transition from city-states to Empires, and discuss why it occurred
e)Compare and contrast the various civilizations of Mesopotamia
f)Identify the major cultural achievements of Mesopotamia
g)Explain the major features of Mesopotamian religion
h)Find the elements of a civilization within the Mesopotamian cultures
Unit Assignment:
Complete a unit assignment (essentially a mini-project, this will be explained in class) by the due date listed below. Make your selection based on the packet of assignment instructions you received at the beginning of the semester. Remember, you may only use each type of assignment once per semester.
Unit Schedule:
DAY / TOPIC / CLASSWORK TODAY / DUE TODAYDay 1
Aug 29 / Introduction to Mesopotamia
PPT & Discussion
Day 2 Aug 30 / City-States of Ancient Sumer
Reading & Assignment / Reading Questions: Ch. 2-1
Map Assignment
Day 3 Aug 31 / Mesopotamian Religion
PPT& Discussion / - / Map Assignment
Day 4 Sept 1 / Mesopotamian Empires
PPT& Discussion
Day 5 Sept 2 / Invaders, Travers, Empire Builders
Reading & Assignment / Reading Questions: Ch. 2-2
Hammurabi’s Code
Day 6 Sept 6 / The Assyrians
PPT & Discussion / Hammurabi’s Code Sheet
Day 7 Sept 7 / Video: Mesopotamia
Video w/Guide Worksheet / Video Guide Worksheet
Day 8 Sept 8 / Review Game
Review Game, Work on Study Guide / Study Guide for Unit Test
Day 9 Sept 9 / Unit Test
Mesopotamia Unit Test / Unit Test / Study Guide
ANCIENT HISTORY - UNIT 2 - MESOPOTAMIA
ANCIENT HISTORY - UNIT 2 - MESOPOTAMIA
Unit Vocabulary:
ANCIENT HISTORY - UNIT 2 - MESOPOTAMIA
Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamia
Sumer
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Hierarchy
Ziggurat
Cuneiform
Sargon
Hammurabi
Codify
Civil Law
Criminal Law
Nebuchadnezzar
Barter Economy
Money Economy
Zoroaster
Colony
Alphabet
Assyria
Sennacherib
Nineveh
Ashurbanipal
Medes
Chaldeans
ANCIENT HISTORY - UNIT 2 - MESOPOTAMIA
National Standards for History
The student understands…
1-1A:how Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus valley became centers of dense population, urbanization, and cultural innovation in the fourth and third millennia BCE.
1-1B: how human communities populated the major regions of the world and adapted to a variety of environments.
1-2A:how and why humans established settled communities and experimented with agriculture.
1-2B: how agricultural societies developed around the world.
2-1A: how Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus valley became centers of dense population, urbanization, and cultural innovation in the fourth and third millennia BCE.
2-1B: how commercial and cultural interactions contributed to change in the Tigris-Euphrates, Indus, and Nile regions.
ANCIENT HISTORY - UNIT 2 - MESOPOTAMIA
IL State Learning Standards
This unit meets the following State of Illinois Learning Standards for World History:
16.A.4a Analyze and report historical events to determine cause-and-effect relationships
16.A.4b Compare competing historical interpretations of an event.
16.B.2a (W) Describe the historical development of monarchies, oligarchies and city-states in ancient civilizations.
16.C.2b (W) Describe the basic economic systems of the world’s great civilizations including Mesopotamia, Egypt, Aegean/Mediterranean and Asian civilizations, 1000 BCE - 500 CE.
16.E.3a (W) Describe how the people of the Huang He, Tigris-Euphrates, Nile and Indus river valleys shaped their environments during the agricultural revolution, 4000 - 1000 BCE.
Unit Test Date:
Friday, Sept. 9th
Unit Assignment Due Date:
Monday, September 12th