Mesopotamia: British Museum, http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/geography/challenge/cha_set.html (Accessed 18/7/15)
Greece: British Museum,
http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/staff/resources/background/bg19/home.html (accessed 18/7/15)
BBC History Primary, http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/home_life/ (accessed 18/7/15) (Great farming images of olive collecting).
Rome: Ducksters, http://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_rome.php (accessed 18/7/15)
The History Learning site, http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ancient-rome/ (accessed 18/7/15)
India:
History link, http://historylink101.com/lessons/farm-city/india1.htm (accessed 18/7/15)
History for Kids, http://www.history4kids.co/2013/02/farming-in-ancient-india.html (accessed 18/7/15)
Suggested research questions: (Answer as many as you can):
* What were the main crops/animals farmed? * What tools and farming techniques were used? * What group of people were the farmers in this society? * How was the produce used within the whole civilization? * Did religion play a part in their farming practices?
Write questions and notes here:
Suggested ResourcesMesopotamia: British Museum,
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/trade/home_set.html (accessed 18/7/15)
Greece: British Museum,
http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/staff/resources/background/bg19/home.html (accessed 18/7/15)
India:
History for Kids, http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/india/economy/ (Accessed 18/7/15)
Rome:
Ducksters, http://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_rome.php (accessed 18/7/15)
The History Learning site, http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ancient-rome/ (accessed 18/7/15)
History learning site, http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ancient-rome/ancient-rome-and-trade/ (accessed 18/7/15).
Suggested research questions: (Answer as many as you can):
* Who did they trade with? * How did they transport their goods? * What goods did they trade? * What groups of people within the society were involved in trade?
Write notes here:
Suggested Resources:Ancient Mesopotamia: Ducksters, http://www.ducksters.com/history/mesopotamia/ancient_mesopotamia.php (accessed 18/7/15)
British Museum, http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/staff/topics/kingship.html (Accessed 18/7/15)
India: Hierarchy Structure.com, http://www.hierarchystructure.com/ancient-india-social-hierarchy/ (accessed 18/7/15).
Rome:
Ducksters, http://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_rome.php (accessed 18/7/15)
The History Learning site, http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ancient-rome/ (accessed 18/7/15)
Greece:
Ancient Greece…, http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Main_Page/ (accessed 18/7/15)
British Museum, http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/ (accessed 18/7/15)
Suggested research questions: (Answer as many as you can):
* Who was at the top of the social ladder? * Where do farmers, traders, religious leaders and lawyers fit in the social hierarchy? * What group or groups of people had a heavy influence within society (was it always the royalty who had most influence)? What were the different social levels of society?
Write notes here:
Suggested Resources:Ancient Mesopotamia: Ducksters, http://www.ducksters.com/history/mesopotamia/ancient_mesopotamia.php (accessed 18/7/15)
British Museum, http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/staff/topics/religion.html (accessed 18/7/15)
Ancient Greece: BBC Primary History, http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/gods_and_heroes/ (accessed 18/7/15)
Ancient History, http://www.ancient.eu/Greek_Government/ (accessed 18/7/15).
British Museum, http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/gods/explore/exp_set.html (accessed 18/7/15)
India:
History for kids, http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/india/government/ (accessed 18/7/15)
History for Kids, http://www.historyforkids.net/ancient-indian-religion-for-kids.html (accessed 18/7/15)
Rome:
Ducksters, http://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_rome.php (accessed 18/7/15)
History Wiz, http://www.historywiz.com/primarysources/twelvetables.html (accessed 18/7/15)
Suggested research question (Answer as many as you can):
* What was the religion/s practiced? * Who were the religious leaders and what power did they hold within the society? * Who important was religion to the lower classes? *Who were their God/s and what rituals were observed as part of their religion?
* Who had a say in creating the laws of the society? * Who enforced (policed) the law? * Explain two possible crimes and the punishments involved? * Did the religious leaders and religious beliefs have a strong influence over the laws of the society?
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