Do Now:

What do you see?

What do you believe it is?

What do you believe it is for?



Vocabulary Quiz

Read the following sentences:


One of the most important aspects of Babylonian religion and tradition, and probably the best known, is the ziggurat.


Ziggurats were built to reach nearer the heavens. This was so the gods could be contacted and worshiped.

The Babylonians gave rich offerings to the gods and built splendid temples. Similarly they built ziggurats. The size and splendor of a ziggurat would show the city and king’s devotion to the particular city god being worshiped. They might have temples to other gods but they would only have a ziggurat to the city god.

Essay

Write a 2 paragraph essay in your blog using the information from these paragraphs, the information we learned about gods and religion in class, and from this WEBSITE to answer these questions:


Why did the people of Mesopotamia build ziggurats?

What was the purpose of a ziggurat?

Add any special information you discover in your research.

Hammurabi's Code

Do Now:

List all school rules and laws you can think of in two minutes.

Then,

What do these laws tell us about our school?

For example, if walking in a single file is a rule, it might say that safety and order are important to the school.

King Hammurabi

Hammurabi was a king of Babylonia in southern Mesopotamia (the site of present-day Iraq). He probably ruled for about 40 years beginning in 1792 B.C. Babylon was one of several city-states in this area near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Hammurabi was a skilled military leader and under his leadership, Babylon conquered the other city-states of the area and united much of Mesopotamia under his authority.

Hammurabi was also a skilled administrator. He is most famous for his code of laws. Many of these laws came from the city-state of Sumer, but they added a new concept — that of revenge instead of just punishment. For example, under Sumerian law, the punishment for crimes was often a fine; under Hammurabi’s law, the guideline was “an eye for an eye.” Punishment also depended on who was wronged. If a person put out the eye of a slave, he would not lose his eye but would pay a fine. If that person put out the eye of a noble man, he would lose his eye as punishment.

Hammurabi had his laws posted throughout Babylonia. They were written on stone slabs and placed in prominent places for the people to see. There were 282 laws as far as we know. Interestingly, there was no law number 13 — it was an unlucky number even then.

Now, check out the laws below in groups.



Hammurabi's Code

Study these laws taken from the Code of Hammurabi, and then answer the questions below.

1. If a person accuses another person of a crime, the accused shall go to the river and jump in. If he drowns, the person who accused him may have the accused person's house. If the accused doesn't drown, then the River-God has decided that he is innocent. The person who made the accusation is to be put to death, and the accused shall take his house.

2. If anyone opens his ditches to water his crop, but is careless, and the water floods the field of his neighbor, then he shall pay his neighbor corn for his loss.

3. If he be not able to replace the corn, then he and his possessions shall be divided among the farmers whose corn he has flooded.



4. If a physician kills a patient or cuts out a patient's eye when trying to remove a tumor, the physicians' hands will be cut off.


5. If a builder builds a house and the house collapses and kills the owner of the house, the builder shall be put to death. If the house collapses and kills the owner's son, then the son of the builder shall be put to death.


6. If a son hits his father, his hands shall be cut off.


7. If a fire breaks out in a house and a person who helps to put out the fire steals something from the house, that person shall be thrown into the fire.

8. If a man destroys the eye of another man, his eye shall be destroyed. If he breaks the bone of another, his bone shall be broken.

9. If a man's wife, who lives in his house, wishes to leave it, plunges into debt, tries to ruin her house, neglects her husband, and is found guilty: if her husband offer her release, she may go on her way, and he gives her nothing as a gift of release. If her husband does not wish to release her, and if he take another wife, she shall remain as a servant in her husband's house.


10. If a man wishes to divorce his wife, he must return her dowry and give her the use of part of his field for farming and part of his property so that she can provide for her children.

11. If a man's wife becomes sick, the husband may take a second wife, but must continue to care for the sick wife as long as she lives.

12. If a person steals from a temple or takes goods stolen from the temple, he shall be put to death.



Based on these laws, what can we learn about Babylonian society? Record your answers
below.

Religion: ____________________________________________________________________
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Marriage: ____________________________________________________________________
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Making a living: _______________________________________________________________
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Other aspects of Babylonian society: ______________________________________________
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Homework:

• From the laws that you studied today, which one do you think is best? Worst? Explain your answers.
• Ask your parents to tell you which of our present laws they think are best and worst. Ask them why they chose those laws. Record their answers.
• With your parents, brainstorm careers that would need to have a strong knowledge of our law code. (Think “outside the box” on this one; who besides law enforcement people need to be familiar with the laws of our city/county/state?)

1.) One person from each table collect the homework from last night:

the scribe's letter to the king.

Read the sentences and find the vocabulary words.

a.) The people of Sumer made a covenant with their gods to worship them always.

b.) The Sumerian priests were experts in theology.

c.) The Sumerian priests were also expert astronomers.

d.) People who disagreed with the king were sent into exile.

e.) The diaspora of Dominicans to the United States provides better opportunities.


Now click on the link to the Do Now Mini Quiz:


2.) We will watch the Epic of Gilgamesh. Watch it carefully.


Now finish your protest letter on your blog to the king.

GIRLS

Remember women could not work as scribes.

Write your letter to the king asking him why you can not work as a scribe.
Tell him about:

why your life is so difficult now as a farmer,

the job you want to do as a scribe

how you feel about society

what you want to change.

BOYS

If you are a man, write your letter to the king complaining to him:

About how much you work

what your job is like

how nobody appreciates your work

how you want to be an artisan or priest but can not because of the laws

describe how the laws are unfair

Legends of Lexicon-

Vocabulary Pop Quiz

Answer the questions after reading the text below.

Imagine... you were born into a poor family in Sumer. Your father is a farmer and his father was a farmer. He works 14 hours a day in the field. His skin is burnt from the sun and his hands are hard from working in the fields. But he enjoys life.

Post a comment to the questions on this blog.

What do you think your life will be like? Do you want the same life as your father? Would it be possible to have a different life if you lived in Sumer?

Legends of Lexicon Week 3 Vocabulary Words

covenant- a special agreement

diaspora- the movement of any population sharing common ethnic identity who leave their land, and live somewhere far away from their home

theology- the study of a God or the Gods from a religious perspective

exile- a forced absence from one's country or place of living

astronomer- A scientist who observes and studies the stars and planets

Sumerian Social Hierarchy



Click on the link after you review the presentation. This is a mini-quiz.

Social Hierarchy Mini-Assessment



We will watch a video on Mesopotamia together.

Now, Fill out your Sumerian Profile.

Now:
Write a letter to the king or priests in your blog.

Pretend you are protesting or complaining about how much you get paid and how long you work. Write a letter that tells about how much you work, what your life is like, and what problems you have in you Sumerian society.
Use your imagination!!! Have Fun!!

Today is a catch-up day.


Catch-up on your blog work: Creation Story (1/6/09) , (Instructions are available)

Country Project (121/09)

Obama inauguration post (1/22/09)



After you are finished, there are social studies games on the blog post for 1/22/09.

1.) Look at the pictures in the link below:

Pictures from the Inauguration of Barack Obama

THEN Write in YOUR blog :

Three hopes you have for President Obama Why?
Three things you want him to change Why?

Include a picture from the inauguration.

Challenge:

Tell him one thing you would do if you were President. Why?


2.) Social Studies Legend Building Time:

Choose one of the games on the website and PLAY!


Social Studies Games

Latitude and Longitude Game

A country in the world...

Find a country on the continents of either Asia, South America or Africa that you are not familiar with or never heard of before.


Find the country using Google Earth. Once you open Google Earth, on the left side toolbar, make sure Borders and Labels and Terrain are checked. You can find this in the layers section.

Once you find the country you want to choose... open your CIS339 blog.

Here you will write information about the country like:

Population

Natural Wonders

Capital City

National Income

Natural Resources

National Sport

You can search for this information on Google.

1.) Just type the name of the country in the search area.

2.) Click on the the CIA Worldfactbook page. You may search other websites as well.

3.) Find pictures of the country and paste them into your blog.

Challenge
Find out if your country is poor and if so, how many children do not have food, water, clothes, or the opportunity for a proper education.

Part I:

Legends of Lexicon Week 2: VOCABULARY QUIZ


Part II:

Social hierarchy means a division of society by rank or class.



View the presentation.





Respond to these question by posting a comment on this blog:

Write three paragraphs.

1.) What do you think life was like for each class in Sumer?


2.) Is it fair for the poorer people to pay taxes to support the rich?


3.) Is it fair for one person to rule over a large community or society?


4.) How are things unequal between different groups of people in Sumer and today's society?


Think about how some jobs can put you in a certain class.

Think about race, ethnicity, being an immigrant.

Think about how money puts you in a certain rank or class.

Do Now: 11/15/09

Legends of Lexicon Week 2


Post your comment to these questions.

What technology do you use on a daily basis? List all technology you use.

Write 3 sentences about whether this technology makes your life easier?

Write 3 sentences. Can technology make life more complicated?

Pretend you are a person in ancient Sumer. Write a poem or a short story like Enheduanna wrote to one of the gods you looked at yesterday.

You may write this one your blog.

The poem must include: the name of the god
the reason why you are praying to that god
the wish you hope will be answered

Do Now:

Part I

Match the vocabulary words (the number) with their definitions (the letter).

1.) Epic:
2.) Scribe:
3.) Artisan:
4.) Pictograph:
5.) Economy:


a.) A worker who is skilled at making a particular product by hand

b.) Picture writing; A picture that stands for a word or idea

c.) The wealth or resources of a country especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services

d.) A long poem about a hero

e.) A professional writer or record keeper


Do Now:

Part II

Did ancient Sumerians believe in one god or many gods? Why did they have gods? What did they pray to the gods for?

Mesopotamia Gods and Goddeses

Cuneiform Tablet

Using the 8 cuneiform symbols, write 8 sentences.

With each sentence, use some English words. You do not need to write complete sentences.

Then, write at least 2 sentences using just symbols.

Make some symbols up.

You will find it is difficult to write with just symbols.

Do Now:

Imagine a world without writing. Everything is blank. No signs, no books, absolutely no writing!!!!

What would this world without writing be like? Hint: no historical records, books, etc.

How would life be more difficult? What advantages or disadvantages would there be?

Legends of Lexicon: Week 2 (1/12-16)

Vocabulary Words:

1.) Epic: A long poem about a hero

2.) Scribe: A professional writer or record keeper

3.) Artisan: A worker who is skilled at making a particular product by hand

4.) Pictograph: Picture writing; A picture that stands for a word or idea

5.) Economy: The wealth or resources of a country especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services

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Writing Project Steps

Follow the Steps: If you do this, you will do great!!

1.) Finish writing your creation story in Google Docs.

2.) Copy and paste your story into Powerpoint Slides. See the handout for examples.

Remember!!! Save your powerpoint presentation under "Creation Story"

3.) Open a new Google Presentation.

4.) Click File and Upload a Presentation

5.) Then Browse for your "Creation Story"

6.) Click Upload

7.) Once it is uploaded, Click Share: Publish/Embed

8.) Publish your presentation

9.) Copy the Link at the bottom of the page

10.) Go to your blog. Click New Post. Paste the Link.

Publish!!!

Mesopotamia