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
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
