Day 18

Wednesday, August 24, 2011 9:23 PM

Subject History

Lessons Due Lesson 5 In TSOM the author gives a brief overview of the groups of people who moved in and out of the Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia). Look at Map 1 and the map in chapter 7 of TSOM. Today the Fertile Crescent is part of an area we call the Middle East. If you were a leader of a tribe, why might you want to move into the Fertile Crescent? Why was this such a desirable area to control? Write out your answer to these <file://C:\Users\Evan\Documents\6th grade\ho_ancients_2_guide_ebook.pdf>questions in paragraph form (at least five sentences) in the Summaries section of your binder. Title this entry Mesopotamia (The Middle East) - Prized Real Estate. Leave about half the page blank after your paragraph. You will be adding more to this entry in Lesson 25. On Map 2 (The Sumerians of Mesopotamia) use KFH p. 9 and your atlas to color land areas and label the following: Akkad Sumer Persian Gulf Mediterranean Sea Babylon Mesopotamia Caspian Sea Red Sea Ur Tigris River Euphrates River On Map 2 draw arrows and label them to indicate the groups who invaded Mesopotamia. Include the following Akkadians, Amorites (Babylonians), Hittites, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Persians, Greeks, Romans, and Turks. Mark significant dates on your timeline. Suggested dates: 3200 BC Cuneiform developed by Sumerians 2360 BC Akkadians under Sargon invade Fertile Crescent 2334 BC First world empire under Sargon (Fertile Crescent) 2100 BC Ziggurats in Ur (Middle East)

Vocabulary Words AHBWL - Gilgamesh Cockerels Parapets Propitiation Paradox Umbelliferous Diamantine Irony Carpe Diem Sluice gates Venomous Impetuous Blaspheme

Vocabulary Words Science Thales Anaximander Anaximenes Anaxagoras Axiom Scientific approach Elements Ferment Helio & words derived from it p. 38 Pyre Matter Kosmos & words derived from it p. 45 Sphere Phenomenon Pious p. 49 Impiety p. 49 Surreptitiously p. 49

Science Timeline Map Vocabulary Math Reading Writing Art

SoS WB p.6 Babylonian calendar was based on the moon p. 7 Add pictures from DK Eyewitness Book Disk - Mesopotamia

Vocabulary Quiz #1 Define umbelliferous, diamantine, and irony. Record in notebook.

MM Triangles p. 33-34 Read along Chapter 6, Afraid of Nothing, pages 48-56. Guide p. 12 Copy work for Gilgamesh p. 12 of Guide AHBWL p. 25 - 31 You will have until Day 24 to finish the paragraphs. Art: Copy, draw or trace the illustrations from page 10 and page 47 of Gilgamesh the Hero, then caption each picture with a quote that describes Gilgameshs appearance before and after the death of Enkidu. Be sure to cite the page number for the quote.
I Know All About the Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Greece and Rome Mythology Quiz Version 1 Romulus & Remus Exercise A.3

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