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monday, october 22, 2018

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Students read pages 88 to 95 in the Blue textbook and answered the questions on page 95.  Make sure to write your answers in FULLLLLLLL SENTENCES :)

HOMEWORK:  finish these questions for homework


tuesday, october 23, 2018

We reviewed Chapter 3, lessons 1 and 2 in class today.  Geography and then the sequence of events that created the world's first civilization in Sumer which is in Southern Mesopotamia.

Then students used the worksheet to tell examples of the 5 Traits of Civilization in SUMER.  That activity culminates with drawing pictures of those examples from Sumer.

HOMEWORK:  complete the worksheet from class

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24

​Today, we completed a 6 box filmstrip about the Invention of Writing...

We used the following page from my World History book to create this filmstrip.  Students paraphrased, summarized, or copied the following information and pictures to tell the story about how WRITING developed in Sumer.
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the_invention_of_writing.pdf
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HOMEWORK:  finish the Invention of Writing activity

thursday/friday, OCTOBER 25 and 26

 Today, we began with a review of Sumer and becoming a civilization and how written language will develop now.  We used an excerpt from the book "World History" to understand the chain of events that helped create the world's first system of writing.

Students wrote information and drew pictures inspired from the "Invention of Writing" page.  I encouraged students to paraphrase and draw pictures that illustrate this sequence of events.

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We will look further at WRITING in Sumer.

FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS:
  1. Epic of Gilgamesh
  2. READ the epic poem handout in front of you
  3. WATCH the video:  edpuzzle.com/assignments/59e770aef6af0540e598bfdf/watch
  4. GO TO THE GOVERNMENT SECTION and find the answers from this website:  nsms6thgradesocialstudies.weebly.com/mesopotamia.html
  5. DISCUSS the PROS/CONS of having a king and fill out the T Chart...finish the GOVERNMENT section
  6. DISCUSS the RELIGION section and fill out
  7. ​DISCUSS THE LITERATURE SECTION AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS