Egypt Intro

1.  Complete Egypt Timeline (handout from last class)

2.  'The Real Scorpion King' documentary continued...
      (handouts)

Test Today

Studying the Past & Mesopotamia Test
1.  Write Test
2. Mark MC if time...

Mesopotamia Review

1.  dvd: 'Once Upon A Time' (handout)
    Ashurbanipal & Gilgamesh - Art as Propaganda

2.  Test Review /Jeopardy


The TEST is next class! 
Wednesday, October 25

HS Practice & Mesopotamian PR

1.  Historical Significance Practice (handout)

Who or What will be Historically Significant 1000 years from now?

2.  Exam Review (handout)
     Study time 
*Make sure your Gilgamesh questions and HS write from last class are finished and handed in first!!

TEST:  Wednesday, October 25

Mesopotamia: People, Stories & Art

1.  Crash Course Mesopotamia  (handout on Freshgrade under 'Mesopotamia People')

2.  Complete Gilgamesh Questions.

3.  Historical Significance Practice Write:

      Explain which group

 (Sumerians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Akkadians) 

  was the most Historically Significant?

Cuneiform & Gilgamesh

1.  Cuneiform (powerpoint)

2.  Gilgamesh (handouts x 2)
A.  Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh... 
           *what do you notice?
           *what do you wonder?

B. View Gilgamesh cartoon version

C. Answer the questions on the Gilgamesh handout after reading the section in Echoes from the Past

D. View Crash Course and add to your answers.

3.   4 Corners Debate: 
Who was the most historically significant Mesopotamian culture?

Mesopotamia & Marks

1.  Discuss 'Village Life to City' & #1-8

2.  What's my mark?

3.  What is Historical Significance (HS)?

4.  Applying HS to Mesopotamia: People
        4 corners

5.  Historical Significance write - exit slip

Mesopotamia's contributions

1.  Mesopotamia: People (handout)
     /completion check 'Early Civilizations' #1-8

2.  Discuss 'Village Life to City' & 'Early Civilizations'
     * add anything you missed!

3.  What is Historical Significance?
      4 Corners Mesopotamia

The First Civilizations...

1. Why was Agriculture so important?

2.  "The First Civilizations Emerge..."  article & handout 
         /homework check 'Village Life to City'

3.  Discuss 'Village Life to City'

Homework:
Complete #1-8 "The First Civilizations Emerge..."