Objectives: -- Describe how writing developed -- (Some classes) Explain the requirements of the common assessment Activities: -- Review notes on Hammurabi -- Read p. 101-103, and p. R37. View graphics on p. 107 and p. 97 -- Fill in notes on writing -- (Some classes) Review Mesopotamian Museum project -- (Some classes) Watch "We're the Mesopotamians" and look for references to what we've learned about Mesopotamia -- (Some classes) Watch "lego" video on Inventions and Discoveries in Ancient Mesopotamia, again, listening for references to the development of civilization in general and Sumer in Mesopotamia specifically Independent Learning: -- None, but make sure all missing work is turned in and all quiz corrections made and turned in by Wednesday, December 16. Notes/Handouts/Material covered in class: Writing p. 101-102 Pictographs: Picture-writing From representing objects to representing ideas to representing sounds The pictures later became symbols (still used today). Cuneiform: wedge-shaped writing Stylus: sharpened reed to press markings into clay tablets Scribe: someone who specializes in writing Examples of what writing was used for: (pick any 4) business (contracts, inventory, receipts), historical records (e.g., wars, flood, kings), IOUs, lists, wills, adoptions, court decisions, land measurements, letters, dictionaries, epics/myths, songs/hymns, school lessons ( “Epic of Gilgamesh”: 1st example of “great” creative literature) The difference between prehistory and history: WRITING !!!!!! Writing makes it easier to pass down knowledge from generation to generation .
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