Monday, October 16, 2017

Week of October 16 to 19

Week of
October 16 to 19
Topic
Mesopotamia
Objective:
·         Describe how the city-states of Sumer formed Southwest Asia’s first civilization.
·         Summarize how Hammurabi changed civilization by organizing and displaying laws.
·         Identify how the Assyrians and then the Chaldeans conquered Mesopotamia.
·         Describe how the Phoenicians spread different cultures throughout the Mediterranean and beyond.
Essential Question:
·         Why was civilization able to develop in ancient Mesopotamia?
Assignment:

(all assignments are uploaded on Canvas)
Periods 1,2,3,4, & 6
Period 5
·         Complete Mesopotamia reading packet started with substitutes from last week (due by Tuesday, Oct. 17). 
o   “The Stairway to Heaven”
o   “Gilgamesh Battles with Death”
o   “Sargon the Conqueror”
o   “The Gift of the Nile”
·         Missing assignments make-up. 
·         Complete Mesopotamia reading packet started with substitutes from last week (due by Tuesday, Oct. 17)
o   “The Stairway to Heaven”
o   “Gilgamesh Battles with Death”
o   “Sargon the Conqueror”
o   “The Gift of the Nile”
·         My civilization presentations.
·         Missing assignments make-up.