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Zoom GroupModule 3, Lesson 2: The Sumerians
Objective: Students will explore details about the world’s first advanced society, the Sumerians. Main Ideas: 1. The Sumerians created the world’s first advanced society. 2. Religion played a major role in Sumerian society. 3. The Sumerians invented the world’s first writing system. 4. Technical advances and inventions changed Sumerian lives. 5. Many types of art developed in Sumer Instructions: 1. Login to HMH. 2. Lesson 2 has been assigned to you. We will work through the lesson together. 3. Written Response/Exit Ticket (last page): Choose one of the four characteristics of Sumerian civilizations to discuss in at least one paragraph. Use at least 2 facts from the text to support your writing. Key Terms: rural: having to do with the countryside urban: having to do with the city city-state: a political unit consisting of a city and the surrounding countryside empire: land with different territories and peoples under a single rule polytheism: the worship of many gods social hierarchy: a division of society by rank or class cuneiform: world’s first system of writing epics: long poems that tell the stories of heroes |
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Independent GroupGoogle Classroom (M3.L3): Military Empires
Objective: Students will examine the many cultures that ruled parts of the Fertile Crescent after the Sumerians. Main Ideas: 1. The Babylonians conquered Mesopotamia and created a code of law. 2. Invasions of Mesopotamia changed the region’s culture. Instructions:
Key Terms: Monarch - a ruler of a kingdom or empire Hammurabi - the city of Babylon’s greatest monarch Hammurabi’s Code - the earliest known written collection of laws, comprising 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life chariot - a wheeled, horse-drawn battle cart Nebuchadnezzar - the Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon |
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Module 3, Lesson 2: The Sumerians
Objective: Students will explore details about the world’s first advanced society, the Sumerians. Main Ideas: 1. The Sumerians created the world’s first advanced society. 2. Religion played a major role in Sumerian society. 3. The Sumerians invented the world’s first writing system. 4. Technical advances and inventions changed Sumerian lives. 5. Many types of art developed in Sumer Instructions: 1. Login to HMH. 2. Lesson 2 has been assigned to you. We will work through the lesson together. 3. Written Response/Exit Ticket (last page): Choose one of the four characteristics of Sumerian civilizations to discuss in at least one paragraph. Use at least 2 facts from the text to support your writing. Key Terms: rural: having to do with the countryside urban: having to do with the city city-state: a political unit consisting of a city and the surrounding countryside empire: land with different territories and peoples under a single rule polytheism: the worship of many gods social hierarchy: a division of society by rank or class cuneiform: world’s first system of writing epics: long poems that tell the stories of heroes |
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Google Classroom (M3.L3): Military Empires
Objective: Students will examine the many cultures that ruled parts of the Fertile Crescent after the Sumerians. Main Ideas: 1. The Babylonians conquered Mesopotamia and created a code of law. 2. Invasions of Mesopotamia changed the region’s culture. Instructions:
Key Terms: Monarch - a ruler of a kingdom or empire Hammurabi - the city of Babylon’s greatest monarch Hammurabi’s Code - the earliest known written collection of laws, comprising 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life chariot - a wheeled, horse-drawn battle cart Nebuchadnezzar - the Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon |
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HMH Module 3, Lesson 4: The Phoenicians
Objective: Students will examine the wealthy trading society along the Mediterranean Sea created by the Phoenicians Main Ideas: 1. The Phoenicians built a trading society in the eastern Mediterranean region. 2. Phoenicians developed one of the world’s first alphabets. Instructions:
Key Terms: alphabet - a set of letters than can be combined to form written words |
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Google Classroom (M3.L5): The Persian Empire
Objective: Students will identify details about how the Persians came to rule a great empire. Main Ideas: 1. Persia became an empire under Cyrus the Great. 2. The Persian Empire grew stronger under Darius I. 3. The Persians fought Greece twice in the Persian Wars. Instructions:
Key Terms: Cavalry - a unit of soldiers mounted on horses Cyrus - the Great founder of the Persian Empire Darius I - Persian emperor who organized and expanded the empire Persian Wars - a series of wars between Persia and Greece beginning in 490 BC Xerxes I - Persian emperor who led the second invasion of Greece in 480 BC |
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HMH Module 3, Lesson 4: The Phoenicians
Objective: Students will examine the wealthy trading society along the Mediterranean Sea created by the Phoenicians Main Ideas: 1. The Phoenicians built a trading society in the eastern Mediterranean region. 2. Phoenicians developed one of the world’s first alphabets. Instructions:
Key Terms: alphabet - a set of letters than can be combined to form written words |
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Google Classroom (M3.L5): The Persian Empire
Objective: Students will identify details about how the Persians came to rule a great empire. Main Ideas: 1. Persia became an empire under Cyrus the Great. 2. The Persian Empire grew stronger under Darius I. 3. The Persians fought Greece twice in the Persian Wars. Instructions:
Key Terms: Cavalry - a unit of soldiers mounted on horses Cyrus - the Great founder of the Persian Empire Darius I - Persian emperor who organized and expanded the empire Persian Wars - a series of wars between Persia and Greece beginning in 490 BC Xerxes I - Persian emperor who led the second invasion of Greece in 480 BC |
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Check PowerSchool and write down your missing assignments. You can still turn in missing assignments for credit! |
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SEE THE CHECKLIST BELOW TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE COMPLETED AND TURNED IN ALL INDEPENDENT WORK THIS WEEK! REMEMBER, THIS WEEK'S INDEPENDENT WORK IS WORTH THE SAME AMOUNT OF POINTS AS A QUIZ, SO MAKE SURE YOU READ EACH QUESTION CAREFULLY. |