Mrs. Alexander -Team 6 - 3
Social Studies Syllabus: Week of April 13, 2009
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Important Information:
* My Newsbowl competition team will meet on Thursday, this week, to begin preparing for
April’s competition. This will be the last online competition we will participate in.
*We will have a test on Ch. 3 on April 23rd. The study guide is below this syllabus.
Monday, April 13–
Define: migration, reform, assembly, monotheistic, and polytheistic
Read and discuss pp. 61- 63
Homework: Complete questions on p. 63 (# 2-5) – due Wednesday
Tuesday, April 14–
Small group work: “The Pursuit of Justice, Hammurabi’s Code” - pp.676 – 677
Complete “Interpreting Primary Sources” questions p. 677 (# 1-6)
Homework: Finish questions on p. 677, if necessary
Wednesday, April 15–
Fact and Opinion p. 60
Review questions p. 63 & p. 677
Homework: None, but begin studying for test
Thursday, April 16-
Fact and Opinion handout
Newsbowl activity
Homework: None, but begin studying for test
Friday, April 17-
Map activity
Homework: None, but begin studying for test
Study Guide for Chapter 3 Test on Thursday, April 23rd.
1. Know about Gilgamesh’s personality traits and lesson he learned for the
story, Gilgamesh the King.
2. Why is ancient Mesopotamia called the cradle of civilization?
3. What country is ancient Mesopotamia located in today and approximately when did the civilization begin?
4. Know the four cultures that lived in ancient Mesopotamia.
5. Study the make-up of the Sumerian government?
6. Study Sumerian religion.
7. Know who the Sumerian leaders were and what their responsibilities were.
8. What area did Sargon I control and the date?
9. What did Sargon I accomplish?
10. What area did Hammurabi control and the date?
11. What were Hammurabi’s accomplishments?
12. Study information about Hammurabi’s Code of Laws
13. Study Mesopotamian contributions.
14. Study your assessment questions on p. 59.
15. What areas were included in the “fertile crescent”?
16. Study the following things from the Jerusalem and Islam handouts:
A. Know the religions that originated in the Fertile Crescent?
B. What city does the Christians, Jews, and Muslims all claim as their holy city?
16. How are the Torah and the Bible connected to ancient Mesopotamia?
17. Study all your vocabulary words:
irrigation, city-states, artisans, ziggurat, cuneiform, scribe, priest-kings, levees, Sumer, assembly hereditary, empire, reforms, reign, monotheism, polytheism, surplus, migrating, culture
18. Know about women’s role in Mesopotamia.
19. Know what schooling was like in Mesopotamia.
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