Looking Ahead

Ancient History

Upcoming Deadlines

11/29 - Standard of Ur Summary due

11/30 - 3 Civilizations Quiz - see Study List below

12/4 - Middle East Political Map Quiz

12/5 - (CHANGED TO 12/6) Hammurabi Summary due

12/7 - Intro to Mesopotamia Blog Post due

12/11 (CHANGED TO 12/12) - Mesopotamia Unit Test - 6 Civilizations
12/18 - Indus Valley Map Quiz 

Mesopotamia Unit Test

STUDY LIST

1)      Use all worksheets done from the Mesopotamia Unit. 

2)      Mesopotamia Magazine Sumer Questions (O.N./Meso./Articles)

3)      Review Chart – all six sections

4)      Sumer Summary Questions (O.N./Meso./Summaries)

5)      Standard of Ur Summary Questions (O.N./Meso./Summaries)

6)      Hammurabi Summary Questions (O.N./Meso./Summaries)

7)      Outline Notes – you have a copy of mine (O.N./Meso./Summaries)

8)      Mesopotamia Video Questions

9)      Basic Criteria List – Put question marks next to things you don’t know and need to ask about in tutorial  (O.N./Meso./Summaries)

10)  Quick Check of chronological order for all six civilizations

11)  Vocabulary – flash cards, etc.

  

STUDY LIST

3 CIV. OF MESO. QUIZ

(Sumer, Akkad, & Babylon)

1)      Use all worksheets done so far from the Mesopotamia Unit. 

(O.N./Meso./Worksheets)

2)      Mesopotamia Magazine Sumer Questions (O.N./Meso./Articles)

3)      Review Chart

4)      Sumer Summary Questions (O.N./Meso./Summaries)

5)      Standard of Ur Summary Questions (O.N./Meso./Summaries)

6)      Hammurabi Summary Questions (O.N./Meso./Summaries)

7)      Outline Notes – you have a copy of mine (O.N./Meso./Summaries)

8)      Basic Criteria List – Put question marks next to things you don’t know and need to ask about in tutorial  (O.N./Meso./Summaries)

Cuneiform, Getty Images, https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/mesopotamia-clay-tablet-pictographs-drawn-early-writing-news-photo/578315296, 26 November 2018.

From the Royal Tombs of Ur in Sumer

Use your class notes and this video to write your summary paragraphs.
Standard of Ur Video: Please watch this 8 min. video before you write your Standard of Ur Summary Paragraphs.

THE STANDARD OF UR: What was the role of women?  What did fashionable men wear?  What type of technology was used? Musical instruments? Did they take live captives after war? What was the social structure? After examining the artifact carefully and analyzing all images, the 8th Grade Ancient History scholars are writing a summary paper explaining their inferences about Sumerian society based upon the evidence found on this primary source. (Click on image to enlarge.)

MESOPOTAMIAN FUN!

Watch these for FUN and INFO!

MR. NICKY'S MESOPOTAMIA

                                                                               

LEGO MESOPOTAMIA PART #1

LEGO MESOPOTAMIA PART #2

Four River Valley Civilizations

JUST FOR FUN!

Culmination of Archaeology Unit - Let's Dig!

THE DIG!

Using proper excavation techniques (at least at the beginning), the Eighth Grade Ancient History Scholars made measurements, recorded field notes of their observations, plotted coordinates, and were, at first, puzzled by what type of artifacts might be in their dig site.  Before long they recognized that they had found a terracotta warrior made to protect the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, after his death.

Watch the 4 minute National Geographic Video above to answer your 

Terra Cotta Warrior Video Questions.

Watch part of the 47 minute video below to choose a topic you would like to write about for your China Summary Paragraph.

Archaeology Independent Research Projects

The Eighth Grade Ancient History Scholars branched out and researched any topic they found interesting.  They could research anything, from any time period, anywhere in the world, as long as they could tie it to archaeology. 

The Eighth Graders became the expert on their research topic.  They created visual aids to help their "students" understand the information being presented as they taught a lesson on their topic.

 The targeted skills for this project were:

 1) Evaluating Web Sites - NO WIKIPEDIA AND NO ENCYCLOPEDIAS!
 2) Proper Documentation and Chicago/Turabian Bibliography Format

Archaeology Unit Phase II

Eighth Grade Ancient History Scholars 

Make Inferences about "Rescued" Artifacts!

After creating their own unique civilization and

creating artifacts representing their culture's

universals, the students received a box of "found"

artifacts and after measuring, drawing,

and cataloging each artifact, they gave their best

interpretations of the culture which produced the

artifacts, and what was important to that society. 

 There were many discussions about the

evidence left behind, and some of the languages

were very difficult to decipher.

You can visit the "Museum of Unique Treasures" in

the Middle School Library later this week to see the

inferences they made about the civilizations they

analyzed.

Field Trip to WSU Anthropology Department

During our visit to Wichita State University we - 

• visited the Bio Lab, where we learned how to tell if a skeleton was male or female, looked at other evidence that bones can tell us, and heard about Forensic Archaeologists helping to solve murders. We also compared skulls of Neanderthals with those of modern humans with Dr. Peer Moore-Jansen.
• went to the Archaeology Lab where our presenter helped us understand the work they do with arrow heads, pot shards, and the careful inspection, preservation, and storage of artifacts.  
• explored the Holmes Museum of Anthropology, where we learned so much about the Asmat culture, and gained an appreciation for their unique carvings. We also learned about Native American jewelry, pottery, and textiles, and saw items relating to the new Pizza Hut exhibit with Museum Director Rachelle Meinecke.
• did a hands-on activity with actual artifacts in the WSU collection, trying to analyze and interpret what each artifact was made from, and how it was used.  Some were really hard to get right!
• discovered that there was much hidden information in the hall displays which we uncovered with our scavenger hunt. 

We appreciate all the time and expertise that the WSU Anthropology Department staff and students shared with our Eighth Grade scholars.