Chapter 2:
Mesopotamia &
Persia
Lesson 1:
Warm-up 9-2-14
Ch.2 Mesopotamia
Obj: SWBAT apply
knowledge of
ancient
Mesopotamia to
describe the context
of the people on an
exit slip.
Please respond in complete
sentences:
1. Think back to the prehistoric
people. Describe the context of
the people in the Neolithic era.
2. Describe the possible functions
for Stonehenge.
Chapter 1 8-27-14
Warm-up:
Homework Due
Read Chapter 2, Pg.
Cue Cards (8) Due: Chapter 2
Refer to Chapter sheet
Class Expectations
1. Students are respectful of
everyone and all belongings
2. Students are prepared and on
time with all materials
3. Students follow directions the
first time given
4. Students keep food and drinks
away during class (water only)
5. Students keep personal
electronics off and out of sight
(explicit permission will be given
to use electronics).
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Hoods off
Food Away
Backpacks, purses,
bags, etc. on back of
chair or under desk
Announcements:
 Quiz
grades are in the
grade book
 Make up/re-take quiz
today or Thursday after
school
 Make sure you have
your text book
Agenda:
Warm-up
 Announcements and
Reminders
 Text Book Distribution
 Choose Cue Card groups
 Prehistoric art Notes
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Office Hours
Tuesday 3:00-4:00
Thursday 3:00-4:00
CUE CARD GROUPS
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3-4 people to one group
Exchange phone numbers and emails
All works of art to be covered in this course WILL NOT be
addressed during class.
It will be your responsibility to research those not covered.
You will create “Cue Cards,” like flash cards, of all artworks
for homework.
Divide the list of artworks for each chapter among your
group and complete your part then share info with your
group--combine your efforts to complete all cue cards.
Intro to Mesopotamia
Intro to Ancient Mesopotamian Art
Ancient
Mesopotamia
n Art Context
• Humanity had settled in farms
• The use of plows and irrigation canals
• This area was known as the “Fertile
Crescent”
• Area between Iraq and Iran, around the
Tigris and Euphrates rivers
• The first clear narrative in art appears
Sumerian Art
Sumerian
Dates: 3500 BCE- 2332 BCE
Key Locations: southern Iraq
Contextual Information:
• Composed of city-states— independent selfgoverning city
• Sumerian rulers were viewed as the god’s
representatives on earth & keepers of
earthly treasures
• Food and resources were readily available
so many people could do other jobs—
manufacture, trade, administration
• Institutionalized defense—armies formed by
the government
Sumerian Art
Sumerian
• Writing appeared—scratching of
pictographs in soft clay
• Simple pictures standing for words
• Cuneiforms– wedge shapes signs pressed
into clay—beginnings of writing
• Appearance of literature: The Epic of
Gilgamesh
• Story of Gilagmesh, a Uruk king who slayed
the monster Huwana
Temple (cella)
Flashcard
Ziggurat
2-2 Reconstruction drawing of the White Temple and ziggurat
Bent Axis
White Temple and ziggurat, Uruk
http://www.coco.cc.az.us/apetersen/_ART201/sumeria.htm
Flashcard
www.accd.edu/.../arts1303/Chapter2.htm
Statuettes of
Worshipers
Votive Figures
www.accd.edu/.../arts1303/Chapter2.htm
Flashcard
Standard of Ur
http://www.accd.edu/sac/vat/arthistory/arts1303/Chapter2.htm
www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/ue/uec.html
www.britannica.com
Narrative
Registers
Exit Slip
Answer the following in complete sentences:
How has the context of the Mesopotamian people changed
from that of the Paleolithic and Neolithic people? Describe the
new developments in the world that occurred.