Value: 100
Learning Objective :
 Students will be able to identify what Mesopotamia means by watching a short video
and answering short quesions.
 Students will be able to understand how each city-state developed by reading and
answering questions.
 Students will be able to use their own words to describe what Hammurabi’s code was
so important in the development in the civilization.
In the first period we will start with an introduction of what we will learn this year in
Social Studies and decorating the first page of our notebook.
Write the following information in your notebook :
The cradle of civilization: Mesopotamia.
Key words to learn in this lesson: Mesopotamia, Crops, irrigate, civilization,
flooding
Main ideas:
- Mesopotamia means land between two rivers and it comes from Greek.
- Tigris and Euphrates allowed people to farm and irrigates their crops.
- The greatest achievement in Mesopotamia was writing.
Watch the video and be ready to share your thoughts. Let’s be respectful and
wait for your turn when you participate.
 Activity: Go over the reading: “Ancient Mesopotamia” and answer each
question.
Write down your answers here
1. What made the fertile crescent or Mesopotamia ideal for the development of
civilization?
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2. Why do you think the development of the writing system was important to the
development of Sumer?
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3. Why do you think it is important to have written laws?
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4. Why do you think an empire that rules harshly does not last long?
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