Adventure Board game
Mesopotamia – Egypt – ISRAEL
Culminating Task (40 pts)
Prompt: Create an adventurous board game, detailing the life and times of Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt,
Kush and Israel. Spaces in your board game follow the requirements in the criteria chart to
show that you have mastered each standard.
Criteria Chart:
Standard
Demonstration of Standard
Points
6.2.1: Locate and describe the major river
systems and discuss the physical settings that
supported permanent shelter.
6.2.2: Trace the development of agricultural
techniques that permitted the production of
economic surplus and the emergence of cities
as centers of culture and power.
6.2.3: Understand the relationship between
religion and the social and political order in
Mesopotamia and Egypt.
6.2.4 Know the significance of Hammurabi’s
code.
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6.2.5 Discuss the main features of Egyptian
art and architecture.
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6.2.6 Describe the role of Egyptian trade in
the eastern Mediterranean and Nile.
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3 spaces to the benefits of trading (i.e. you
traded for ___, or you received ____)
6.2.7 Understand the significance of Queen
Hatshepsut and Ramses II.
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1 space of Hatshepsut important achievements
1space of Ramses II’s important achievements
2 spaces on how the Kush civilization was
affected by its location (economics, cultural)
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1 space to the Torah
1 space to Hebrew laws/ teachings
1 space to how the Hebrews kept their cultural
identity
2 spaces to the way the Hebrew laws have
influenced modern law
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Identify and explain contributions of the
Jewish leaders to Judaism (these can be spaces
or players in the game)
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1 space to pictographs (example)
1 space to cuneiform (example)
2 spaces to hieroglyphs (example)
Color/Effort
Creativity/Title
Proper Header
Use of 5 vocabulary words
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6.2.8 Students identify the location of the Kush
civilization and describe its political, commercial,
and cultural relations with Egypt
6.3.2 Students identify the sources of the
ethical teachings and central beliefs of
Judaism (the Hebrew Bible, the
Commentaries): belief in God, observance of
law, practice of the concepts of righteousness
and justice, and importance of study; and
describe how the ideas of the Hebrew
traditions are reflected in the moral and
ethical traditions of Western civilization.
6.3.3 Students explain the significance of
Abraham, Moses, Ruth, Naomi, David, and
Yohanen ben Zaccai in the development of
the Jewish religion.
6.2.9 Trace the evolution of language and its
written forms
Additional Criteria
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Draw a map of the 3 major rivers
2 spaces to explaining why permanent shelter
was possible
Illustrate and identify 3 agricultural
techniques
Illustrate and identify 2 agricultural tools
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Identify and explain 3 jobs in Mesopotamia
and/or Egypt’s social structure (these can be
spaces or players in the game)
2 spaces to Hammurabi’s code
1 space to explaining why Hammurabi’s code
is important to modern people
Illustrate 3 pieces of art and architecture on
your board or on particular spaces
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Total Points ___/50
Pre-write for Adventure Board Game Spaces:
***In addition to these board game spaces, remember to draw your map,
art & architecture, and agricultural techniques and tools.***
Approval X_______________