Mesopotamia

=**Mesopotamia**= Look for Horrible Histories First Stone Age City (Civilizations) Season 4, Episode 5, Bronze Age people argue about building the first city

Mesopotamia Unit file http://www.madeiracityschools.org/olc/folder.aspx?id=514&c=458&s=97

Lesson plan for trade http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/life-old-babylonia-importance-trade#section-16386

Page for different civilizations http://landbetweentherivers.weebly.com/links-and-games.html

Map of Natural Resources https://kmjantz.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/node-4_map-11.jpg

Headdress https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/33.35.3/

Standing Male Worshiper https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/40.156/

Kneeling Bull https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/66.173/

Epic of Gilgamesh for Kids - Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pGhEu9elnA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axVubWiGUMM

Flocabulary - Hammurabi Code of Law https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/ancient-law/video/

Trade in Mesopotamia - Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ri-x3dXBQM https://vimeo.com/7656690

Slide Show http://slideplayer.com/slide/9563791/

Wiki https://mesopotamiadiv1.wikispaces.com/Trade+And+commerce+Mesopotamia

Trade in Mesopotamia - Lesson/Unit Plan https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/life-old-babylonia-importance-trade#sect-thelesson

Hammurabi's Code - Lesson/Unit Plan https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/hammurabis-code-what-does-it-tell-us-about-old-babylonia

Emergence of Cuneiform - Lesson/Unit Plan https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/cuneiform-writing-system-ancient-mesopotamia-emergence-and-evolution

Hanging Gardens of Babylon http://www.unmuseum.org/hangg.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfg1YE-BqTc

Assyrian Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpKxRJDmnQI

Site for Sumerian Learning Station http://sumerianshakespeare.com/21101.html

Sumerian Religion http://realhistoryww.com/world_history/ancient/Misc/Sumer/Sumerian_Religion.htm

Mesopotamia Learning Stations http://betterlesson.com/community/document/2841412/mesopotamia-5-the-most-successful-empire-docx https://brociousry.wikispaces.com/Mesopotamia+Station+Rotation http://mrssimmons6thss.weebly.com/ancient-mesopotamia/october-19-21-2015-ancient-mesopotamia-stations

Current Satelite View of Mesopotamia https://zoom.earth/#33.074279,44.446102,5z,sat,am,2016-10-08

Interactive Map of Mesopotamia http://www.classzone.com/webquest/AC_interactives/AC_02/mesopotamia/AC_03_079_mesopotamia.html

Interactive Map of Fertile Crescent http://www.classzone.com/webquest/AC_interactives/AC_02/fertile/AC_04_109_fertile.html

The Mesopotamians Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAMRTGv82Zo

Mesopotamia Unit http://www2.newton.k12.ma.us/~Christopher_LaBrache/S05578B17

Brief History of Language https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fATACyObd1w&feature=related

Mesopotania Video with Bugs Bunny https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4NkTbjrez8

Dig Into History - Be An Acheologist http://mesopotamia.lib.uchicago.edu/interactives/DigIntoHistory.html

Building a Ziggurat Game http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/ziggurats/challenge/cha_set.html

Clay Tablets - The Never Ending Puzzle http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/writing/challenge/cha_set.html

Write Your Name in Cuneiform http://www.penn.museum/cgi/cuneiform.php

Irrigation Methods in Mesopotamia - A little over a min and a half https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RP2KfewiJA

How Writing Developed in Mesopotamia - 2 min. - Good video, Discovery Ed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCjtPRHRZs8

Trade in Mesopotamia - 10 Min. video - Discovery Ed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCjtPRHRZs8&feature=related

Mesopotamia City-State Layout - Just use the very start to show defensive walls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-6HOQiuIgE

Assyrians - Video - Warfare 9 min. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhEG9jzCzz4

Epic of Gilgamesh - 7 min video - for kids with legos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCi2Vn0m6KM

Interactive Map of Modern Middle East http://www.rethinkingschools.org/just_fun/games/mapgame.html

What the Ancients Did for Us - Video Clip 9 Min. BBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI0zUReqiKo

Ancient Mesopotamia Hands On Websites http://mesopotamia.lib.uchicago.edu/

British Museum http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/menu.html

Mesopotamia Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84y2q4giihY

Mesopotamia Rap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8ri2IV9TpE

Mesopotamia Rap - Mr. Nicky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdblRch6m3g - Longer Version with pics of the area http://www.teachertube.com/video/mesopotamia-hip-hop-version-123700?utm_source=video-google&utm_medium=video-view&utm_term=video&utm_content=video-page&utm_campaign=video-view-page - shorter version, good when just doing the geography

Mesopotamia Resources
 - BBC Primary History: [|Royal Game of Ur] - History Channel: //Mankind: The Story of All of Us: [|Writing] // - // [|Civilization] // (//Harajuku Girls// by Gwen Stefani) - Discovery Channel: // [|Mesopotamia: From Nomads to Farmers] // - // [|The Mesopotamians] // by They Might be Giants - Smithsonian Channel: [|//The Hittites//] - BBC Interactive: [|Iron Age Tasks Gallery] - [|Mesopotamia 2400 BC] - [|Fertile Crescent 2400-1600 BC] - National Geographic: [|Ancient Fertile Crescent Almost Gone] - [|Mesopotamia for Kids] - The Learning Channel: //Ancient Warriors: [|The Assyrians] // - BBC: Interactives: [|Life in the Iron Age] Game - Ancient History Encyclopedia : [|Mesopotamia] - PBS: //Secrets of the Dead: [|The Lost Gardens of Babylon] // ||
 * - BBC Interactive: [|Mesopotamia]

Gilbert Mesopotamia From Nomads to Farmers Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki8S5I83Ccc