MET Museum Mesopotamia Collection 1. Browse the Mesopotamia art collection, there are 2470 pieces in the collection, so take your time and look through the artifacts 2. write as many things as you can that you notice about what the art tells you about the culture 3. Using the list you created, write three "investigable" questions about Mesopotamia http://www.metmuseum.org/search-results?ft=mesopotamia
Mesopotamia
MET Museum Mesopotamia Collection1. Browse the Mesopotamia art collection, there are 2470 pieces in the collection, so take your time and look through the artifacts
2. write as many things as you can that you notice about what the art tells you about the culture
3. Using the list you created, write three "investigable" questions about Mesopotamia
http://www.metmuseum.org/search-results?ft=mesopotamia
Where is Mesopotamia?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/cultures/mesopotamia_gallery_01.shtml
Mr. Donn: http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/index.html
British Museum: http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/menu.html
Ziggurats: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziggurat
Present Day Iraq
The Rise and Fall of Saddam Hussein:
READ:
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/connecticut/student/socialstudies/assets/saddam/presentation.html
Interactive Activities
Trade and Transport - Student Web Activity: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078688736/student_view0/unit1/chapter1/student_web_activities.html
Life in Old Babylonia: the Importance of Trade: http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/life-old-babylonia-importance-trade
Why did Mesopotamia collapse?
http://www.learner.org/interactives/collapse/mesopotamia.html