Grades K-2. Ancient Mesopotamia Task Cards. Sample file. 10 Simple, Engaging Activities

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1 Grades K-2 Ancient Mesopotamia Task Cards 10 Simple, Engaging Activities History Geography Language Arts Math

2 Ancient Mesopotamia Task Cards Writer/Designer Stacy Holland Blue House School bluehouseschool.blogspot.com 2013 Stacy Holland - Blue House School All rights reserved. Thank you for purchasing this Blue House School digital product! Permission is given to the original downloader to print, digitally read and use any of the pages within for individual classroom or family homeschool use only. The content of this file is not to be reproduced, edited, resold or used elsewhere without permission from Stacy Holland - Blue House School.

3 Ancient Mesopotamia Task Cards Ancient Mesopotamia Task Cards features ten simple, engaging activities for K-2 students studying early Mesopotamia. While designed primarily using information from The Usborne Internet-Linked Ancient World by Fiona Chandler, the activities complement many other history texts as well. Good Reads The Usborne Internet-Linked Ancient World - Fiona Chandler The Kingfisher Book of The Ancient World - Hazel Mary Martell The Kingfisher Atlas of the Ancient World - Simon Adams A True Book: Mesopotamia - Sunita Apte You Wouldn't Want to Be a Sumerian Slave!: A Life of Hard Labor You'd Rather Avoid - Jacqueline Morley City of Rainbows: A Tale from Ancient Sumer - Karen Foster Required Supplies Although not required, the task cards and a few of the activity pages are best printed on cardstock. Cut the task cards and activity pages apart on the gray dotted lines, where required. 1 - Map Mesopotamia Ancient Mesopotamia map from activity pages

4 2 - Match the Tablets Match the Tablets Vocabulary Cards from activity pages, best printed on cardstock Glue stick Blank paper, two pieces turned horizontally 3 - Decode Cuneiform Decode Cuneiform record sheet from activity pages 4 - Pretend to Be a Scribe Modeling compound, modeling clay or oven-bake clay for tablet, flattened in the shape of a tablet no less than ¼-inch thick Long Lego block, Cuisenaire rod or square end of a disposable wooden chopstick for the stylus Task Card Build a Ziggurat Build a Ziggurat Bricks & Stairs from activity pages, best printed on cardstock Glue stick Blank paper, one piece turned horizontally 6 - Spin the Wheels Spin the Wheels Chariot from activity pages, best printed on cardstock Sharp, thin-tipped instrument for punching holes Metal brads, two

5 7 - Write About Sargon Sargon of Akkad lined writing sheet from activity pages 8 - Find the Nouns Find the Nouns Record Sheet from activity pages Ancient history book (optional) 9 - Add the Mud Bricks Add the Mud Bricks Record Sheet from activity pages 10 - Create a Timeline Timeline of Ancient Mesopotamia from activity pages Glue stick Answers 2 - Match the Tablets city-state - a city and the surrounding villages and farmland that had its own ruler civilization - a group of people who live in towns, have laws and an advanced way of life cuneiform - an ancient writing system that used wedge-shaped symbols empire - a large group of lands and people controlled by one powerful ruler

6 Mesopotamia - the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers know as the land between two rivers scribe - a specially educated person whose job it was to read and write for other people ziggurat - a stepped tower with a temple on top 3 - Decode Cuneiform The word cuneiform means: WEDGE-SHAPED 9 - Add the Mud Bricks 1. = 13, 2. = 16, 3. = = 14, 2. = 18, 3. = 13

7 1 - Map Mesopotamia Mesopotamia means the land between two rivers. It is located in modern-day Iraq. 1. Trace the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in blue. 2. Label the civilizations of Sumer and Akkad. 3. Draw a dot for the city-state Ur. Label it. 4. Draw a trading ship on one of the waterways Mesopotamians traveled for trading. 5. Shade the area within the dotted lines tan. 6. Color the symbols on the map key. 2 - Match the Tablets Match the tablets with vocabulary words on them to the ones with their definitions. 1. Cut out the tablets on the dotted lines. 2. Mix up the tablets and then lay them facedown in rows. 3. Turn over two tablets at a time. See whether the tablets have a word and definition that match. If so, set the tablets aside. If not, turn the tablets back over and try again. Keep playing until all matches have been made. 4. Paste the matching tablets onto paper.