MESOPOTAMIAN SOCIETIES

By Ms. H – September 2010

MESOPOTAMIA

Students engaged in a group societal simulation, where they were required to complete 5 cultural tasks:

1. Creating Laws;

2. Designing Architecture;

3. Writing a Pictorial Language;

4. Trading;

5. Creating a Top Secret Invention

READING THROUGH THE TASK

DISCUSSION AND DECISION MAKING

WE ARE WORKING IN PAIRS – 1 PAIR WILL CREATE THE LAWS; AND

THE OTHER PAIR WILL WORK ON THE LANGUAGE AND

ARCHITECTURE. WE WILL COMPLETE THE REST TOGETHER.

REMEMBER WE CAN’T TALK TO EACH OTHER, JUST

VIEW OUR VARIOUS PICTORIAL LANGUAGES.

THE TOP SECRET INVENTION REQUIRES EACH GROUP TO TRADE FOR

MATERIALS TO CREATE A ‘CATAPULT’. THE FIRST SOCIETY TO

COMPLETE THIS TASK, ENDED THE SIMULATION EXPERIENCE.

ASK YOUR CHILD WHY THIS WAS THE CASE!