A written language
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SWBAT explain how early writing forms influenced the lives of Mesopotamians as well as recognize the word Cuneiform.
Calisthenics: Take out your social studies binder, a pen/pencil, colored
pencils and sit absolutely silently.
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DO NOW page 63 IAN
• What do you think the world would be like without writing? How does writing affect your daily life?
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A written language
• By 3,000BCE the Sumerians invented writing to meet business needs– As trade expanded, merchants needed records of
exchanges.
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• Labeling goods– Marked outside of container with symbols of
product inside
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Pictographs!• These symbols are called Pictographs!
• Pictographs means “picture writing”– In time the Sumerians began writing pictographs on clay tablets
• At first they showed objects later they showed ideas and sounds
• By combining sounds they could create more words• Over time they stopped using pictures and began using
wedged shaped symbols.
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Cuneiform
These wedge shaped symbols were called Cuneiform.
They had about 600 different symbols learning all of these took YEARSAs a result few people could read/write
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Scribes
• People who could read/write were called scribes.
• Scribes were professional record keepers
• They were highly respected
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Video!
• http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=9EB01043-6FC4-45BD-BD39-D5414CA3D012&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US
• Scribe: • http://player.discoverye
ducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=9EB01043-6FC4-45BD-BD39-D5414CA3D012&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US
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TCAP practice
• 1. As ancient societies became more complex, what invention helped people organize and keep track of their activities?– A. the epic– B. fire– C. writing– D. the wheel
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