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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!