For this project our class worked together to make a presentation on the characteristics of civilization. Our group researched and created the slides on....... Hope you learned something about civilization.
Monday, December 3, 2018
Thursday, November 15, 2018
***Example*** EPIC of Gilgamesh and Mesopotamian Beliefs
For this project we spent time learning about the religious beliefs of the Ancient Mesopotamian civilizations. We also read the Epic of Gilgamesh in class, the oldest story in human history. I have included some of what I learned below.
First of all the Civilizations of Mesopotamia had a polytheistic religion. According to dictionary.com polytheism is "the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods."
The people of Mesopotamia worshiped many gods, but each city had a patron or main god that they believed looked out for the people of their city especially. The different god, monsters, and demons were in charge of different things such as the sun, water, war, and death.
When regular people wanted to get help from the gods they would visit a temple. Temples in Mesopotamia were called Ziggurats these were tall mud brick buildings that looked a bit like small mountains. At the temple priests would communicate and pray to the gods for you. People made sacrifices to the gods of things that were valuable to them including food.
According to Mesopotamian Mythology the reason the gods created humans is....
In class we read through the Epic of Gilgamesh which is the oldest written story in human history. The Epic of Gilgamesh tells us about the world of the Ancient Mesopotamian peoples, what they valued, what they feared, and what they thought about.
The Epic of Gilgamesh is the story of Gilgamesh king of strong walled Uruk.....
After reading the Epic of Gilgamesh we created multiple choice questions based on what we learned. Here are my three favorite questions...
A. To defeat the demon Humbaba
B. To marry the goddess Ishtar
C. To tame the bull of heaven
D. To find the secret of immortality
Monday, October 15, 2018
Life in the Paleolithic era Hunting and Gathering for the Win
Our class learned about what life was like during the Paleolithic Age, a time when humans had to hunt and gather all of the food and resources they needed to live. For this project we read an article and watched two video clips to learn more about this interesting time. Please enjoy my blog post on what I learned.
What is a Hunter-Gatherer?
A Hunter-gatherer was a person that survived by hunting wild animals and gathered wild plants and other foods and resources in order to survive. These people were usually nomadic because they had to follow food and other resources around as they moved or ran out in the place that they lived.
Where and When Did they Live?
At one time hunter-gatherers lived all over the planet. Homo Sapiens, our species, began in Africa and spread to every continent except Antarctica. People stopped hunting and gathering after they adopted a farming life. Different people adopted farming at different times all over the world. Some people refused to give up the hunting and gathering life for many years even after their neighbors became farmers. Even to this day a few isolated tribes continue the hunting and gathering way of life!
What is a Hunter-Gatherer?
A Hunter-gatherer was a person that survived by hunting wild animals and gathered wild plants and other foods and resources in order to survive. These people were usually nomadic because they had to follow food and other resources around as they moved or ran out in the place that they lived.
Where and When Did they Live?
At one time hunter-gatherers lived all over the planet. Homo Sapiens, our species, began in Africa and spread to every continent except Antarctica. People stopped hunting and gathering after they adopted a farming life. Different people adopted farming at different times all over the world. Some people refused to give up the hunting and gathering life for many years even after their neighbors became farmers. Even to this day a few isolated tribes continue the hunting and gathering way of life!
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Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Stone Chopping Tool Podcast
For this assignment Mr. Rothemich asked teams to research information about the fossils and artifacts that tell us about where humans originated. Our team took the research and created a podcast on Lucy to show what we learned.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Top Five Sites of Ancient Egypt
For this project our class researched the top five places/artifacts that tourist have to visit in Egypt. We limited our sites to a list of ancient Egyptian sites given to us by Mr. Rothemich. We created a video and ranked the sites, please enjoy.
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