Grade 1 - Early world Civilizations

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82 Early World Civilizations: Supplemental Guide 4A | The Hanging Gardens of Babylon


Discussing the Read-Aloud 15 minutes


Comprehension Questions 10 minutes
If students have diffi culty responding to questions, reread pertinent
passages of the read-aloud and/or refer to specifi c images. If
students give one-word answers and/or fail to use read-aloud
or domain vocabulary in their responses, acknowledge correct
responses by expanding the students’ responses using richer
and more complex language. Ask students to answer in complete
sentences by having them restate the question in their responses.


  1. Literal Where did today’s read-aloud take place? (Babylon)

  2. Literal This read-aloud begins with a narrator (with whom we
    are pretending to travel) telling us the story. Which character
    also narrates the story at times? (Ili, the merchant)

  3. Inferential What is Mesopotamia called? (the cradle of
    civilization) Why is it called the cradle of civilization? (It is one
    of the fi rst-known civilizations.)

  4. Literal What was the name of the king who ruled Babylon at
    the time of today’s read-aloud? (Nebuchadnezzar)

  5. Inferential How was the entrance to the city of Babylon different
    from the entrance to cities today? (Babylon was surrounded by
    a high wall, and people entered through a gate.)

  6. Inferential When the travelers fi rst entered the city, why did the
    streets feel funny to them? (The streets were made of stone, and
    they had been walking for weeks through the sandy desert.)

  7. Inferential Why did Ili call the Hanging Gardens “the most
    amazing sight in all of Babylon”? (elaborate engineering—
    built on platforms, plants not native to desert area, required
    elaborate system of watering)

  8. Literal According to Ili, why did King Nebuchadnezzar have
    the Hanging Gardens built? (He built them for his wife, the
    queen, who missed the green hills and beautiful fl owers in her
    native land.)

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