Early World Civilizations: Supplemental Guide PP1 | Pausing Point 1 91Videos of Mesopotamia
Materials: Videos of Mesopotamia
Carefully peruse the Internet for short (5-minute), age-appropriate
videos related to Mesopotamia.
Prepare some questions related to the content presented in the
videos.
Discuss how watching a video is the same as and different from
listening to a storybook or read-aloud.
Have students ask and answer questions using question words
who, what, when, where, and why regarding what they see in the
videos.You Were There: Mesopotamia
Have students pretend that they lived in ancient times in
Mesopotamia. Ask students to describe what they would see and
hear if they went to Babylon. Consider also extending this activity
by adding group or independent writing opportunities associated
with the “You Were There” concept. For example, ask students to
pretend they are scribes recording the story of Nebuchadnezzar
and his queen and write the story down as a group.Class Book: Mesopotamia
Materials: Drawing paper, drawing tools
Tell the class or a group of students that they are going to make a
class book to help them remember what they have learned thus far
in this domain. Have the students brainstorm important information
about Mesopotamia and what the components of Mesopotamian
civilization were. Have each student choose one idea to draw a
picture of, and then have him or her write a caption for the picture.
Bind the pages to make a book to put in the class library for
students to read again and again. You may choose to add more
pages upon completion of the entire domain before binding the
book.