Grade 1 - Early world Civilizations

56 Early World Civilizations: Supplemental Guide 3 | The Religion of Babylon

Exercise Materials Details

Purpose for Listening Response Card 1 Invite students to point to the image that

refers to the main topic of today’s read-

aloud.

Discussing the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

Comprehension Questions

Word Work: Religion

 Complete Remainder of the Lesson Later in the Day

Extensions (20 minutes)

Early World Civilizations Chart Image Card 5;

Early World Civilizations Chart and

Image Sheet for Mesopotamia

Students may follow along using their

own chart and image sheet.

Interactive Illustrations drawing paper, drawing tools

I Wonder Why... chart paper with:

I wonder why.. .written on it;

trade book with a “How Things

Work” or “How Things Came to

Be” topic

This activity may lead to interesting group

research topics.

Alternatively, based on students’

interests, you may wish to read a trade

book about how things work or how

things came to be.

Mesopotamian gods and

goddesses

websites with information

about Mesopotamian gods and

goddesses

Students may be interested in seeing

and hearing about the stories and

descriptions of the Mesopotamian gods

referred to in this read-aloud. (See Notes

to Teacher for web resources to obtain

this information.)

Advance Preparation

You may wish to fi nd pictures and images of ancient Babylon and

ziggurats.

Notes to Teacher

For background information and to fi nd images related to

Mesopotamian gods and goddesses, you may wish to refer to

these web resources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mesopotamian_deities

http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/explore/exp_set.html

For background information and to fi nd images related to

ziggurats, you may wish to refer to this web resource:

http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/ziggurats/home_set.html