Grade 1 - Early world Civilizations

Early World Civilizations: Supplemental Guide 3A | The Religion of Babylon 63

 Show image 3A-5: Gods and goddesses of Mesopotamia 8

“I know Father,” Amur sighed. “We believe that each god and

goddess has power over a specifi c part of the universe: one for

the sky, one for the water, and one for all the plants growing out of

the ground. I am just glad that Marduk is the god of our city and

that we have this grand temple for him.”

 Show image 3A-6: Amur and Warad looking at ziggurat

After admiring the temple for quite a while, Warad and Amur

noticed that the light in the sky was fading. Warad said, “The sun

god has done his work for the day and is ready to rest. It is time

for us to rest as well.”

Then, turning away from the temple of Marduk, Warad and

Amur started for home.

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 [On a world map or globe, have a student locate the
   area where Mesopotamia was located.] On what continent was
   Mesopotamia located? (Asia)


2. Inferential Today, you learned that people of long ago did
   not have scientifi c answers for the way things happened in
   their world, such as how the stars stayed in the sky. How did
   they explain these things? (They told stories about gods and
   goddesses, who they believed were in charge of different
   parts of the universe.)

8 [Explain to students that this is a
picture of some of the gods and
goddesses of Mesopotamia.]