Cuneiform: Epic Writing
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Social Studies
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5th Grade
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Easy
Emily Bloodworth
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4 Slides • 8 Questions
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During the Telephone game, what made it difficult to pass along the message?
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Poll
Was the Telephone Game easier with the paper message or the verbally passing the message?
Written Message
Verbal Communication
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Poll
Did you find the Favorite Things game difficult?
Yes, it was hard to explain where I needed to go in the line without talking.
A little, but I was getting the hang of it. I figured out how to communicate with others easily.
No, it was super easy and I had no problem.
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Open Ended
What made it difficult? Be polite, please.
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Open Ended
How could the activity been easier?
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Open Ended
How did you manage to communicate without talking?
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Identify important achievements of the Mesopotamian civilization, including cuneiform, clay tablets, and ziggurats, and identify the Epic of Gilgamesh as the oldest written epic.
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I will know I understand the impact of writing on society when I can describe how it affects government, religion, trade, culture, architecture, etc.
I will know I understand the importance of written works like the Epic of Gilgamesh when I can recognize the morals of such stories and how it is connected to both culture and religion of a civilization.
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Poll
Was it easy to write your name or initials into the clay?
Super easy! I only had to write three symbols.
Personally, I am wondering why my parents gave me such a long name, but it was okay. Nothing I would want to do again, though.
Super hard, and I don't want to even think that Ancient Mesopotamian children had to write like this.
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As you read the history behind cuneiform use these tools to annotate your text.
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Open Ended
One of your questions about cuneiform asked what is another way to keep a written document during this time permanently. Please tell me what you think would be a document worth keeping for generations and generations and why.
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