making and mesopotamia

Students bring the past to life as they create languages, ziggurats and vessels from Mesopotamia in Geography.

As part of their Middle East unit on Ancient Mesopotamia, 6th Graders in Social Studies class created and built authentic/working Sumerian tools. The Sumerians, who lived in Ancient Mesopotamia (modern day Southern Iraq) more than 6,000 years ago, were master innovators who created countless inventions as well as forms of writing and mathematic achievements to help their civilization thrive. To better understand these achievements, students were tasked with making functional tools, structures, and language, including Ziggurats, Cuneiform clay tablets, plows with wheels, and boats with sails.