Ancient Mesopotamia Exploring History Through Primary Sources

ISBN: 0-7439-3934-4

Price: $129.00

Use original documents and photographs as well as letters, maps, cartoons, and posters to help students explore the past. Primary sources provide unique insight into the lives of people in different time periods. Each kit includes: 16 photographs and primary source documents--photo cards with background information, discussion questions, and suggested activities printed on the back; CD with photographs, other primary sources student activity sheets, and extension activities; and 80 page Teacher's Guide including lesson plans, background information, a wide variety of student activities, and a document-based assessment section to help students prepare for essays found on many standardized tests. Each kit also meets the NCSS standards for primary source documents. Photographs: Slab with Cuneiform script; Dagger and sheath from Ur; Ishtar Gate; Ruins of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon; The Standard of Ur; Ziggurat built around 1250 B.C.; Queen's lyre from Ur; Pendant of a Phoenician ship. Primary Sources: Relief of Sennacherib, king of Assyria: Persian king, Darius I; Stele of Hammurabi; Sargon of Akkad; Hittite hunting scene; Gilgamesh relief; Assyrian chariot; Sumerian religious statue. Includes ancient Iraq. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.