Author Archives: Ryan Piche

Today in class we discussed the Babylonian Empire and read and completed notes for sections 4-5 in chapter 6.  Students missing today need to have those notes completed. ch 6 reading notes Today I gave students their sheet for the Code of Hammurabi project, which also has the rubric on it as well.  Students are … Continue reading »

December is already here!! Today in class we went over the Akkadian Empire, sections 2-3 and completed the reading notes for those two sections.  The groups who worked on the Akkadian Empire on their posters presented them in class today. ch 6 reading notes Tomorrow we will go over the Babylonian Empire I will also … Continue reading »

In class on Tuesday students finished their posters about their Empire of Mesopotamia. Using Quizlet and practicing vocabulary is the homework for the holiday. Happy Thanksgiving!

Today in class we reviewed what we discussed last week Thursday, on the 4 empires of Mesopotamia. I then assigned groups to one of the 4 empires in chapter 6.  They were to read the two sections about their empire, and then complete the corresponding reading notes given in class. After they did their reading … Continue reading »

Students turned in their illustrated dictionaries today for chapter 6.  Any late can be turned in on Monday. Today I showed students what is, and how to use, quizlet.  Quizlet is a great resource online to help with vocabulary.  If you notice, to the right in my blog, you will see a section called “Class … Continue reading »

Today I introduced chapter 6.  We will talk about different empires from the Mesopotamian region. Tomorrow the illustrated dictionary is due.  They need to do it on a loose leaf sheet of paper, using the 6 blue words from chapter 6. Thank you

Today students took the chapter 5 assessment. We will move on to chapter 6 “Exploring 4 Empires of Mesopotamia.”  This is a really interesting chapter that discusses the four large empires who took over Mesopotamia at different times for thousands of years.  Empires like the Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians.  They even discuss the Code of … Continue reading »

An extra credit option the students can do is to create a model of what a Sumerian city-state looked like.  They can create a 3-d model using household or store bought materials.  They can also use a computer program to create the city-state (see the videos in the previous post). They city-state should include everything … Continue reading »

Chapter 5 assessment is tomorrow!! Study guide: Ch5 study guide

Today in class students received the chapter 5 study guide.  Assessment will be on Wednesday!!  We will review the study guide tomorrow so I want students to have it done. Ch5 study guide I also showed a couple videos that I found that show what a Sumerian city-state may have looked like.  It gave students … Continue reading »