Objective: SWBAT use The Epic of Gilgamesh as a historical source. Calisthenics: write down your own example of a law that follows Hammurabi’s “Eye for.

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Objective: SWBAT use The Epic of Gilgamesh as a historical source. Calisthenics: write down your own example of a law that follows Hammurabi’s “Eye for an Eye”…IT MUST BE APPROPRIATE!!! HW: Complete the back side of your notes!

Epic An epic is a L…O….N…G poem about a hero’s journey.

The Epic of Gilgamesh Written in Sumer around 3,000BCE Written in Cuneiform on clay tablets.

Gilgamesh

Prediction… What do you think this story will be about?

Let’s Read it… Go to the following website: (If you don’t type it in correctly, it will not work!) ory/sto_set.html Independently read through the story, you have 15 minutes to complete it. Re-tell the story to Ms. Landy

Let’s Watch & Listen… m?guidAssetId=CA8D95B3-48B5-4C57-BFCD- CEDDD830072B&blnFromSearch=1&productc ode=US m?guidAssetId=CA8D95B3-48B5-4C57-BFCD- CEDDD830072B&blnFromSearch=1&productc ode=US

Think…Pair…Share How is Gilgamesh similar & different to heroes we see on TV today? Do you think Gilgamesh was really a hero? Who would you compare to Gilgamesh?

Write your own Sumerian epic! An epic is a long poem about a hero’s journey. Write about yourself, a Sumerian hero. Tell a story about an imaginary journey! Have fun with it, and be creative!