1. DO NOW What would you would do with $1,000.

2. STOP, DROP, and READ! (15 minutes) Announcements Write HW in agenda Advisory Homework: Bring SDR book Everyday! Bring Agenda everyday Replace any materials needed for classes (pencils, pens, paper, notebooks, markers, etc.) Look up grades online due Friday Finish Multiple Intelligence Inventory worksheet

3. Complete in your notebooks Who was Hammurabi? What was Hammurabi’s Code? What effect did Hammurabi’s Code have on his people? Who were scribes? Why were they important Answer in 5 complete sentences Do Now

5. Think about your friends in 6 th grade now. In 20 years from now, what do you think you will be doing in your life? What if you saw your friends from 6 th grade 20 years from now? What would they look like? What would they be doing?

6. Benchmark Review Continued! Agenda: 1.Mesopotamia Test Review 2.Mesopotamia Video 3.Study Guide (completion) 4.Homework 5.Jeopardy!

7. Mesopotamia Test Review 5: Advanced 4: Proficient 3: Basic 2: Not Proficient 1: Below Basic  Did we meet our class goals?  You will be able to come in to re-take any standards you missed afterschool, but you must make an appointment!

8. Individual Trackers! Let’s complete our individual trackers for Unit 2: Mesopotamia. I will complete one on the board so please follow along!

9. Ancient Civilizations Mesopotamia Video

11. Your address goes here Design your own stamp ******************* ***************** Write 3 facts for your postcard about Mesopotamia Dear Mom and Da d, Print your name

12. Study Guide You will be receiving your second large index card. This one is for your Study Guide for Mesopotamia. Please copy down the notes on the index card to use as an additional study tool on top of your notes

13. Mesopotamia Study Guide Mesopotamians (Sumerians) all relied on floods for a good harvest Sumerians first written symbols were pictographs Cuneiform was developed by Sumerians Phoenicians are given credit for our English Alphabet According to Sumerians, each city-state was ruled by its own gods

14. In the Babylonian culture, Hammurabi’s Code was used to govern society. Hammurabi’s Code of laws were important to Sumerian society because these laws included the corresponding punishment Hammurabi’s Code listed 282 laws that were important because they were displayed for the public Mesopotamia Study Guide

15. Review notes from Early Humans to prepare for the Benchmarks Review notes from Mesopotamia to prepare for the Benchmarks Review both study guides! Sleep early! Eat a good breakfast! Homework

16. JEOPARDY!! Early Humans Mesopotamia

17. Early Humans I.Geography A. Africa 1. adapted to natural environment II. Religion A. everything in nature had a spirit B. Worshipped spirits III. Achievements A. language- developed their own language I. Geography Mesopotamia

18. Early Humans III. Achievements B. prehistoric art- created art they could carry C. cave paintings told stories of how they lived D. developed a way to make and control fire E. Made the 1st tools to improve life

19. Early Humans IV. Politics A. larger villages needed an organized government to keep order B. Leadership C. Made laws to make their community safe and stable V. Economy A. Trade or Barter B. Surplus of goods Mesopotamia

20. Early Humans C. Public buildings 1. shrines and other accommodations for gatherings of people VI. Social Structure A. social classes: groups with similar trainings and incomes B. Nomadic- moved from place to place