My class and I did a simulation on ancient Mesopotamia for 8 weeks. And during that 8 weeks we moved our clans around a map of Mesopotamia, collating resources and civilization points, (who ever has the most civilization points at the end wins) and to get more civilization points we created 4 (or 5) projects, for each level of civilization,(Tribe, Village, City–state, and empire level.) everyone in a clan had to complete these tasks in a certain amount of time, for our “clan” to move to the next level of civilization, mine clan was the Hittites. The tasks we created were so-post to get better each time.
My tribe task was a blog post
I choose to make a blog post because I wanted to experament with my new blog! I learned that the Mesopotamian’s had many jobs, ranging from scribes to slaves.
My village task was a slide presentation
I choose to make a slide presentation because I thought it would be a great way to show my research
My 1st city–state task was index cards
I choose to make these index cards, because they show all the major gods and goddesses of Mesopotamia. The people of Mesopotamia worshiped these gods, and they believed that if they kept their gods happy, the gods would watch over them in every aspect of their lives. They did everything for their gods, the built shrines, told stories about them, and left them food and gifts, only to make them happy. The people of Mesopotamia’s main goal was to keep their gods happy, because if they didn’t, the believed that the gods would get made at them, and let storms destroy their city.
My 2nd city–state task was a letter between kings
I choose to write letters between two kings, to show how the kings would claim that they were descended from the gods
My empire task was a modal and a google doc
