Throughout Your Sumerian City-State We Should See Signs

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Sumerian City-State Project

Extra Credit

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Create a model of a Sumerian City- State using Minecraft/ similar construction program (on Minecraft MUST be on flat-land setting), OR you can create a 3-D scale model. Models must be historically accurate (from the textbook) and depict all 7 characteristics of a civilization in Sumerian society. Each characteristic should have a sign as shown below in boldface. Listed below is what your signs should say.

Throughout your Sumerian City-State we should see signs.

Sign 1: Title/Student Names – Ex: Jake Paul and Steph Curry Presents: An Ancient Sumerian City-State.

Sign 2: Ancient Sumer flourished in Mesopotamia between 3500 – 2300 B.C.E. Each City- State was like an independent country.

Sign 3: Moat, city wall. (see p. 39 in textbook)

Sign 4: Stable Food Supply: Irrigation Systems – canals, dams, reservoirs. Farmland with plows, crops, and animals

Sign 5: Social Structure: We should see houses for Top level, middle level, and bottom level as described on p. 48

Sign 6: Government: We should see military sites or king's palace.

Sign 7: Religion: We should see Ziggurat (tallest building) stairway and shrine at the top

Sign 8: The Arts – Depicts examples of the arts in Sumerian Civilization

Sign 9: Technology – Depicts examples of technology

Sign 10: Writing- Depicts examples of Writing in Sumer

Ancient Sumerian City- State Model Rubric

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Title/Name / 4 pts._____ Government/4 pts _____

Time period/ 3 pts.____ Religion/8 pts _____

Moat & Wall/ 5 pts._____ The Arts /5 pts_____

Stable Food Supply /4 pts._____ Technology/4pts ____

Social structure/ 5 pts.____ Writing/3 pts ____

_____/45 pts Total Score

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Make a video of a tour of your city state, upload it on YouTube, and send me the link. Or bring in a video file on a usb, or make screen shots.