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6-12 Lesson Plans

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Levant 6-12 Lesson Plans:

• Zenobia and Heroines
• PowerPoint on the ancient Israelite Civilization; created by the ICS (Institute for Curriculum Services)
• Three religions that consider Jerusalem a holy city
• Dead Sea Scrolls

Mesopotamia 6-12 Lesson Plans:

• Power in ancient Mesopotamia; original functions and context of stone carvings
• Ancient Mesopotamia and Today through artifacts, culture and history
• Hammurabi’s Code: What Does It Tell Us About Old Babylonia?
• Ancient Mesopotamia – literacy now and then
• Life in Old Babylonia: The Importance of Trade
• The Cuneiform Writing System in Ancient Mesopotamia: Emergence and Evolution
• Life in ancient Mesopotamia – reconstructing a personal “tell”
• Ancient tablets, ancient graves: accessing women’s lives in Mesopotamia
• Teaching violence, destruction and propaganda at Nimrud in antiquity and today
• Ancient Persian art and culture; Achaemenid jar with Lion-Griffin Handles
• Cyrus Cylinder – Persian culture and Persian interactions with the Greeks
• Sumerian City of Ur – teaching with primary sources

Egypt 6-12 Lesson Plans:

• Egyptian Book of the Dead
• Science and technology of anicent Egypt
• Touring ancient Egypt
• A day in the life of an Egyptian
• Egypt’s architectural marvels
• Egypt’s Greatest Leaders
• Queens of ancient Egypt
• Tombs and the afterlife
• Hieroglyphs and communication
• Egypt’s pyramids: monuments with a message
• Egyptian Symbols and Figures: Hieroglyphs
• Daily life of Egyptians
• Plans and ideas for student engagement

Nubia 6-12 Lesson Plans:

• Archaeology in the Community-ASOR Ancient Nubia Curriculum (for videos below)

Ancient Nubia Video Part 1: Pre-Kerma – Kingdoms of Kush

Ancient Nubia Video Part 2: Pre-Kerma – Kingdoms of Kush

Roman 6-12 Lesson Plans:

• Can you save the Roman Republic? Students act as elected consuls and leaders of government
• “Gossip at the Forum” – Julius Caesar; a play for students to act out
• Which emperor would you choose to be your leader?
• Daily life in ancient Rome
• Bathing complexes (specifically the Baths of Caracalla)
• In Old Pompeii – the eruption and excavations
• What happened at Pompeii?
  
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• Roman gravestone inspiration – students make their own
• Gods and goddesses transported to the modern world
• Aeneas, art and storytelling – connections between primary and secondary sources
• Muses vs sirens – analysis of ancient artifacts
• The Metamorphoses and Genesis: A comparison of creation-flood stories
• Variety of lesson plans related to ancient Rome
• The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
• Pompeii today – what does the present reveal about the past?
• Discussion of Roman house – House of the Vine
• Roman public bathing

Greek 6-12 Lesson Plans:

• Using the Uluburun shipwreck to explore late Bronze Age trade in the Mediterranean
• Ancient Olympia and the Olympics
• It came from Greek mythology – discussion of Greek stories and their meanings
• Frescos and the process of making frescos
• Greek monsters – ancient storytellers inspired by the world around them
• Athletes in artwork and ancient poetry
• Gods and goddesses transported to the modern world
• Sophocles’ Antigone – ancient Greek theater, live from antiquity
• 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae
• The victor’s virtue – a cultural history of sport
• A tableau vivant (living picture) from The Odyssey