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Chapter 2: Mesopotamia & Persia

Chapter 2: Mesopotamia & Persia. Lesson 1:. Chapter 1 8-27-14. Warm-up :. Warm-up 9-2-14 Ch.2 Mesopotamia. Obj : SWBAT apply knowledge of ancient M esopotamia to describe the context of the people on an exit slip. Please respond in complete sentences:

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Chapter 2: Mesopotamia & Persia

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  1. Chapter 2: Mesopotamia & Persia Lesson 1:

  2. Chapter 1 8-27-14 Warm-up: Warm-up 9-2-14 Ch.2 Mesopotamia Obj: SWBAT apply knowledge of ancient Mesopotamia to describe the context of the people on an exit slip. Please respond in complete sentences: • Think back to the prehistoric people. Describe the context of the people in the Neolithic era. • Describe the possible functions for Stonehenge. Homework Due Read Chapter 2, Pg. Cue Cards (8) Due: Chapter 2 Refer to Chapter sheet

  3. Class Expectations 1. Students are respectful of everyone and all belongings 2. Students are prepared and on time with all materials 3. Students follow directions the first time given 4. Students keep food and drinks away during class (water only) 5. Students keep personal electronics off and out of sight (explicit permission will be given to use electronics). • Hoods off • Food Away • Backpacks, purses, bags, etc. on back of chair or under desk

  4. Announcements: • Quiz grades are in the grade book • Make up/re-take quiz today or Thursday after school • Make sure you have your text book Agenda: Warm-up Announcements and Reminders Grade printouts Text Book Distribution Intro to Mesopotamia Group activity: Sumerian art Office Hours Tuesday 3:00-4:00 Thursday 3:00-4:00

  5. Cue Card Groups • 3-4 people to one group • Exchange phone numbers and emails • All works of art to be covered in this course WILL NOT be addressed during class. • It will be your responsibility to research those not covered. • You will create “Cue Cards,” like flash cards, of all artworks for homework. • Divide the list of artworks for each chapter among your group and complete your part then share info with your group--combine your efforts to complete all cue cards.

  6. Intro to Mesopotamia

  7. Intro to Ancient Mesopotamian Art • Humanity had settled in farms • The use of plows and irrigation canals • This area was known as the “Fertile Crescent” • Area between Iraq and Iran, around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers • The first clear narrative in art appears Ancient Mesopotamian Art Context

  8. Sumerian Art Dates: 3500 BCE- 2332 BCE Key Locations: southern Iraq Contextual Information: • Composed of city-states— independent self-governing city • Sumerian rulers were viewed as the god’s representatives on earth & keepers of earthly treasures • Food and resources were readily available so many people could do other jobs—manufacture, trade, administration • Institutionalized defense—armies formed by the government Sumerian

  9. Sumerian Art • Writing appeared—scratching of pictographs in soft clay • Simple pictures standing for words • Cuneiforms– wedge shapes signs pressed into clay—beginnings of writing • Appearance of literature: The Epic of Gilgamesh • Story of Gilagmesh, a Uruk king who slayed the monster Huwana Sumerian

  10. Stylistic Characteristics Style – • The manner of doing something • A distinctive appearance • Think of different fonts: • Font • Font • Font • Font Example: Prehistoric art Pictures horses and bison in profile Animal drawn in composite view or ‘twisted perspective’—head in profile but horns from the front.

  11. Flashcard Temple (cella) Ziggurat 2-2 Reconstruction drawing of the White Temple and ziggurat Bent Axis White Temple and ziggurat, Uruk http://www.coco.cc.az.us/apetersen/_ART201/sumeria.htm

  12. Flashcard www.accd.edu/.../arts1303/Chapter2.htm Statuettes of Worshipers Votive Figures www.accd.edu/.../arts1303/Chapter2.htm

  13. Standard of Ur Flashcard Narrative Registers http://www.accd.edu/sac/vat/arthistory/arts1303/Chapter2.htm www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/ue/uec.html www.britannica.com

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