Chapter 3.3 Sumerian Society

Chapter 3.3 Sumerian Society

by David Jenkins

​The Big Idea:

​The People of Sumer invented or designed a lot of the tools we use today.

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​Why it matters now:

​Inventions of the past are used everyday without giving credit to the people who made them.

Multiple Choice

Cuneiform is pictures/symbols

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What did Sumerians use to write?

• Pens

• Pencils

• Keyboards

• Styluses

Multiple Choice

Becoming a scribe could improve your place in society

• True

• False

Open Ended

What skill did Sumerian students learn in school?

Multiple Choice

Sumerians developed all the following tools EXCEPT

• Plow

• Wheel

• Pencil

• Sewers

Multiple Choice

What do plows make easier?

• Farming

• Writing

• Building

• Fighting

Multiple Choice

How did people in Sumer study medicine?

• They did not study medicine.

• Read a book on medicine.

• Studied plants and animals with detailed records of what they learned.

• They went to the doctor's office to see what was wrong.

Open Ended

What is a Ziggurat? What happened there?

Multiple Choice

What is jewelry made from in Sumer?

• Gold, Silver, other precious metals

• Gold

• Silver

• Other precious metals

Poll

Did you enjoy doing notes like this more than the way we usually do.

• Yes, this was awesome

• Yes, this was better

• No, this is confusing

• No, this is too difficult do the old way.