Cuneiform: Epic Writing

Cuneiform: Epic Writing

Open Ended

During the Telephone game, what made it difficult to pass along the message?

Poll

Was the Telephone Game easier with the paper message or the verbally passing the message?

• Written Message

• Verbal Communication

Poll

Did you find the Favorite Things game difficult?

• Yes, it was hard to explain where I needed to go in the line without talking.

• A little, but I was getting the hang of it. I figured out how to communicate with others easily.

• No, it was super easy and I had no problem.

Open Ended

What made it difficult? Be polite, please.

Open Ended

How could the activity been easier?

Open Ended

How did you manage to communicate without talking?

Standard 6.11

​Identify important achievements of the Mesopotamian civilization, including cuneiform, clay tablets, and ziggurats, and identify the Epic of Gilgamesh as the oldest written epic.

Objectives

1. ​I will know I understand the impact of writing on society when I can describe how it affects government, religion, trade, culture, architecture, etc.

2. I will know I understand the importance of written works like the Epic of Gilgamesh when I can recognize the morals of such stories and how it is connected to both culture and religion of a civilization.

Poll

Was it easy to write your name or initials into the clay?

• Super easy! I only had to write three symbols.

• Personally, I am wondering why my parents gave me such a long name, but it was okay. Nothing I would want to do again, though.

• Super hard, and I don't want to even think that Ancient Mesopotamian children had to write like this.

​As you read the history behind cuneiform use these tools to annotate your text.

Open Ended

One of your questions about cuneiform asked what is another way to keep a written document during this time permanently. Please tell me what you think would be a document worth keeping for generations and generations and why.