Saturday, September 12, 2009

The World's First System of Writing


Mesopotamia, acclaimed as one of the first civilizations as well as for creating one of the first systems of writing. It is known as the "land of firsts"! Their writing system is called cuneiform. One of our novelty activities was to become ancient scribes and create messages on clay tablets. It is hands-on, messy, and an engaging activity. Thank you parents for your donations, so that this was possible!

Click here for more cuneiform photos.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Seeing these pictures made me laugh, because I am a student of room 23, and I have to say this was a fun project. My teacher did a good job teaching us history.

Valerie Brown

Unknown said...

the pics are funny

molly k said...

I remember diong that! I am now in 7th grade and this is a bunch of memories for me to look at, and relive again.

Blsdteechr said...

Molly, I'm glad you still have these memories to look at! I miss you and all my Mesa kiddos. I hope 7th grade is treating you well. God bless!