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Tag: ancient mesopotamia
Design a Siege Tower
When we talk about technology we always think in terms of digital items. We think something that involves a screen most likely because that’s what technology has been recently. But thousands of years ago technological advances were much simpler it was the inclined plane or the screw. When the Assyrian Empire was around they created…
Gilgamesh lesson
Sometimes you have a lesson that the first time you teach it, you have a mild interest in it, and then something catches your interest and suddenly you are much more interested in it. That’s what happened with our Gilgamesh lesson. The first time I taught Ancient History back in Kindergarten, I barely even registered…
Design an irrigation system
Have you ever thought about what early technology looked like? When we think of technology we tend to think of something involving a screen, or maybe a rocket. But 5000 years ago technology was a shovel, or in the case of this history lesson, an irrigation system. It takes work to design an irrigation system…
Colonial America: natural dyes
When we last visited Colonial Williamsburg I spent a good hour talking with the weavers about natural dyes. She laughed and said, “Oh yes, we got all the crunchy granola types who come in and claim to know all about natural dyes. Then they go on to list fruits and vegetables. When you’re struggling to…
Xerxes lesson for elementary kids
Hey, Future Ticia 2020 here, and I’m updating a few things here, and expanding on this Xerxes lesson, which is part of a greater library of history lessons and in particular, part of our Ancient History and Babylon unit. I now mostly return you to 2014 Ticia. Our Xerxes lesson is actually one we completed…