🏺 Snorkl: Welcome to My Mesopotamian City!

Essential Question: How did the different features of a Mesopotamian city help people live and work together?

Your Mission

Imagine you are a tour guide showing someone around your ancient Mesopotamian city!

Using your completed city drawing, record yourself giving a tour. Explain what you included and WHY those features were important to Mesopotamian life.

🎤 In Your Recording (1–2 Minutes)

1. Introduce Your City

Welcome your visitor to ancient Mesopotamia!

2. Show & Explain THREE Features

Choose at least THREE features from your drawing. Point to each one and explain what it was used for or why it was important.

3. Make a Connection

Explain how ONE feature helped the people in your city survive, work, or practice their religion.

4. Your Opinion

Which feature do you think was the MOST important to your city? Explain why.

Need Help Getting Started?

Use these sentence starters:

• "Welcome to my Mesopotamian city!"

• "One feature I included is ______. It was important because ______."

• "Another feature is ______. People used it to ______."  "This helped people by ______."

• "I think the MOST important feature was ______ because ______."

Start your Assignment:

1. • 1. Period 1

     2. Period 2

     3. Period 3

     4. Period 5

Before You Submit

• I showed my completed city drawing.

• I explained at least THREE features.

• I explained WHY the features were important.

• I chose the MOST important feature and explained my answer.

• I spoke clearly and used complete sentences.