Part 1:

With Mr. Wannamaker, Label THIS DIAGRAM (or create your own) that names the five main Social Groups in Ancient Sumer. You should order them based on the power they had: the group with the most power should be at the top; the group with the least power should be at the bottom.

Part 2:

Click HERE for a reading on Social Groups in Ancient Sumer. When you've complete the reading, answer the following questions in an app of your choice:

1) If someone asked a Sumerian king, "Why should you be our ruler?" what do you think he would say?

2) Why did Sumerians think that priests were important?

3) What were goods that Sumerian traders brought back to Sumer?

4) What jobs did the "large working class" of Sumer do?

5) What group was at the bottom of the social order?