History

In history we learned about the Assyrians and Shamshi-Adad, the king of Assyria.

We also read The Story of Gilgamesh. We checked out a clip on youtube explaining the Story of Gilgamesh (here).

After learning about Assyria, we read about Ancient India and the first cities built there. We learned that people lived by the river. Their rivers were the best means of travel.

We learned new vocabulary words such as citadel and river road.  We also learned that there was a communal bathtub. Neither kid thought that was a great idea.

We read all about the lost city of Mohenjo- Daro, one of the largest cities in the Indus Valley and we watched a short clip on youtube about Mohenjo-Daro (here.)


The kids colored in pictures of the Story of Gilgamesh, ceremonial masks from the Indus Valley, and a Statue from Mohenjo-Daro.

We are currently working on Ancient China. We read about Lei Zu (a Chinese Empress) discovering silk. We also read about Chinese picture writing, which is known as pictograms. The kids created their own pictograms of their house.