Seventh graders trace the major events in African history. In this social studies lesson students, create a flowchart depicting the things they learned during this lesson. Students understand the chronology of major events that took...

A variety of topics and activities make up this presentation, which prompts viewers to answer questions from the Stone Age to the American Revolution. Note: You may find some slides more useful and pertinent than others.

In this ancient Mesopotamia worksheet, students respond to 29 short answer and fill in the blank questions about the ancient civilization.

Students discuss the earliest form of writing, pictographs and view several examples. They then create their own hieroglyphics and write a short story using them. They then create and label a timeline including methods of writing prior...

Pupils discuss the importance of communication and writing in their daily lives. In groups, they use the internet to research the development of letters, alphabets and writing materials. They trace the spread of the Latin language...

Third graders explore transportation and written communication prior to the Renaissance.

Have you ever wondered about the ancient script called Cuneiform? Watch a short video, read grade-level text, and take an interactive quiz about this early form of writing.

This site shows the numbers written in cuneiform It shows from one to fifty on this page with a link to a page with larger numbers. There are also fractions shown on this page.

Cuneiform is one of the oldest forms of writing known. Read about the emergence of written language and what we can learn about the Ancient World by deciphering cuneiform.

In this lesson plan, students will consider "The Cuneiform Writing System in Ancient Mesopotamia: Emergence and Evolution." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

Read a brief history of cuneiform, the most widely used and historically significant writing system of the ancient Middle East. Also learn about how cuneiform spread from one ancient culture to another.

View clay tablets, cones, and brick fragments inscribed using the ancient Sumerian pictographic writing system known as cuneiform and read about the ancient writing system.

In this lesson students create and post a chart of the cuneiform symbols for numerals and create their own charts. Then students use the cuneiform numerals to answer questions.

This article describes the Digital Hammurabi Project at The Johns Hopkins University. Its purpose is to advance scanning technology in order to produce high-quality 3-D images of cuneiform tablets, and to store these in a digital library...

History Questions: Sumerian Writing and Cuneiform Quiz, Test, and WebQuest

Photograph of cuneiform script tablet in the British Museum. This tablet recounts observations of Venus and is from the 7th century B.C.E.

The looting and illegal sale of important historical artifacts is detrimental to global cultural heritage for many reasons. This article explains the ramifications of this illegal activity using the Hobby Lobby case as an example.

Article discussing early forms of writing in the Ancient Near East. Includes links to additional information.

Image of Cuneiform.

This history site offers a wonderful lecture on Mesopotamian civilizations and culture. Includes links within the lecture to in-depth explanations of important ideas and people such as Cuneiform and Hannibal.

Photograph of a cuneiform tablet.

An Inscription in Cuneiform Characters - Morey, 1903

Reference material on the history of the alphabet beginning with a system of representation of sounds as in Egyptian hieroglyphs and then cuneiform. Illustrations and links to related content.

Exhibition of cuneiform tablets dating from 1900 B.C. demonstrates the mathematical knowledge of the ancient Mesopotamians.