Lesson Planning

Learn about the revival and then further decline of Sumerian civilisation and the invasion by the Elamites. Read the Lament of Ur. Compare the Lament of Ur with later laments from the Old Testament. Write a lament.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To understand that the Sumerians managed to regain control of southern Mesopotamia for a while before the Elamites & then Amorites invaded.
• To read the ‘Lament for Ur’ and describe its context.
• To read and discuss the ‘Lament for Ur’.
• To write a lament.

Children will:

• Understand the revival and then further decline of Sumerian civilisation.
• Read the Lament of Ur.
• Write a lament.