Lesson Planning
Discover how the Ancient Sumerians developed writing, from pictographs/pictograms to ‘cuneiform’ writing. How this early form of writing was on clay tablets that were baked in a kiln to harden them, so they became permanent records which can still be read today.
Teaching Outcomes:
- To understand how early writing developed and how they became permanent records which can still be read today.
- To make their own cylinder seal.
Children will:
- Explain how the Ancient Sumerians developed the first-known writing.
- Understand the importance of scribes in Ancient Sumer
- Make their own cylinder seal.