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Homework this week: 10/25 Monday - Write about one Sumerian invention on Edmodo 3 - 4 sentences Tuesday - Chapter 3, lesson 3 worksheet Wednesday – Work on your Travel Ad STUDY FOR QUIZ on THURS/FRIDAY…lessons 1, 2, & 3

Chapter 3, Lesson 3 Vocabulary bronze • A metal made of copper and tin pictograph • A picture or drawing that represents a word or an idea stylus • A sharpened reed used to press markings into clay tablets cuneiform • A type of writing made up of wedge-shaped markings scribe • A person who specializes in writing and serves as a record-keeper

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Chapter 3, Lesson 3 What were the social classes in Sumer? Upper class kings, priests, landowners, officials, and merchants In-between all free people not in the upper class Lower class slaves What tools did the Sumerians invent? The plow, the wheel, and the potter’s wheel How did the Sumerians invent writing? They used symbols called pictographs to keep track of goods. These symbols would later stand for ideas, too. Then, they invented a system with wedges and lines called cuneiform

Chapter 3, Lesson 3 Why were the scribes highly respected in Sumer? They were the most educated people in the society and performed an important function

Sumerian Inventions Pottery Wheel The Plow The Wheel Writing