DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN SOCIAL STUDIES 8

(AP8HSK-Ie-4)
Learning Competency: Discuss the important contribution of the civilization in Mesopotamia.

I. OBJECTIVES
By the end of one hour the discussion, the students will be able to:
a) Identify the different empires and kingdoms who settled in Mesopotamia
through Fertile Crescent Mapping;
b) Copy the common characteristics of civilization inside Mesopotamia through
their art; and
c) Justify relevance of inventions in Mesopotamian civilization in today’s
modern technology

II. SUBJECT MATTER

A. Lesson: Ancient Civilization of Mesopotamia
B. References: The Essential World History book of William Duiker
C. Materials: PowerPoint, print outs, Video presentation.
D. Process Skills: Classifying, Identifying, and Observing
E. Values Integration: Being able to recognize the contribution of ancient
technology of Mesopotamia in the development of modern technologies.
III. LEARNING TASKS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY PUPILS’ RESPONSE

PREPARATORY ACTIVITIES

1. PRAYER
Before we start, everybody stands up and
let us pray. (The class will stand and pray)

2. GREETINGS AND CONDITIONING OF

THE ROOM
“Good morning class!” Good morning Ma’am, Good Morning Classmates!

Before you take your seats, kindly pick up

the pieces of paper and arrange your (The students will pick up the pieces of paper,
chairs properly and I want you to occupy arrange the chairs properly and occupy the vacant
the vacant seats here in front! seats)

3. CHECKING OF ATTENDANCE
Is there anybody absent from the class? None, teacher!
“Very Good! Perfect Attendance! “

4. SETTING OF CLASS STANDARDS

This morning, we will have our discussion
but before that. I will be asking the class to
ensure that you have learned something
with the topic that we had last time.
PRELIMINARY ACTIVITY Our lesson yesterday was all about the 12 major
religions of the world and the places where they
 REVIEW are heavily practiced.
What was our topic last meeting?
“Very good!” Sir, we have Christianity that covers that 80% of
our population and Islam who contributed 5% of
What are the religions that the Filipinos are our population
practicing?
Motivation

Class, I have here pictures. I want you all to

identify whether these practices are from Ancient
Times or in the Contemporary World.

“Very Good!”

“Very Good!”

A. Activity

Class I am going to show you a video. Observe

thoroughly and later on I will ask you some
questions.
Is that clear?
(presentation of the video) Yes, teacher
 (Pupils will watch the video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sohXPx_XZ6Y

What have you observed with the pattern of their

living?
“Very good!”
Comparing to the things that we are using now
what are the differences to them? Based on what I have observed on the video they
“Very good!” their beliefs are highly associated with the
environment where they are living. The video also
After the typhoon? provided list on how to identify if a settlement is a
“Very good!” civilization. The war is also prevalent maybe
because the lack of water resources in the area is
one of the great factor why both parties are
fighting to each other.
B. Analysis

In relation to that our lesson for today is all about

the place where the first civilization takes place.

There are some of ancient settlement did not

considered by some of the historians as
civilization and one of the example of this is the
ancient city of Jericho. Though this city have built
walls to protect their city against external treat like
those people who steal their food, and their
livestock but why they are still not recognize as
civilization.

What do you think the answer guys?

But before we answer that we should define first

what does the word “Civilization” mean.

According to Violatti (2004) It is commonly used

to describe human societies "with a high level of
cultural and technological development".

According to the National Geographic (2018),

Civilization describes a complex way of life that
came about as people began to develop networks
of urban settlements.

Historians have provided common characteristics

of civilization which are:
(1) large population centers;
(2) monumental architecture and unique art
styles;
(3) shared communication strategies;
4) systems for administering territories;
(5) a complex division of labor; and
(6) The division of people into social and
economic classes.

To answer the question above: Jericho did not

recognized as civilization because there are no
communication devices like writing, language,
written text or an evidence that are they possess
a system of writing or they started communicating
(The students will read and answers some
questions)

Further, the Mesopotamia or “The Land Between

Two Rivers” is the earliest civilization that so far
have been considered by the historian. In present
day this place is in the boundaries of Iraq, Iran
and short portion of Arabian Plateau. As you can
observe, the early settlements like in
Mesopotamia is located in the river banks the
main reason for this is that these places are rich
in “silt” or a natural fertilizer that is good for
farming. That’s why most of the people are
settling beside the river because it can support
their agriculture.

This civilization also has an excellent architecture

that we call “The Ziggurat” it has two main
function:
1. The place where the priest and priestess
perform their rituals. Often times the rituals are
done to please their gods through offering
animals, bloods, and even humans if the drought
is really severe.
2. It is also the place for their trade. At this time
they don’t possess the idea of coinage but they
perform barter exchange where people change
their goods for the goods that is not present in
their area.

Mesopotamia is also the home of the greatest

political leader in ancient times. Kings like
Hammurabi and Sargon who greatly contributed
for the prosperity and advancement of the region.

1) Sargon I
The person who hailed as the first emperor
in the world because he was able to unite
several city states in Mesopotamia.

2) Hammurabi
He was famous for his 282 codes that
dictates the fate of the criminal if he
committed one of his laws.

C. Abstraction

How can we consider if the settlement is a Historians have provided the 6 characteristics of
civilized or not? civilization that can be used as a guidelines in
considering settlement a civilized one or not.
“That’s right! Very Good!”

Why it is important for the early people to live Because it produces silt or a natural fertilizer that
near the river banks? good for their farming venture
“Very Good!”

What are the two functions of Ziggurat in ancient It has two functions, Sir.
Mesopotamia? 1. It is the place for rituals to please their gods
“Very Good!” 2. It is also a market place where people
exchanges their goods.
Using the Venn Diagram below, can you name
the city-states that flourished in Mesopotamia and
those that who are not?

Mesopotamia Outside Mesopotamia

Do you consider the

living of Mesopotamian (The students do the given task.)
people as a complex
one? Why?

D. APPLICATION

I will group you into 4 groups. Each group will pick

their topic and role play the farming, ritual,
conquest and barter exchange of ancient
Mesopotamia.

Here are the criteria for judging:

Cooperation/ Teamwork
25%
Relatedness to the topic
50%
Creativity
25%

Total 100%

Group 1---Ritual
Group 2 –-Barter Exchange
Group 3 –-Conquest
Group 4 –- Farming
(presentation of output in each group)

“Great job everyone!”

IV. EVALUATION
(pupils will present their given task)
Read carefully the questions. Write True if the
statement is telling facts and if does not write
False.
_____1.Mesopotamia referred to as the Fertile
Crescent
____2. Sanskrit is a wedge-shaped system of
writing developed in Mesopotamia.
____ 3. King Hammurabi is mostly famous as the
first to established empire in the world.
_____4 The religious beliefs of the
Mesopotamians were considered Monotheism
since they only believe in one true God.
_____5. The region of Mesopotamia is located in
the present-day country of Iraq.
_____6. The economy of Mesopotamia was
based largely on war weaponry selling.
_____7. Ancient Mesopotamia sometimes called
as “The land Between Two Rivers” 1. True
_____8. There are two rivers in Mesopotamia 2. False
namely: Yangtze and Huanghe River. 3. False
_____9. Sumerian were the first to write down 4. False
and record their system of law. 5. True
_____10. Besides the ruler, traders had the 6. False
highest position in the social structure. 7. True
8. False
9. False
10. False

V. ASSIGNMENT
Make a research about the significant ruler, contribution, invention and discovery of these
following empires:

1. Assyria

2. Sumeria

2. Neo-Babylon

Prepared by:

Ugmad, Patrick Jesse A.