Help your students get excited about learning history with this fun, hands-onhistory lessonsfor kids of all ages.

The very name Mesopotamia means between two rivers and so it is.

Mesopotamia No Sew Costume

The people in ancient Mesopotamia wore cloth made from wool.

Help your students get excited about learning history with this fun, hands-on history lessons for kids of all ages. Your kids will have fun with this Ancient Mesopotamian for kids that teaches about the Summer civilization using one of the oldest discoered written books-  the Epic of Gilgamesh. This fun Mesopotamia for kids lesson is filled with with lots of fascinating information, activities and more about the mesopotamian civilization for kids.  This 3 part lesson is perfect for kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students.

It is also fairly inexpensive.

The costumes we made imitated the clothes Gilgamesh is wearing on the front cover of the bookGilgamesh the King.

Ancient Mesopotamia Food and DrinkRecipes survive from the ancient Mesopotamia civilizations.

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I will be sharing an authentic recipe in each of my posts.

I included the rivers and some of the seas.

Once dry give the children paint and let them at it!

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And yes, my girls are absolutely in their pajamas.

I always keep old ones on hand for them to paint in!

Once dry you should be able tofold it up and keep it safefor further use while studying Mesopotamia.

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These were a simple way to have some map adventures without too much mess!

Next is to discover just how amazing the Mesopotamian people actually were.

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