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11 06, 2017

Mesopotamian plate project – West Asia

By |2020-04-16T12:08:42-07:00June 11th, 2017|Art, Crafts, West Asia|Comments Off on Mesopotamian plate project – West Asia

Mesopotamian plate, made by kids at Laurelhurst School, Portland Oregon Mesopotamia is where the pottery wheel was invented West Asia was not the first place on earth where people began [...]

11 06, 2017

Making molded bricks – Mesopotamia project

By |2020-05-05T06:21:03-07:00June 11th, 2017|Art, Crafts, West Asia|Comments Off on Making molded bricks – Mesopotamia project

Molded bricks project: A bull from the Ishtar Gate, Babylon (600s BC) Why molded bricks? Architects in ancient Mesopotamia (West Asia) didn't have much good stone to carve, but they [...]

10 06, 2017

Making a gold bowl – Ancient Greece project

By |2018-04-18T23:33:16-07:00June 10th, 2017|Art, Crafts, Greeks|Comments Off on Making a gold bowl – Ancient Greece project

Trojan gold bowl, made by 6th graders at Laurelhurst School, Portland About 1250 BC, the Greek army fought their neighbors the Trojans in the Trojan War. Troy was across the [...]

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