Name: 4. What does a lammasu look like? (Feel free to draw your answer on the back) 2. What is Nabu the god of? 3. Whatis cuneiform? 4, What was... and how old... is the oldest thing we looked at today? 5. Where was it originally found? 6. Why are there different colors on the Assyrian map? 7. What year did the Assyrian Empire fall? Why? 8. What was Ea the god of? 9, What major group has been destroying artifacts? 10. Why has this group been destroying these artifacts? 11. What was the coolest thing you saw on our virtual field trip?1, Target Nabu What major group did we talk about before that was destroying artifacts? Bring back into account ISIS and talk about the destroying of the Nabu temple North of Baghdad Why is this group destroying these artifacts? Monotheistic religion. Don't want any remembrance of any false gods. Room 3 Have students enter room 3 and look around a bit What type of ancient writing was used during the Assyrian Empire? Cuneiform 1 Target the Cuneiform slab Read the description 2. Target the Bas relief Read the description n artifacts that look like this? Room 4 Have students enter room 4 and look around a bit 1, Target the glazed brick panel Briefly talk about how this dates back to the Sth century BCE. Specifically state this will be the oldest thing we will look at today. Make sure to state that the Assyrian Empire fell in 612 BCE Room 5 (If time allows) Have students enter room § and look around a bit 1. Target the map Briefly talk about the history of the map Why do museums need to have maps like these? Room 6 Have students enter room 6 and look around a bit What is it called when a group believes in many gods? PolytheisticIntro: Show Youtube clip of ISIS destroying the museum hittos://www.youtube. comiwatch?v=p4-541V5KpI Or hittps://mww.theguardian. comworld/2016/feb/26/isis-fighters-destroy-ancient-artefacts-mosul-mu seum-iraq Pause at 54 seconds to show the defaced statue Alright, so today we will be using the VR goggles to explore the National Museum of Iraq, Virtual Reality Lesson: Where do you think the National Museum of Iraq is? Baghdad at you know about the area, what kinds of thin expect to be withi museum? Have students break up into small groups to share the goggles. Once in the small groups have students set up a system of what order they are going into. Explain to them that they will have a litle bit of time to look around in each room before you will target specific items for them to look at. Also note that if you do not have the goggles on you should be taking notes on what you just saw. Room 4 Have the students enter room 1 and have each student look around a bit 1, Target the Assyrian Hall Read the description 2.Target the Lamassu What do these auys look like to you? Where have you seen them before? Read the description for the lamassu. Room 2 Have students enter room 2 and look around a bit,1. Target Ea Briefly talk about Ea Debrief (As time allows) What do these artifacts show us about the Assyrian culture? Why do we have museums like these? Why does ISIS want to destroy these artifacts? What would be in a museum from our time period? Conclusion Have them take the Kahoot quiz and tum in their worksheet