Mesopotamia Resources
| Resource Type | Title/Author | Comments | Recommend? | Rating |
| Book | The Sumerians; Kirkpatrick, Naida | Good read-together book/ pseudo-text | Y | 5 |
| Book | The Pocket Timeline of Ancient Mesopotamia; Wiltshire, Katharine | Good information & timeline | Y | 5 |
| Book | The Sumerians; Shuter, Jane | For those at a lower reading level, this provides good information. | Y | 5 |
| Book | LIFEPAC History & Geography Grade 6 Unit 2 Cradle of Civilization | Christian. A bit dry, but good information. | Y | 3 |
| Book | Gilgamesh; McCaughrean, Geraldine | Retelling by award-winning author. Very good read-together book. | Y | 5 |
| Book | Amazing Facts in World History Grades 5-8+; Blattner, Don | Useful in multiple history units. Contains fun quizzes with amazing facts about Mesopotamia. I'd say the Grades rating is a bit high; I used it with a 4th grader. | Y | 4 |
| Book | World Map Skills; Carson-dellosa Publishing LLC | Map work related to the fertile cresent, including natural resources | Y | 4 |
| Book | Ancient Science; Wiese Jim | Good hands-on science experiments with good explanations, too. | Y | 5 |
| Activities | Teachers' Tips for Hammurabi's Code of Laws; Martin, Phillip | Well done ideas for actually studying Hammurabi's Code. Good tie-ins to art, drama, literature, writing, math, science, technology, and even home-ec. Mr. Martin's whole site is a treasure of information. | Y | 5 |
| Science Experiments | Farming in Ancient Mesopotamia: An Ancient Civil Engineering Problem; Victorine, Alie | Absolutely GREAT hands-on lesson in ancient science. | Y | 5 |
| Timeline | Timeline History through the Ages Creation to Christ; Pak, Amy | Great for wall display, or for making individual timelines. Black line drawings copy well. | Y | 5 |
| Website | BrainPop | Always a good resource, BrainPop currently has 1 related movie: Sumerians | Y | 5 |
| Website | Mesopotamia at The British Museum | Great site with good quality, appropriately thorough, information, also contains interactive sections. | Y | 5 |