Direct Objects

Craftspeople first produced bronze in about 3800 B.C., in Sumeria.

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

These craftspeople melted copper in a kind of furnace.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

They accidentally mixed arsenic and other minerals with the copper.

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

This combination produced a stronger metal.

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Eventually, metalworkers combined copper and tin into bronze.

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CCSS.L.2.4D

Sumerian metalworkers could form this new metal into almost any shape.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Craftspeople in Egypt and other nearby areas soon learned the secret of bronze production.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

People made durable tools, weapons, and statues out of bronze.

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

Farmers tilled fields with bronze-tipped plows.

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CCSS.L.2.4D

They could cultivate larger areas with these efficient plows.

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CCSS.L.3.1G