Activity In this activity, you will compare chapter 1 of the novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to act 1 of the play Alice in Wonderland.

Part A
What general differences did you notice between the chapter of the novel and the scene of the play?

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.