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=__**Ancient Greece**__=

=__Assignment 4 __= Answer the following questions **in your notebook**. Make sure your answers are **clear** and **detailed**.
 * 1) What type of government did you work under as you built your acropolis?
 * 2) How did you feel working under this type of government? **Be honest :), specific, and detailed in your answer.**
 * 3) **Explain clearly** at least two advantages to working under this type of government?
 * 4) **Explain clearly** at least two disadvantages to working under this type of government?
 * 5) Which one of the types of governments we learned about would you like to be a citizen of? Why?

=__Assignment 2__= Directions: Read the following information about the Minoans and the Mycenaeans and then answer the questions that follow **in your notebook**.

The Minoans:** Minoan culture developed on the island of Crete in approximately 3,000 B.C.E. Minoan palace murals (wall paintings) and painted pottery show us a great sea culture, fueled by fishing, farming, and local arts. The Minoans were master sailors and set up long-distance trade routes with Spain, Egypt, Canaan, and Asia Minor. Socially, the Minoans were an egalitarian (equal) culture, with both men and women holding respected positions in the fields of religion, agriculture, and craftwork. Recreation enjoyed by the Minoans included dancing to music and song, "bull-leaping" - and boxing, complete with boxing gloves and mouth guards. The remarkable peace-loving character of the Minoan civilization is obvious because they didn't have fortresses, war equipment, and painted battle scenes among the remains of their settlements. The Minoan civilization is historically important to Greece because it was the model for the Mycenaean (pronounced my-sih-NEE-in) civilization which is considered the earliest developed culture on mainland Greece.
 * __The Origins of the Greeks__

Mycenae was settled in 2,700 B.C.E. Most of the myths about ancient Greek heroes and their famous battles come to us from the Mycenaeans. Later Greek poets such as Homer used these tales in their writings. The Mycenaeans spoke an early form of the Greek language, and developed an agricultural economy based on grains, grapes, and olives. Like the Minoans, they traded by sea with Egypt and Asia Minor. Unlike the Minoans, the Mycenaeans devoted most of their energies to developing a strong military. The circular royal tombs of Mycenae reveal collections of decorated uniforms, elaborate helmets, chariots, daggers, and axes. Horses were also extremely important to the Mycenaeans, as they were the vehicles of war. Mycenaean documents suggest that their society was hierarchical, with kings and soldiers in positions of power at the top of society, and prisoners of war who became slaves at the bottom of society who served the kings and soldiers. Other than artwork showing religious festivals and musical performances, very few artifacts of entertainment were left by the Mycenaeans.
 * The Mycenaeans:**

//1. What did the Minoan and the Mycenaean civilizations have in common?// //2. In what ways were the Minoan and the Mycenaean civilizations different?// //3. Why do you think so many aspects of Minoan civilization are found at Mycenae?// //4. What other geographical areas, besides Mycenae, might Minoan civilization have influenced?// //5. What aspects of Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations would you expect to have survived in later periods of Greek history?// //6. Using your **textbook pages 256-257**, explain how the decline of the Minoans and the Mycenaeans was similar.//

=__Assignment 1__= Source 1: **[]** Source 2: **[]** Directions: **Using** both __**sources above, neatly and clearly label the following on your scribble map.**__
 * Greece (text label)
 * Athens (marker)
 * Corinth (marker)
 * Sparta (marker)
 * Mount Olympus (text label)
 * Crete (text label)
 * Knossos (its' a city on Crete) (marker)
 * the Aegean Sea (text label)
 * the Black Sea (text label)
 * the Ionian Sea (text label)

=__**Ancient India**__=

=__Assignment 10__= Now that we are finished our unit about ancient India, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned. Please answer clearly and with details. Each answer must be at least two sentences. If you need reminders of what we did, just scroll through the assignments on this page or look through your notes.

Was about the Indian achievements. It was most important because we still use some of the achievements. Like the Hindu Arabic numerals. Was about the empires. It confused me because there's too many people and there's too many dates, and people with similar names. Like Candra Gupta Maurya and Candra Gupta I. That the Indians made the numbers. Like the number 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,and 0. I would like to know about the stories and epics in India like the Ramayana. I want to know more because the stories are fun and interesting. I think I'll always remember that the Indians knew 7 of the 9 planets. I think I'll remember that because it shocked me because I never knew that the Indians were so smart.
 * 1. The single most important thing I learned was...**
 * 2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was...**
 * 3. What surprised me the most was...**
 * 4. I would like to know more about...**
 * 5. The part that I think I will always remember was...**

=__Assignment 8__= Write your answers for this assignment in your **NOTEBOOK**.
 * Sources:**
 * 1. Online Textbook page 157
 * 2. Online Textbook pages 158-159
 * Directions:**

__Part 1__ Using source number 1, write your own clear and complete sentences using of the following words. Remember that your sentences should show that you know the meanings of the words.
 * fasting
 * meditation

__Part 2__ Using source number 2, write about the following: >>
 * The Four Noble Truths
 * Clearly summarize in 2-3 sentences (please don't just list the four truths)
 * Give one real-world example for each truth
 * The Eightfold Path
 * Clearly summarize in 2-3 sentences (please don't just list the eight parts)
 * Explain how you are following at least two of the eight parts of the path in your life today
 * Explain how you are NOT following two of the eight parts of the path in your life today

__Part 3__ Using source number 2, create a clear and neat Venn diagram showing the differences and similarities between Hinduism and Buddhism.

=**__Assignment 7__**= Using the sources above, complete the //Buddha's Path to Enlightenment// sheet by...
 * Sources:**
 * Online Textbook pages 156-157
 * The Buddha's Biography
 * Pictures:
 * 1. Siddhartha's Birth
 * 2. Princely Life
 * 3. Discovers Aging Sickness Death
 * 4. Leaves Family
 * 5. Becomes the Buddha
 * Directions:**
 * completing the drawing for each picture.
 * writing an appropriate caption (2-3 sentences) for each picture.
 * adding three labels to each picture.
 * coloring each picture.
 * coloring the other parts of the sheet for a higher grade.

=**__Assignment 6__**= Follow the directions on the handout for your illustrated poem about the //Ramayana//. Here is additional information:
 * You must have at least four visuals and they must all be original (i.e. you must create them).
 * Your poem must be neatly typed in an easy to read font or __neatly__ hand written.
 * Your name should appear on the front side of your poem.
 * You may use more than one sheet of paper.
 * Your poem must be converted to a PDF and put into my dropbox on the due date given to you in class.
 * Scripts for all five scenes--->[[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://kis6ss.wikispaces.com/file/view/ReadersTheaterRamayana.pdf"]] ReadersTheaterRamayana.pdf

Website: [|India-Government]
 * __ Assignment 5 __**

Use the website above to answer these questions.

Having a central government would help planning and organizing a city because many things are similar. They were the rulers of the cities. A guru is a type of teacher. All the subjects were about religious things. Indus priests were somewhat in charge of the government. They looked up to priests because they were the highest in society and they were the ones who made offerings to the gods. It means a wise person who features in ancient history or a legend. It is similar to priests, Rajahs, and Guru because priests are wise, Rajahs should be wise so they can rule well, and Guru is a teacher, so they should be wise.
 * 1. Why would having a central government help in planning and organizing a city?**
 * 2. Who were Rajahs?**
 * 3. What is a Guru?**
 * 4. What subjects were taught in school?**
 * 5. Who was in charge of the government?**
 * 6. Why did people look up to the priests?**
 * 7. Look up the word 'sage' in any dictionary. What does it mean and what word from questions 1-6 is it similar to?**

I was the priest, which was the highest level. My favorite part was telling everyone something to do. Since I was the highest, I got to tell people what to do. If they didn't listen they had a punishment. It was very fun. No part made me angry, upset, or fustrated, because I was the highest position, so I didn't need to do anything embarrassing. I just made other people do embarrassing stuff. Honestly I think that it wasn't fair. For me it felt fair, but honestly it's not really fair. If I was the servant or the lowest class I would be really mad. I just liked it because i was the highest ranking. It's not really fair to do something you don't want to do and get punished if you don't do it. While the person who's making you do it does nothing. I think that society should organize people into social levels, because I was the highest, so it was fun telling people what to do. If they didn't do what I told them to, there was a punishment. It felt good to have that power. If I was lower class then I would think that people shouldn't organize people into social levels, because it's not fair to be bossed around just for your job or how rich you are.
 * __ Assignment 4 __**
 * Answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.**
 * 1. What varna were you in during the caste system simulation?**
 * 2. What was your favorite part about the caste system simulation? Why?**
 * 3. What part of the simulation made you angry, upset, or frustrated? Why?**
 * 4. Do you think this system is fair? Why or why not?**
 * 5. Do you think a society should organize people into social classes? Why or Why not?**

Think about the activity we did in class as archeologists in Mohenjo-Daro. Using the source above, your ideas, and the notes you took about archeologists ideas, answer the following questions __clearly__ and __completely__ on your wiki page. **Each answer should be at least two sentences long with specific information.**
 * __ Assignment 3 __**
 * Source:** [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" caption="external image pdf.png" link="http://kis6ss.wikispaces.com/file/view/Archeologists+Ideas+Mohenjo-Daro.pdf"]] [|Archeologists Ideas Mohenjo-Daro.pdf]

I have learned that the people in Mohejo-Daro entertained themselves by playing games, because of the dice and board games. The people also farmed because there was a clay figure of a person importing farm goods, and had carts that were pulled by animals. The people also traded in daily life because they had scales to measure how heavy something was for trade. They had drains, and they were clean. They had indoor bathrooms and windows. I see that there was government because they had a statue of a priest king. There was religion, because there was the Great Bath that was used for religious rituals. There were different social levels, because there were farmers, like the one in the clay model, and kings, like the statue. There was a dependable food supply, because they traded grain. There were jobs, like farmers. There was culture like literature and writing because there was writing on the seals. So it means that they have a language, and they had games, which is a part of culture. Mohenjo-Daro was like a modern city because they have games like we still do today. They have sewers where the dirty water goes. They have scales and that helped them trade, and selling at markets. They also had houses with windows like now. They had a religion. I think it's difficult because we don't know how to read the language. We don't have the Rosetta Stone for India like Egypt did. Maybe there is too little artifacts. kk I think that some other country attacked Mohenjo-Daro and they lost. Or because the king was bad and not paying them money or something so they rebelled. There could of been earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and other natural disaster.
 * 1. What have you learned about daily life in Mohenjo-Daro from this activity?**
 * 2. Which characteristics of civilization do you see represented in the artifacts you looked at? Explain.**
 * 3. In what ways do you think Mohenjo-Daro was like a modern city?**
 * 4. Why do you think it is difficult for us to know exactly what life was like in ancient civilizations like those in the Indus-Sarasvati region?**
 * 5. What do you think might have contributed to the decline of Mohenjo-Daro?**

Website: [|Indus Valley] Use the website above to answer these questions. Write your answers in **complete sentences** with **clear details** on your wiki page. They discovered 8 artifacts. A necklace, a seal, a cart, weights, and a figurine.
 * __ Assignment 2 __**
 * 1. What was discovered during the excavations of Mohenjo-Daro?**

The bricks we use today are made the same way. They had houses with room, windows, and doors, like we do today. They also had drains to take out the dirty water like we do today. They had wells like we do today. Some drains had covers just like ours today. They had to unblock the drains and we still do that.
 * 2. How is Mohenjo-Daro similar to our cities today?**

We can see that the people in Mohenjo-Daro were interested in jewelry, and the craftsmen were very skilled at making them. They also had seals to make an impression on wet clay. We can also know that they had little toys for kids. They had a little model cart. We know that they weighed things with a weights. We can see that they made lots of things. We can also learn that they had bricks, so they could make houses. Also, that they had rooms, and probably to do different things in them, and had wells to get their water from, and that they have many similar things as us. Like a drain, and have people to go under it and unblock it.
 * 3. What can we learn from archaeological discoveries (such as artifacts and city construction) in Mohenjo-Daro?**

The people in Mohenjo-Daro had bricks to make houses, and the bricks made the house cool. The people had houses with many rooms and had windows and doors. They also had drains in their houses to take the dirty water out. They also had wells for fresh drinking water, and when they built new houses over old houses, they made the well higher so they can reach it. They had drains and some were big enough so people could go in and unblock them. They also had good craftsmen to make jewelry, and they had seals to make an impression on wet clay. The kids had toys, like a little model cart. They weighed things, and built houses out of bricks that would keep them cool.
 * 4. Give clear and specific information about how people lived in Mohenjo-Daro. In your answer, you have to talk about the artifacts that you discovered and put into the museum.**

A ruler who was an important man or priest. The priest king was discovered in lower town in Mohenjo-Daro in 1927.
 * 5. What do we know about the Priest-King?**

The great bath was a mysterious building, and they aren't sure what it was used for, and it is a platform that goes around a pool.
 * 6. What was the Great Bath and how was it used?**

**Source: [|IndiaSubcontinentMapTrans.jpg]**
 * __ Assignment 1 __**


 * Directions: Look at the map above, read the text below, and answer the following questions on your wiki page:**

Early Indian agricultural settlements arose in the Indus-Sarasvati river region at least as far back as 6500 B.C.E. Like many other ancient peoples, the early Indians settled by rivers. They settled primarily on the banks of the Sarasvati River as well as along the banks of the Indus River. These rivers provided the ancient Indians with plenty of water, and the land near the rivers was fertile and excellent for growing crops. The rivers also provided the Indians with a convenient way to travel and trade among themselves and with other civilizations. Archeologists have found artifacts from the Indus-Sarasvati civilization - such as carved seals - in Mesopotamia's Sumer. These discoveries have led scholars to believe that the early Indians traded with Mesopotamia, possibly by traveling in ships down the Indus and Sarasvati rivers to the Arabian Sea and then west to Sumer and other locations. After the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E., the Indus-Sarasvati Indians moved to more habitable areas, such as the fertile banks of the Ganga river further east. Archeological evidence shows, however, that people settled by the Ganga River as far back as 5000 B.C.E.
 * I**n the 1990's, satellite pictures revealed an ancient, dried riverbed located in India's present-day Thar Desert. Geologists have identified this riverbed as the route of the ancient **Sarasvati River**. The Sarasvati lay east of the Indus River and generally followed the same course, originating in the Himalaya mountains and emptying into the Arabian Sea. Geologists believe that the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati evolved into the dry, hot desert that exists today.


 * Questions:**

1. In what ways is your map similar to the one that you see in the map above? Both maps have the rivers outlined, both have the Deccan Plateau and Thar Desert outlined. They also have Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, and Bay of Bengal labeled.

2. What physiographic features can you identify on this map that are not on your map? The sarasvati river wasn't on the map.

3. Why do you think settlements developed along the Indus and Saravati rivers? Explain with clear and complete details. I think the settlements developed along the Indus and Saravati rivers, because they provide plenty of water, and the land near the rivers are fertile so it's good for growing crops. It was close to the Kyber Pass so it was easy to trade with other people.

4. Accurately draw and label the ancient Sarasvati River on your map.

5. Why did ancient Indian people eventually migrate to the Ganga River? They migrated because the river dried up and disappeared.

=__**Ancient Egypt**__=

=__Assignment 12__= Now that we are finished with the ancient Egypt unit, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned about ancient Egypt. Please complete these sentences **clearly and with specific details**. Write the answers on your wiki page. If you need reminders of what we did, just scroll through the assignments on this page or look through your notes.

1. The single most important thing I learned was... The most important thing I learned was about the kings and queens of Egypt.

2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was... The thing that confused me was who was related to who. Like if some king was related to another king. There were too many related people, and it made it confusing for me.

3. What surprised me the most was... The thing that surprised me the most was, how they mummify a person, because it's kind of disgusting. Also, that Egypt lasted the longest compared to other ancient civilizations.

4. I would like to know more about... I would like to know more about the Queens of Egypt, because we only learned about Hatshepsut and all the others were kings.

5. The part that I think I will always remember was... The part I think I will always remember is that Egyptians took the brain out of a dead person with a hook.

=__Assignment 11__=
 * Sources:**
 * Online Textbook pages 93-103
 * Wiki Assignments
 * Your Notes

Use the above sources to label your 3D Timeline with labels about:
 * Directions:**
 * Ancient Egypt's three kingdoms (Provide a clear and detailed **three** sentence description about __**each**__ kingdom including who was involved in the kingdom. Each kingdom must have a separate label on the timeline.)
 * Pharaoh Khufu (Provide a clear and detailed **two** sentence description about him.)
 * The Hyksos in Egypt (Provide a clear and detailed **two** sentence description about them.)
 * Pharaoh Hatshepsut (Provide a clear and detailed **two** sentence description about her.)
 * Ramses the Great (Provide a clear and detailed **two** sentence description about him.)
 * Requirements:**
 * Each event label must have a simple title about the information
 * Each event label must have correct dates
 * Each event label must have an appropriate picture
 * Each event label must have a citation for the picture
 * Sentences should be **complete** and **detailed**

=__Assignment 10__= __Ancient Egypt Topic Peer Assessment__ Go to our YouTube Channel and login using the username and password given in class. You will assess your classmates' videos using the rubric for the ancient Egypt project and by answering the questions below. Each answer must be at least **two** sentences long. Post your assessment in the comments section under each classmate's video. Please make sure you include your first name only or your comment will be deleted. You must comment on **four** classmates' videos: (Note: YouTube has a 500 word limit on comments. You might have to divide your assessment comments into two posts.)
 * classmate above your name
 * classmate below your name
 * two other classmates of your choice

1. How did your classmate make the video interesting and creative?

2. Was it easy to understand your classmates presentation including his/her voice? Why or why not?

3. Clearly explain two things you learned from your classmate's video.

4. How could your classmate improve his/her video?

=**__Assignment 8__**= =**__Assignment 7__**= Read the information here about the three kingdoms in ancient Egypt. The problem with these three paragraphs is that each paragraph does not have specific details or evidence. Your task is to find specific details and evidence from our textbook for the information presented in each paragraph about each kingdom. Then re-write the paragraph adding the new specific details and evidence you found. Write the new paragraph on your wiki page. The Old Kingdom (2700 BCE - 2200 BCE) Specific details and evidence can be found on pages 98-100 in our textbook. Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...**  Pharaohs had lots of power and were considered as gods on earth. Pharaohs were buried in pyramids only during this time period in history. That's why it was called the pyramid age. (A pyramid is a huge, stone tomb with four triangle shaped sides that met in a point on the top.) After building a few pyramids, the pharaohs realized that pyramids were easy to spot, and was easier to rob than a hidden tomb. The largest pyramid is the Great Pyramid of Kuhfu, and it covers more than 12 acres and is 481 feet high. The pyramid took thousands of workers and more than 2 MILLION limestones were used to build it. The Egyptians starting building smooth sided pyramids around 2700 BC, and after the pharaoh was buried, the workers sealed the passages to his room with large blocks. The workers were paid with things like grain instead of money. The Egyptians wanted the pyramids to be amazing, because they believed that the pharaoh was a link to the gods and controlled everyone's afterlife. So they thought making the pharaoh's spirit happy would make them have a happy afterlife. To make sure that the pharaoh was safe, they sometimes wrote magical spells on the tombs.
 * Part 1:** Riverboat Tour Part 1
 * Part 2:** Riverboat Tour Part 2
 * Part 1
 * Pyramids (definition, examples, construction details)
 * Workers
 * Importance of the pyramids

Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 101-102 in our textbook. Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...**
 * __Part 2__**
 * The Middle Kingdom (2100 BCE - 1800 BCE)
 * the difference with the Old Kingdom
 * what life was like during this time
 * wars or battles and who was involved

The middle kingdom was Egypt's golden age. Trade, arts and literature flourished. Egypt built strong armies to defend herself against her neighbors. Then around 1750 BC a group from southwest asia, the hyksos, invaded. They used horses, chariots, and advanced weapons to conquer lower egypt. The Hyksos ruled the region as pharaohs for about 200 years. The Egyptians fought back around 1500s BC, Ahmose of Thebes drove the Hyksos out of Egypt, then ruled all of Egypt. During the time period of the middle kingdom, pharaohs were expected to be good kings and wise rulers, but at the end of the old kingdom, the wealth and power of the pharaohs declined, building pyramids cost lots of money, and pharaohs could not collect enough taxes to keep up with their expenses. So then the ambitious nobles used their government positions to take power from pharaohs. They gained enough power to challenge the pharaohs. By about 2200 BC the old kingdom had fallen, and for 160 years, nobles ruled much of Egypt. The pharaohs were also buried in hidden tombs, all over the place. There are probably many tombs yet to be discovered because they were hidden so well.

__**Part 3**__ Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...**
 * The New Kingdom (1570 BCE - 1070 BCE) **
 * Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 102-103 in our textbook.
 * what new territories were conquered
 * names of pharaoh's involved in expansion
 * wars or battles and who was involved
 * trading (who and what)

The new kingdom lasted about 1550 to 1050 BC. During the new kingdom conquest and trade brought wealth. After battling the Hyksos, the Egyptian leaders were afraid that other lands would invade in the future. To prevent the invasions, they took control of all possible invasion routes into the kingdom. During that process, the leaders turned Egypt into an Empire. Egypt conquered the homeland of the Hyksos, Syria, and the kingdom of Kush. By the 1400s BC, Egypt was the leading military power in the region. Its empire extended from the Euphrates River to southern Nubia, and the conquests made Egypt rich. The places that Egypt conquered had annual payments to give to Egypt, things like gold, leopard skins, and precious stones. Also, the Assyrian, Babylonian and Hittite Kings sent Egypt expensive gifts to Egypt to keep a good relationship. Queen Hatshepsut worked to increase trade. She sent traders south to trade with the kingdom of Punt, and north to trade with the people in Asia Minor and Greece. The pharaohs all used the money they got to support the arts and architecture. In the 1200s BC, the pharaoh Ramses II fought the Hitties, but they couldn't beat each other. Then, the people from Tehenu invaded the Nile Delta. Ramses built a series of forts to fight them off, and then Tehenu invaded again a century later, and lost. After Ramses died, the sea peoples sailed into Southwest Asia. The Sea Peoples crushed the Hittites and destroyed cities in Southwest Asia, and after 50 years of fighting, the Egyptians were able to turn them back, but Egypt's empire in Asia was gone. A while after the invasions, the new kingdom came to an end.

=**__Assignment 6__**= Michelle's Comic:

__**Assignment 5**__ Questions: Answers:
 * Source:** [|__How to Mummify Nefermaat__]
 * Directions:** Go to the link above to mummify a body. As you work to mummify the body, answer the following questions **clearly and with details** on your wiki page.
 * 1) Why did Egyptians want to [|__preserve__] dead bodies?
 * 2) How did they [|__preserve__] bodies? What is this process of preservation called?
 * 3) Explain how the brain was removed from the dead body. Why was the brain removed?
 * 4) Name the four internal organs that were removed from the body. What was done with these organs?
 * 5) What did they do with the heart? Why?
 * 6) What is natron and why was it used? Using your scribble map of Egypt, name the area where natron came from.
 * 7) How was [|__linen__] used during mummification?
 * 8) What are [|__amulets__] and how were they used? Give two examples of amulets that were used and explain why they were used.
 * 9) What happens to the body after it is mummified?
 * 1) They had to preserve it so it’s soul could recognize it after death.
 * 2) They preserved bodies by drying the body and wrapping it in bandages and taking out the brain. It is called mummification.
 * 3) The brain was removed with a metal hook, and they put it up the person’s nose. They removed it because they didn’t think that the brain was very important.
 * 4) They took out the intestines, stomach, liver, and the lungs. They put the organs into jars.
 * 5) They left the heart, because they thought it was important, they believed that it was the center of intelligence, emotions, and feelings.
 * 6) Natron is a salt that absorbs the moisture. It was used to put inside the person to absorb the moisture. Also put on the person to dry the body.
 * 7) Linen was used to make the person plump, they stuffed him with it. Also to wrap the person with it.
 * 8) The amulets were shaped stone. The amulets were placed on the body after the first layer of linen. The scarab was a dung beetle, that symbolized rebirth and the rising and setting of the sun. The heart amulet was the shape of a heart, which was placed on the mummy’s heart to protect the heart in the afterlife.
 * 9) After the body after it’s mummified, they place the face on, put the body in the mummy case, then put it in a sarcophagus.

=** Assignment 4 **= I would like to be Isis, because she has powerful magic spells. Also, she helps people in need with her powerful magic spells. I wouldn't want to be Bes. First, because he's ugly. He's also a dwarf and a lion. He has the skin of a lion. I don't want to be short, a lion, and ugly. Anu and Aten- aten is the sun, and anu is sky. So they both have to do with the sky. Bastet and Ugallu- they both have animal heads, but human body. I think a few were similar, because like some other civilization, they copied each others gods. Or they could just believe in the same god.
 * Part 1:** Go to this [|site] and read about the different Egyptian gods and goddesses . Choose one of these that you would like to be and explain why you would like to be that god or goddess . Then choose one that you would __** not **__ want to be and explain why. Make sure your explanations are **middle school quality explanations**.
 * Part 2:** Compare these Egyptian gods and goddesses with the [|Mesopotamian gods and goddesses] . Did you find similar gods? Name the gods/goddesses and clearly explain the similarities? Why do you think they are similar even though Egypt and the Mesopotamian civilizations were different?

=media type="custom" key="5138745" = = Assignment 2 = Directions: Answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page. Questions: 1. Read the **//If YOU were there section//. How do you feel about working for the pharaoh? 2. Eventually the Third Dynasty began in ancient Egypt. The Third Dynasty was the beginning of what historians call ............. . When did it start and end? 3. Explain how ancient Egyptians felt about their country and their pharaoh. 4. What were the responsibilities of the pharaoh? 5. What is best known about the famous pharaoh, Khufu? Can you name a specific monument built for him? 6.a Clearly explain the structure of society in the Old Kingdom. (Note: This should be a long answer.) 6.b. What may be some advantages and disadvantages of such a large segment of the population being farmers, servants, and slaves? 6.c. What did farmers do during flood season? 7. Clearly explain trading in ancient Egypt (what was traded and who they traded with). 8. Define the word //acquire//. Use //acquire//** in an original sentence. 9. Using the drawing of Egyptian society on page 94, explain where Viziers would be placed?
 * Source: Read pages 93 & 94 in your online textbook

Answers: 1. If I were there, I'd feel really angry about working for the pharaoh! It's because, I don't even get paid a lot for working for him! I also have to take care of my crops and family. Also, I would have to suffer making a tomb for when he's dead! The farmers and normal citizens have to work for him, and we don't get paid a lot, we have to take care of ourselves, and we have to be like slaves and do stuff for him when he dies! 2. The third dynasty was the beginning of what historians call the old kingdom. It started from 2700 B.C. to 2200 B.C. ** 3. The ancient Egyptians felt that the pharaoh was a god. So when a disease came, or not that many crops were harvested, they blamed it on the pharaoh. 4. When there was a disease spreading, or not that good harvesting, the pharaoh had to take the blame. 5. Khufu is best known for the monuments built to honor him. The great pyramid of Khufu was one of the monuments built for him. 6.a. First the king/ pharaoh had most power, then the nobles, priests, viziers. After that was scribes and crafts people. Then there were just average citizens like, farmers, servants, and slaves. 6.b. Some advantages are, that if there are more people, then more jobs can be done, jobs can be done faster, and you can produce more things, like crops. Some disadvantages are, that if there are too many people, it can get crowded, more jobs are needed, more food is needed, more water and space is needed. They could also rebel 6.c. The farmers worked on the pharaoh's building projects. 7. The traders traveled south along the Nile to Nubia. The traders traded with Syria and traded gold, copper, ivory, slaves, stone, and wood. 8. Acquire means to get. I acquired money from the bank. 9. The viziers would be placed in the nobles section, because the nobles are people who help run government, and viziers help the pharaoh.

= = =Assignment 1=


 * Sources:**
 * **Carefully read your online textbook pages 88 and 89.** **(Note: Make sure you scroll down on page 89 to see more information.)**
 * **Use the map above, the maps in the //Egypt Resources// wiki page, or your Scribble Map search function**


 * Directions:**
 * **Your task is to label a map of the Nile River and ancient Egypt on your current Scribble Map. You must mark, label, or represent famous sites, cities, and other objects. //Label everything carefully//.** (Note: //Mark// means use a marker, //label// means use a text label, //represent// means draw a symbol to show the item.)
 * **You must also provide an image and a description for some of the labels. Each description must be at least three sentences long and must be clear, detailed, and specific. Your description should give us clear information to help us understand the item or place and why it was so important for ancient Egyptians.**

1. Represent and label the Nile’s Sixth Cataract to the First Cataract. 2. Label the Red Sea. 3. Represent and mark three mines and three quarries. **Provide an image and a description for each mine and quarry.** 4. Represent and label these historic sites: the Valley of the Kings, the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the Sphinx, Abu Simbel, the Pharos (lighthouse in the port of Alexandria), the Bahriya Oasis and the Farafra oasis (include palm trees). **Provide an image and a description for each historic site.** 5. Mark these cities: Abydos, Thebes, Giza, Hermopolis, Memphis, Bubastis, Rosetta, Alexandria, Meroe, Khartoum, and Elephantine 6. Label these geographical features: the Western Desert, the Eastern Desert, the Nile Delta (include animals found here), the Sinai Peninsula, the Wadi el-Natrun, the Mediterranean Sea, the Gulf of Suez, the Nubian Desert. Include animals of the desert. **Provide an image and a description for each geographical feature.** 7. Label Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt.

= = =__Mesopotamia__=

=**__Assignment 13__**= Now that we are finished with the Mesopotamia unit, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned about Mesopotamia. Please complete these sentences **clearly and with specific details**. Write the answers on your wiki page. If you need reminders of what we did, just scroll through the assignments on this page or look through your notes.

2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was... 3. What surprised me the most was... 4. I would like to know more about... 5. The part that I think I will always remember was...
 * __Questions:__**
 * 1. The single most important thing I learned was...

__Answers:__** 1. I think the most important thing I learned was, the 6 characteristics of a civilization. I think that, because it is important to know what makes a civilization. 2. Something that confused me or I didn't understand was, that these emperors were so cruel and violent. Most of their solutions came to killing and lots of pain. I don't get why they have to be so violent. 3. It surprised me the most that the Assyrian Empire skinned people. It is surprising that they would skin people, it is just violent and there's no point of it. You could skin animals instead if you need it for something, instead of people. 4. I would like to know more about Hammurabi's laws, because they were fun and interesting. 5. I think that I will always remember is how cruel some emperors were. Like Sargon just went to a place and stole things to get what they needed. Like how Hammurabi had very cruel laws, that mostly ended up with chopping and killing. I will remember that the Assyrian Empire skinned people.

=**__Assignment 12__**= =Characteristics of Civilization= =Empire Name: Assyrians=
 * Source: Read pages 76 and 77 in your online textbook**
 * Directions:** Carefully read pages 76-77 and choose one of the empires below. Research the empire you have chosen (two links are provided for each already) and complete **The Characteristics of Civilization Chart** for the empire you chose. Write **clear and detailed** answers in the chart, on your wiki page, then**answer the question** below the chart. You will also have to indicate on your Scribble Map where the civilization you chose came from.

of the members of the society. || They had kings that gave laws and orders. There were also governors. || Shamashi adad and tuklti ninurta were kings. Assur Uballit was the governor. || given higher status than others. || There are kings, princesses, governors, soldiers, and regular citizens, and slaves. || There were kings like shamshi adad and tuklti ninurta. Then there were soldiers and regular citizens. Then there were the slaves from other city states that they attacked. || literature, science, and writing || They had a great big library filled with books made from clay. || If they have a library, then they would have to have literature and writing to write it. The books were about myths, culture, and literature. || = Was it difficult to find evidence for the empire you picked? Why or why not? It was difficult to find evidence for the empire I picked. It was hard, because there wasn't that much information about food, government, jobs, social levels, culture, and religious system. There was no information about food supply at all. All of the sites were about the fighting and who conquered who. So it was difficult to find the characteristics. = =Assyrians= []
 * ==Six Characteristics of Civilization== || ==Evidence for Characteristic== || ==Explanation== ||
 * 1. A system of government that directs and controls some actions
 * 2. A regular food supply that is not likely to suddenly change. ||  ||   ||
 * 3. Specialization of labor, in which members of the society perform different jobs. || They had soldiers, kings, and just regular citizens. || The kings controlled taxes, laws, and the armies. The armies battled fought, and trained. The regular citizens just worked and farmed and paid taxes. ||
 * 4. Different social levels, in which some members of the society are
 * 5. A highly developed culture including art, architecture, music,
 * 6. A religious system, which might include priests and temples. || They had the babylonian gods. || They stole the babylonian gods. They stole the statue of mardik. ||

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=**Assignment 11**= Go to this [|site] and read about the different Mesopotamian gods, goddesses, demons, and monsters. Choose one of these that you would like to be and explain why you would like to be that god, goddess, demon, or monster. Then choose one that you would __** not **__ want to be and explain why. Make sure your explanations are **middle school quality explanations**.

I would like to be Ellil because, he is one of the most important gods in Mesopotamia. He is so powerful that the other gods can't look at him. He is also the father of other very important gods and goddesses. He also writes the fate of Earth on the tables of destiny. So those are a few reasons why I would like to be him.

I wouldn't want to be the Bull Of heaven. My reasons are, because the bull of heaven Enkidu died. They had to fight The Bull of Heaven to save themselves and the people. It wasn't their fault that they had to kill the bull of heaven. Then after Enkidu died, Gilgamesh was so sad that he stopped eating and he became ugly, and depressed and ran off to find the person who would tell him how to live forever.

__Assignment 10__ **Source: Read pages 74 and 75 in your online textbook**
 * Directions:** Read the questions/directions carefully and write **clear and detailed** answers on your wiki page.

1. Read the "If you were there..." section on page 74. How will you advise the King? 2. What happened to Ur by 2000 BCE? 3. Where was Babylon located? 4. Who became the king of Babylon? When did he become king? 5. What is a monarch? 6. After conquering all of Mesopotamia, what did Hammurabi call his empire? 7. Hammurabi was a great warrior and leader. What other skills did he have? 8. What is Hammurabi's Code? What areas of daily life did the code cover? 9. Give two reasons why Hammurabi's Code was important. 10. What eventually happened to the Babylonian Empire? How is this similar to what happened to the Akkadian Empire? 11. Read the different laws in the [|Code of Hammurabi on this site] and choose **three** that you think are interesting. __**Copy**__ the three laws and their **numbers**onto your page. Then for **each** law, explain why you think it's interesting. You can write about if you disagree or agree with the law or if you think the law is a good law or a cruel law. 1. **I don't think that the normal citizens should be punished more harshly than the nobles. I think that because, it's not fair for the citizens. Just because someone else has a higher status, people shouldn't be treated differently. The nobles should be treated the same way as the regular citizens. 2. After Sargon died foreign neighbors attacked, and Ur lost it's power. Then other people tried to conquer Mesopotamia. 3. Babylon was located on the Euphrates River. Near what is today Baghdad. (Iraq) 4. In 1792 B.C. Hammurabi became the king of Babylon. 5. It means a ruler of a kingdom or an empire. 6. Hammurabi named his empire the Babylonian empire. 7. Hammurabi was also good at handling building, irrigation, taxes, trading, and laws. 8. His code was a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life. The code covered trade, loans, theft, marriage, injury, and murder. 9. It was important because, it helps everyday life. There also has to be a punishment for what you do wrong. People could see it too. They were the first detailed laws, they covered trade, loans, theft, marriage, injury, and murder 10. After Hammurabi died the empire fell to pieces, then other areas started to attack. In the Akkadian Empire, when Sargon died everything got ruined. Then people started conquering. The other kings after them couldn't control the attacking neighbors. 11. 210. If the woman die, his daughter shall be put to death. I think that this law is interesting because, the daughter didn't do anything wrong, but she's the one who dies. I disagree with this law and think that it is a bad law. I think that because, the guy did something wrong and the woman died. But the daughter is being punished with death for what he did wrong. So I disagree with this law and think that this is a bad law. 229. If a builder build a house for some one, and does not construct it properly, and the house which he built fall in and kill its owner, then that builder shall be put to death. I think this is interesting because, a builder shouldn't build a house improperly, and why a house would fall and kill it's owner. I agree with this law and think that it is a good law. I think that because, it is fair for the builder to die. He didn't construct it properly so the owner died. So I think it's fair that he should die too. So I think this is a good law.
 * Answers:

230. If it kill the son of the owner the son of that builder shall be put to death. I think that this law is interesting because, the son didn't do anything wrong, but he gets killed. I disagree with this law and think that this is a bad law. I think that because, the son of the builder didn't do anything wrong. It was the builder's fault, and not the son's. I don't think that the son should be killed for what his dad did wrong.

=**__A ssignment 9 __**=

After playing the Trader's game, answer the following questions in complete sentences on your page. You can copy and paste these questions into your page. Then go to the **discussion tabs** of at least three other classmates and make **good quality middle school comments** about your classmates answers to the questions about the Trader's game. You can make comments to your classmates about if you agree or disagree with their point of viewor comments about how good their answers and ideas are.

__** Trader's Circuit questions **__ 1. What part of the game did you like the best? Why? 2. During the game, how did you feel and why did you feel that way? 3. What part of the game was difficult for you? 4. In your opinion, what advantage is there to having a monopoly of an entire product/resource such as dates or jewelry? 5. What part of the game would you change if you played it again? Why? 6. In this game, was it better to cooperate with another player or to be selfish and try to get all the products/resources for yourself? Why?

1. I liked the trading part. I liked it because, everyone was trying to get something at the same time. Sometimes to people would try to get monopoly for the same thing. Some people traded a stone for a barely, just to get a barely monopoly. It was very fun and funny. 2. During the game, sometimes I felt annoyed. I felt that, because some people wouldn't trade with me. Sometimes people would try to get the same monopoly as me, so I couldn't get monopoly, so I couldn't get it. 3. The hardest part of the game was trying to get what I wanted. 4. If I had a monopoly of a product, then the advantage would be that I could higher the prices, because no one else has it. 5. If I played the game again, then I would change that 2 people can't try to get the same monopoly, because then it's hard to get the monopoly. 6. It is better to cooperate with other players, because if you don't cooperate with them, then you can't get and trade what you want.
 * __Answers:__**

=Assignment 8=
 * Use your online textbook pages 63 & 64 to answer these questions clearly and with details on your wiki page. Make sure to look through the whole page in your textbook and the links for the vocabulary when answering some of the questions.**


 * Questions**:
 * 1) Where did the Akkadians live?
 * 2) What was their relationship with the Sumerians like before the 2300s B.C.E.?
 * 3) Who was Sargon and what did he do?
 * 4) What did Sargon establish?
 * 5) Define 'empire'.
 * 6) Explain two examples why Sargon is considered a great leader.
 * 7) How long did Sargon rule his empire?
 * 8) What eventually happened to the Akkadian Empire?
 * 9) Who eventually became the most powerful civilization in Mesopotamia again?
 * 10) Using the picture of the City-State of Ur, what can you see in the picture that shows Ur was an advanced city?


 * Answers:**
 * 1) They lived north of Sumer.
 * 2) They were very different but, they lived in peace with each other for many years.
 * 3) Sargon was the first emperor that fought and conquered other city states, and made the first empire.
 * 4) Sargon ruled the first empire and he conquered a lot of city states.
 * 5) Empire is land with different territories and people that are under a single rule.
 * 6) Sargon is a great leader because, he would eat with his soldiers everyday, and he was the first leader to use bows and arrows.
 * 7) Sargon ruled his empire for more than 50 years.
 * 8) It only lasted for just 1 more century after Sargon died.
 * 9) Sumerians became the most powerful civilization in Mesopotamia again.
 * 10) Ur had lots of buildings and lots of walls, and had lots of houses.

=**__Assignment 7__**= **Using The Six Characteristics of a Civilization (see below), answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.** 1. A system of government that directs and controls some actions of the members of the society. 2. A regular food supply that is not likely to suddenly change. 3. Specialization of labor, in which members of the society perform different jobs. 4. Different social levels, in which some members of the society are given higher status than others. 5. A highly developed culture including art, architecture, music, literature, science, and writing. 6. A religious system, which might include priests and temples.
 * The Six Characteristics of a Civilization:**

= = 1. Is Korea/ the U.S. a civilization according to the six characteristics explained in class? Provide one example from Korea/the U.S. for each characteristic. 2. Does a civilization, in your opinion, need to have all of the characteristics mentioned? Why or why not?
 * Questions:**

1. Korea has a government, because they have a president. For food supply Korea has farms. For jobs there are doctors, scientists, and teachers in Korea. For the higher status in society, the president is higher status than a regular person. For art, there are artist, and for architecture there are architects. For music, there are singers, like Big Bang. For literature and writing, we have books. For science, we have scientists. For religion we have Buddhists, Christians, and Catholics, and we have monks, and priests. 2. I don't think that a civilization needs all of the characteristics mentioned. I think that we need government, jobs, higher statuses, art, architecture, music literature, science, and writing. I don't think we need a religious system. I don't think that you need to have a religious system to be a civilization. Some people don't believe in stuff, and have no religion. I don't think that it is essential to have a religion. **
 * Answers:

=Assignment 6= Please summarize the section you are responsible for. You will present your section with your partner. Here is the PDF of all the sections: [|SumerianAchievementsSections.pdf]

= __Assignment 5:__ =

__Using your sheet from class about Sumerian achievements, which achievements would go under each of these categories? (For example, devotional statues would be under the religion category.)__
 * __Government:__ City- States/King, Organized Armies, Written Laws,
 * __Culture:__ Games, Music, Cuneiform/Writing, Mathematics, Arch
 * __Religion:__ Devotional Statues, Ziggurat,
 * __Jobs:__ Mathematics, Medicine, Irrigation, Metalworking, Plow, Sailboat, Wheel

=**__Assignment 4:__**= Go to this site ([|Sumerian Inventions]) and look at the //**Early Inventions**// section. Choose __**three**__ Sumerian inventions that you think are important for us today. In your own words, explain clearly and with details why these __**three**__ Sumerian inventions are important for us __**today**__. 3 Important inventions: Hammers: Hammers are still important today because, we need them to build houses and put in nails. We need to use them for building houses, buildings, malls, and resturaunts. Wheel: We need the wheel so we can go travel. We need it for cars, bikes, and motorcycles. With out them it would be very had to travel around in your car. Frying Pan:We need frying pan to fry food on the pan. We use it for eggs, bacon, and a lot of other foods. Without frying pans we couldn't cook things like eggs.

__**Assignment 3:**__
Answer the following questions and define the vocabulary (if any) clearly and with details on your wiki page.** **Use the handouts from class called** **//Event C://** //**Building and Maintaining a Complex Irrigation System**// **&** //**Event D: Attacks by Neighboring Communities**// **to help you answer the questions.**
 * __Are you smarter than a Neolithic person?__

1. What was the first simple method farmers used to get water to their fields from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers? 2. How did farmers prevent flooding? 3. Over time, carrying buckets of water to the fields was too difficult. Please __** clearly **__ explain how levees, canals, dams, and reservoirs were used to make life easier for farmers? 4. Which word means an extra supply of something such as food? 5. What could happen if one canal was clogged? 6. How did different villages take care of the complex irrigation system? 1. How did Mesopotamian villages help each other? 2. How were people, who lived very far apart, connected to each other? 3. What did many villages grow into? 4. What do we call the region in Mesopotamia that had many growing cities and towns? What are the people called that come from this region? 5. How could one city stop the water from reaching another city? 6. Why was it easy to attack other cities on the Mesopotamian plains? 7. What defense plan is best to protect a city?
 * Questions:**
 * Event C: Building and Maintaining a Complex Irrigation System**
 * Event D: Attacks by Neighboring Communities**

1. They got buckets and brought it to their fields. 2. The farmers built up natural earth walls, called levees, to prevent flooding. 3. The levees were to protect the crops from floods. The Canals, are a manmade waterways, control the direction in which the water flowed. Dams, are barriers, and Reservoirs are water-collection pools. That also helped block and store water at various places along the river. 4. Surplus is the word for extra supply. 5. If one canal was clogged the other ones connected to it wouldn't work as well. 6. The different villages had to work together and cooperate to clean the irrigation system so it wouldn't get clogged with silt.
 * Answers:

1. Thy helped each other clean the leeves, or else their's wouldn't work either. ** 2. The people were connected from the irrigation canals. Even people who were far away. 3. Villages turned into cities and towns. 4. We called it Sumer, and the people who came from that region Sumerians. 5. One city could block the water path, so other cities wouldn't have water. 6. It was easy to attack other cities because, there were no natural barriers for protection, there were no mountain ranges or rushing rivers to protect them. 7. The best defense plan was to surround the city with water, and to build walls, so no other cities could come.

__Assignment 2__
Answer the following questions and define the vocabulary (if any) __clearly__ and with __details__ on your wiki page.** **Use the handouts from class called** **//Event B: Uncontrolled Water Supply//** **to help you answer the questions.**
 * Are you smarter than a Neolithic person?
 * Event B: Uncontrolled Water Supply

Questions:** 1. What two major problems did farmers have as they tried to grow their crops on the Mesopotamian river plains? 2. How did they solve these problems? 3. Where did the melted snow that caused flooding come from?

1. The two major problems were, that sometimes there are droughts and sometimes there are floods. 2. They solved the floods by making a wall so the water couldn't come through. They solved the droughts by making a little path where water could come through, from the river to the crops. 3. The melted snow that caused flooding came from mountains. **
 * Answers:

=__Assignment 1__= Answer the following questions and define the vocabulary clearly and with details on your wiki page.** **Use the handout from class called //Event A: Food Shortage to// help you answer the questions.**
 * Are you smarter than a Neolithic person?

1. What helped the human population to grow in Mesopotamia? 2. What does cultivate mean? 3. By 5000 B.C.E. what major problem did the farmers in the Zagros hills have? 4. Using the choices in the critical thinking section of your handout, what is the best way to deal with the food shortage? Why?
 * Questions:**

1. The increased food supply, sturdier shelters, and improved technology helped Mesopotamia's population grow. 2. To cultivate means to grow. 3. The major problem that the Zagros had was that they didn't have enough land to grow food for the increasing population. 4. The best way to deal with the food storage is A, to increase the number of times each year that farmers plant their crops. C, abandon farming and return to hunting and gathering doesn't make sense, because we are still farming nowadays. D, Attack neighboring and steal their food, would cause a lot of problems for the people. The other people would start stealing as well if the Mesopotamia people stole. B, if you moved down to the river plains and try to grow crops there, it says that in spring the rivers flooded the land. So all your crops would be lost. So A, increase the number of times each year that farmers plant their crops, make the most sense.
 * Answers:**

=__Early Humans:__=

__Assignment 9__
Now that we are finished with the Early Humans unit, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned about Early Humans. Please complete these sentences clearly and with specific details. Write the answers on your wiki page.

1. The single most important thing I learned was... 2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was... 3. What surprised me the most was... 4. I would like to know more about... 5. The part that I think I will always remember was...
 * Questions:**

1. The most important thing I learned about Early Humans were the types of Early Humans, and what they did, what they looked like, how smart they were, and what kind of tools they used. For example, the Australopithecus looked like apes, and they were the first type of hominids. Three of their brains would fit into our heads. How they learned to farm, and how to domesticate animals. 2. The thing that confused me was that the girl in the movie didn't get to pick who she married, and her dad picks. 3. What surprised me most was when the guys smashed a rock on the guy's head to get the blood out. It's so violent, I didn't know that they could do that. 4. I would like to know more about what happened in the Neolithic period, and how they improved more, and made TVs and computers. 5. The part that I think I will always remember is when the guys smashed the rock on the other guy's head. **
 * Answers:

__Assignment 8__
Use these two videos about Catal Huyuk to answer these questions __**clearly**__ and __**completely**__ on your wiki page.
 * Catal Huyuk video 1
 * Catal Huyuk video 2

1. What are three things about daily life in Catal Huyuk that surprised you? Why did they surprise you? 2. What are three things about daily life in Catal Huyuk you knew already from class? 3. Jookie is a 12 year old living in Catal Huyuk. __**Explain**__ three ways her life is different than yours. (Note: Simply saying you have cell phones and she doesn't is an unacceptable answer.)
 * Questions:**

1. When the people cut open the man's forehead and smacked his forehead with a rock surprised me, because that is so violent and they could just get a spear or knife and cut it open. Another thing that surprised me was that they had good houses, I had thought that they just made their houses out of mud, but they use clay as bricks. One more thing that surprised me was that they actually knew that if they didn't smash that hole in the guy's head, his brain wouldn't' work. I thought they wouldn't know those kind of things. I didn't even know that. They had jealously, and feelings now. 2. I already knew from class that they knew how to farm. I knew that they knew how to domesticate animals and use them in a different way, for like wool. I also knew that they had clothes now. People had languages. They had free time to do things that they wanted to do. 3. Jookie's life is different than ours because, she has to work a lot more than we do. She also has no computers, internet, cell phones, or ipods, so she can't search things, and she can't communicate with people far away. If she was in danger she couldn't call someone for help, and if she has to tell someone something, she has to find them and she can't just call them. She has to walk a lot because, she doesn't have any transportation besides walking. **
 * Answers:

__Assignment 7__
Answer these questions clearly and completely on your wiki page.

1. What was the main difference between life in the Paleolithic period and life in the Neolithic period? 2. How did people's lives change as they began to domesticate plants and animals during the Neolithic period? 3. What are some advantages and disadvantages of the changes in daily life that occurred as a result of the development of agriculture?
 * Questions:**

1. The main difference between life in the Paleolithic period and the Neolithic period was that the Neolithic period got more advanced and started using their heads more. Also they learned to grow food, instead of hunting all the time. 2. As the people began to domesticate plants and animals their lives got easier. It got easier because, they didn't have to travel around so much, and they could just settle down in 1 place and plant all their crops. Instead of moving so much to hunt, and as they domesticated animals they got more wool from sheep, and the animals got babies and there were more animals. 3. Some disadvantages of growing food is that you have to wait for a long time, and take care of the plant so it doesn't die, and while you wait you have to hunt so you don't starve to death. They need more water, because your population is getting bigger, and you need it for the crops. You have to take care of the plants, and make sure they don't die. Crops could fail and people could die in the winter if you don't have enough food supply. They could fight, the tribes could fight over better land. **
 * Answers:

__A__ __ssignment 6__
Use your online textbook (p. 40 & p. 41) to answer these questions __clearly__ and __completely__. Please put your answers on your wiki page.

1. Read the paragraph in the //Beginnings of Agriculture// section on p.40 and answer the question (How could this discovery change your life?). Read //The First Farmers// and //Plants// section on p.41 and answer these questions: 2. What is another name for the New Stone Age? 3. What kinds of tools did people make during this time? What do you think they used these tools for? 4. In the textbook it says that people during the Neolithic period could now __make__ fire. Which hominid would this be? 5. When we changed from gathering food to growing food, historians called it the Neolithic Revolution. Why do you think it's called a revolution? 6. What is the definition for the word 'domestication'? 7. Using the map on p.41, which animals were domesticated in Asia? 8. Using the map on p.41, where was corn first domesticated? 9. If you were a farmer, how would your life be different than a hunter and gatherer. Give three ways your life would be different.
 * Questions:**

1. The discovery of finding that more fruits grew after I dropped the seeds would change my life alot! First of all I could start farming, and make farms. I would learn how to farm, and the farming will get better and better after it is passed on generation to generation. So these are a few ways how this discovery could change your life. 2. The Neolithic Era is another name for the New Stone Age. 3. During this time people made saws and drills, they made these out of stone. They probably used saws to cut trees, and used drills to make holes in things. 4. The Homo Sapiens would be the hominid that made fire. 5. I think it's called a revolution because revolution means a change, and we changed from gathering food to growing food. 6. Domestication means the process of making plants and animals more useful to humans. 7. The animals that were domesticated were the cattle, horse, sheep, and goat. 8. Corn was first domesticated somewhere in Mexico. 9. If you were a farmer your life would be different than a hunter and gatherer, because you don't need to hunt or kill animals. You don't need to gather food, and you plant food instead of hunting or gathering. During winter you can just save the food and eat it instead of going out in the cold. You won't need to eat poisonous berries.
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A ssignment 5
Hominid Comic Directions

Using your notes and our textbook, choose a hominid (except Homo Sapiens) and draw a comic that shows information about the hominid.

Step 1: Use an A4 sheet to draw or use Comic Life (you must use original pictures, not pictures from the Internet) Step 2: Your comic should show the following information about the hominid: Step 3: Color the comic with at least five different colors. Step 4: Make sure your comic has a title __Grading__ You will be graded on neatness, accuracy of information, and creativity.
 * A picture of the hominid
 * Language
 * Time Period and Location
 * Tools
 * Food
 * Other information

=Assignment 4= =**Questions:**= 1. On which continent were Lucy and other hominids found? 2. What is the scientific name of Lucy? 3. How long ago did Lucy live? 4. What was an important step in human development? 5. Describe and explain how these hominids are different from each other. Use the charts about the hominids on page 30 to help you with the answer. Make sure your answer is **clear and detailed.**
 * Please read pages 29 & 30 from your online textbook and answer these questions** __**clearly**__ **and in** __**complete sentences**__ **on your wiki page.**
 * Australopithecus
 * Homo habilis
 * Homo erectus
 * Homo sapiens

6. Which hominid is us now?

1. Lucy was on the continent Africa. 2. The scientific name of Lucy is australopithecus. 3. Lucy lived about 3 million years ago. 4. To walk on two legs was an important step in human development. 5. Australopithecus- It means southern ape, and brain is 1 third of modern human's brains. Homo habilis- It means handyman, made stone tools to chop and scrape. The brain is half the modern human. Homo erectus - It means upright man, controlled fire, and made early stone tools. Like an axe, and migrated. homo sapiens- It means wise man, migrated around the world. Made fire, tools, and developed a language. 6. We are homo sapiens right now.
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Assignment 3

3. How will you deal with problems (if they happen) in your group?
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__**Assignment 2**__

 * Just like the questions you were asked in class, please create five questions about the timeline we used in class.**

** 1. Which event happened most recently? **
**2. How many events were in between 20,000 B.C.E and 10,000 B.C.E? ** 3. Name the events that happened between 500 C.E. and 1500 C.E. 5. In what century was paper money invented?
 * 4. How many centuries are there from the last ice age and when sewing needles were invented? **

Answers:
1. The invention of colored t.v. happened most recently. 2. Four events happened in between. 3. Paper money was invented, castles were built in Europe, and Columbus reaches America. 4. There are ten centuries. 5. In the tenth century.

Assignment 1:
1. Were you born in a BCE year or an CE year? 2. Put the following dates in order: AD 2000, 3100 BC, 15 BCE, AD 476, AD 3, CE 1215 3. If you read that an event happened c. AD 1000, what would that mean?
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