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Course Resource - Assignment Ideas: Comparative Civilizations 12

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Please revise as needed before use. Scroll down to see all options. Students may use all or part of these activities.

Resources

History of the Ancient World by Susan Wise Bauer

Integrated Language Arts

The Bible
Greek Mythology by Edith Hamilton
Archimedes and The Door of Science - Jeanne Bendick
Aesop's Fables
Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff

Skills, Processes, Concepts, Content - report all explored
Foundations of Civilization Why study civilizations? Describe how the following elements contribute to a civilizations identity power and authority belief systems socials organizations conflict, war, conquest the natural environment cultural change over time Writing Prompts Great Kings, leaders or dictators must focus on conquest and rule with severity. Agree or dissagree? Why was war so constant in this time in History? Define the social levels of different civilizations. Write a letter to a King or Ruler of a neighboring land asking for something. Describe how war and/or peace impacted the natural environment. How does the natural environment define a Civilizations bounds? List the ways civilizations impact one another.	Culture and Values Describe how these elements contribute to value systems of civilizations religion/mythology morals/ethics heroes/role models philosophical viewpoints Compare the diverse values and beliefs of civilizations. Writing Prompts Compare your perspective of biblical events with the authors. Contrast your personal beliefs with that of a historical figure. Chose two civilizations and write a compare and contrast essay about them. Describe how you would have ruled differently than a historical ruler. How do stories of heroes and great leaders impact later generations? List Heroes or great Rulers and their attributes. List the main points of major religions and the people who started them. Describe how different civilizations/rulers attempted to lay down laws or moral codes. Did they succeed? Why or why not? What is your Opinion of the Divine Right to Rule? Describe how a real event could transend into a myth? Which, the actual event or the myth, do you think is more valuable? How do civilizations tend to remember their past? How does this effect the present?

Skills, Processes, Concepts, Content - report all explored

Foundations of Civilization

Why study civilizations?

Describe how the following elements contribute to a civilizations identity

power and authority

belief systems

socials organizations

conflict, war, conquest

the natural environment

cultural change over time

Writing Prompts

Great Kings, leaders or dictators must focus on conquest and rule with severity. Agree or dissagree?
Why was war so constant in this time in History?
Define the social levels of different civilizations.
Write a letter to a King or Ruler of a neighboring land asking for something.
Describe how war and/or peace impacted the natural environment.
How does the natural environment define a Civilizations bounds?
List the ways civilizations impact one another.

Culture and Values

Describe how these elements contribute to value systems of civilizations

religion/mythology
morals/ethics
heroes/role models
philosophical viewpoints

Compare the diverse values and beliefs of civilizations.

Writing Prompts

Compare your perspective of biblical events with the authors.
Contrast your personal beliefs with that of a historical figure.
Chose two civilizations and write a compare and contrast essay about them.
Describe how you would have ruled differently than a historical ruler.
How do stories of heroes and great leaders impact later generations?
List Heroes or great Rulers and their attributes.
List the main points of major religions and the people who started them.
Describe how different civilizations/rulers attempted to lay down laws or moral codes. Did they succeed? Why or why not?
What is your Opinion of the Divine Right to Rule?
Describe how a real event could transend into a myth? Which, the actual event or the myth, do you think is more valuable?
How do civilizations tend to remember their past? How does this effect the present?

Weekly (semester course) or Bi-Weekly (year long course)
Term/Semester 1
Week 1: Ch 1-6, After reading the Preface write a 1-2 page essay on why we should study civilizations.
Week 2: Ch 7-12
Week 3: Ch 13-18 Complete a writing assignment.
Week 4: Ch 16-24, Abram accounts - Gen11:10 - 15:21
Week 5: Ch 25-30 Complete a writing assignment.
Week 6: Ch 31-36 Black Ships Before Troy
Week 7: Ch 37-45, Kingship In Israel - 1 Samuel 8:1 - 14:52, 1 Kings 2:1-4, 3:1 - 4:34, 1 Kings 10, 1 Kings 12, 2 Kings 17, 2 Kings 24-25 David and Goliath - 1 Samuel 17 Complete a writing assignment.
Week 8: Ch 45-54, The Fall of Israel - Daniel 1 - 4, Zechariah 1 - 8
Oral quiz
Term/Semester 2
Week 1: Ch 55 - 56, Aesops Fables Complete a writing assignment.
Week 2: Ch 57 - 61
Week 3: Ch 61 - 62, Greek Mythology- become familiar with 2-3 Greek Myths. Complete a writing assignment.
Week 4: Ch 63 -71
Week 5: Ch 71 - 72, Archemedies Complete a writing assignment.
Week 6: Ch 73 - 80
Week 7: Ch 81 - 85 Complete a writing assignment.
Week 8: Final Project - work on final project.
Week 9: Present Final Project

Final Project
Culture and Art - select focus Analyze how the selected artform expresses the following cultural elements: belief systems social organizations language power/authority order/harmony archetype	Project will Inclue the following: Select one or two civilizations whose art forms you wish to analyze. Explore the selected artform of those civilizations. Look specifical for ways these art forms expresses each of the 6 bullets to the left. Decide on a form for your presentation (slide show, blog, report, powerpoint, Blurb Book etc. ) Discuss project ideas with your teacher and decide on a suitable format. Complete your project by the end of the course and present it to your teacher.

Final Project

Culture and Art - select focus

Analyze how the selected artform expresses the following cultural elements:

belief systems

social organizations

language

power/authority

order/harmony

archetype

Project will Inclue the following:

Select one or two civilizations whose art forms you wish to analyze.
Explore the selected artform of those civilizations.
Look specifical for ways these art forms expresses each of the 6 bullets to the left.
Decide on a form for your presentation (slide show, blog, report, powerpoint, Blurb Book etc. )
Discuss project ideas with your teacher and decide on a suitable format.
Complete your project by the end of the course and present it to your teacher.

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