Resources

Use the following resources to help you answer your questions and complete your projects. The sites have a great deal of information so you will need to be very focused to look for information that answers your questions.

Ancient Egypt>

• Textbook reading pages 35-43, 86-95 in World History, pages 429-434 in World Cultures & Geography

• World Book Online (use provided password)

• Flow of History

• DocuWatch for Videos

• Webcasts from Temple College- start with “Egypt1” which gets into what makes a civilization and then uses Sumerian society to describe early civilization in Mesopotamia. Then move through the remaining lectures to learn more about Egypt. You will hear some words that you might not know so listen carefully as you will be able to learn a lot of new information from these lessons.

• Wikibooks

• Wikipedia

• Wikipedia Portal

• British Museum

• PBS Series

• Timeline

• Intro to Life in Egypt

• Daily Life with Lots of Links

• Trade & Business

• Food

• Social Classes | Merchants | Artisans |

• Social Classes II & III & IV

• Music and Dance

• Art and Architecture in Religion

• Afterlife

• Religion and Art

• Art

• Historical Sites

• Mapping of Temples

• Technology of Pyramids

• Building of Pyramids

• Farming & Role of Farmer

• Geography

• Ancient Civilizations Video Video II

• Secrets of the Pharohs video

• Into the Great Pyramid video

• Pharoh’s Obelisk video

• BBC for Daily Life

Ancient Mesopotamia>

• Textbook reading pages 26-34 in World History, pages 423-427 in World Cultures & Geography

• World Book Online (use provided password)

• Flow of History

• Webcasts from Temple College- start with “Egypt1” gets into what makes a civilization and then uses Sumerian society to describe early civilization in Mesopotamia. You will hear some words that you might not know so listen carefully as you will be able to learn a lot of new information from these lessons.

• Wikibooks

• Wikibooks II

• Wikipedia Portal

• Introduction to the Sumerians

• Timeline of ancient Mesopotamian civilization

• Hammurabi’s Code (Law)- an overview

• Hammurabi’s Code - the real thing

• Wikipedia

• Writing

• Daily Life

• Life in Mesopotamia

• Life in Mesopotamia II

• Maps (Use the drop down menu for more map choices)

• Ancient Civilizations Video Video II

• Overview of Sumerians

3 Religions>

• Textbook reading pages 77-83 in World History, pages 435-441 in World Cultures & Geography

• Flow of History

• World Book Online (use provided password)

• Judaism: Wikipedia

• Judaism: Description and Comparison to Christianity

• Judaism: BBC listing of beliefs

• Judaism: Overview (use the links on the side)

• Judaism: Facts

• Islam: Wikipedia

• Islam: PDF description (select the link to read the PDF)

• Islam: BBC listing of beliefs

• Islam: Overview

• Christianity: Wikipedia

• Christianity: Comparison with Islam

• Christianity: BBC listing of beliefs

• Christianity: Facts

• Comparison of the 3 religions

• Islam: Facts

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Map of Ancient Mesopotamia

Rubric Creation> Review the following resources to guide your team’s rubric creator in building your presentation rubric. Remember to provide enough copies of your rubric for the other teams to assess your team’s presentation.

• Definition of Rubric

• Rubric Definition

• Examples

• Tutorial

• Sample rubric attached at bottom of the page from 8th grade Exhibition presentation

Now go to Conclusion