We'll have a Socratic seminar on Dec. 3 (Thurs). Please answer the following
questions:
1) Do the benefits of the Aswan dam outweigh the negative effects?
2) Compare and contrast ancient Pyramids of Egypt with modern America
monuments.
Write 350-550 words for each essay. Include a bibliography with at least ten
sources. Use parenthetical citation with at least five times per essay. Be
sure to include a title page. You must complete these questions to
participate in the seminar. See the instructor with questions.
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Finish reading Ch 2 by Nov. 30.
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Begin reading Ch. 2.
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Make a timeline of at least ten events of the major events/discoveries in the
life of Mary Leakey (girls) and Donald Johanson (boys). Be creative.
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Please memorize the following vocabulary by Nov. 25:
Nile River, Mediterranean Sea, hieroglyphics, papyrus, Rosetta Stone, Menes,
dynasty, pharaoh, Hyksos, Hatshepsut, Thutmose III, Amenhotep IV, polytheism,
monotheism, Ramses II, scribes, Amon, Osiris, mummification, Book of the
Dead, caravans, cuneiform, arch, ziggurats, city-state, Hammurabi,
Nebuchadnezzar, Zoroaster,Phoenician alphabet, barter, commodities, money
economy, Abraham, Moses, covenant, Saul, David, Torah, ethical monotheism,
and Judeo-Christian ethics.
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Complete an artistic representation of your family's Seven Aspects of
Culture. Be creative and include all 7 Aspects. Prepare a 3-6 speech which
you can recite with minimal use of note cards. Presentations will begin on
Nov. 19.
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Please memorize the following vocabulary by Nov. 18:
artifacts, hominids, culture, domestication, agriculture, nomads, hunter
gatherers, civilizations, neolithic agricultural revolution, irrigation,
division of labor, artisans, cultural diffusion, Cro-Magnons, and
Neanderthals.
