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. ______________________________________________________________________________ Finish reading Ch 2 by Nov. 30. _____________________________________________________________________________ Begin reading Ch. 2. __________________________________________________________________________ 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. ____________________________________________________________________________ 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. ______________________________________________________________________________ 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. _____________________________________________________________________________ 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.