Egypt- A new religion...

1.  Project time?


2.  Akhenaten's Challenge to Authority (handout)

3.  Nefertiti - Is the mummy her?
 

Egypt A Day in the Life (Tuesday & Thursday)

GP Lab research

Project Due Dec. 9

Egypt...

1.  Add any new gods: Sekmet and...?

2.  Continuity and stability: What are your hypothesis??


3.  Quiz - open book


4. Pop culture & Egypt - how accurate is the information in the clips??

Egyptian Gods part 2

1.  Timeline - ADD any info you are missing!

2.  Gods Gallery Walk Part 2

3.  Continuity & Change - Do you have a hypothesis for each area??

Art & Gods (Tuesday, Nov 9)

1.  Egyptian Art - 'The Rules' (pp notes)


2.  Nigel on Egyptian Art- 'More Human than Human' clip


3.  Egyptian God project - good copy due next class

Foundations of Egypt

1.   Egyptian Writing & Timeline (handout)

2.  Influences of Geography on Civilization (overhead)

3.  The Real Scorpion King...

Thursday, 21 October

Studying the Past Unit TEST

(No Homework UNLESS you didn't hand in your Mesopotamia Mind Map!)

Tuesday, 19 October

1.  Mesopotamia 'practice' test -  Is your Mind Map missing anything?

2.  Egypt Map (handouts x2)

* Studying the Past UNIT TEST next class*
    STUDY: History, Anthropology, Archaeology, Hominds, Civilization vs culture, Mesopotamia
   (Prologue & Chapter 1 in Echoes From the Past AS WELL AS handouts,notes, questions, etc.)

Ashirbanipal & Mesopotamia

1.  Mesopotamia Mind Map (see handout from last class)

2.  DVD : How Art Made the World            “Once Upon A Time”

* How did the Assyrian leader Ashurbanipal use art to reinforce his position as king?

Use Gilgamesh and the battle against the Elamites as examples in your response.

Thursday, Oct.6 - Gilgamesh

1.  Discuss 'Village Life to City' handout

2.  Writing in Mesopotamia

3.  Epic of Gilgamesh

Short cartoon version : http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=9BE05659D5CB8621

What are the themes you see in the story?  

How different were the issues in the story from modern issues?

4. Mesopotamia Mind Map (handout)

Tuesday, October 5

1.  What makes a civilization? (handout)

2.   Mesopotamia Map (handouts)

3.  Discuss 'Village Life to City'

4.  DVD clip 'To Death & back' Neolothic death masks

From Hominids to Humans

1.  Complete viewing "Last Human Standing" & discuss

2.  Discuss & ADD missing info to 'Historiography' and 'March to Civilization' questions

3. Interpreting Archaeological evidence (Handout & pictures)

4.  Venus of Willendorf - Why does she look like that?! (handout)

Tuesday, September 21

1.  Mystery Skeleton comparison

2. Becoming Human Documentary Documentary link

     Evidence section: take notes on Hadar & Lucy... why are they important?

3.  'Careers in History' definitions

4. Historiography Questions - due next class
      
Historiography
(the history of the study of history)

1.    Who was Herodotus? What kind of history did he write?
         (Use the index in your textbook to find him)

2.    How did Thucydides and the Greeks influence the writing of history? (p. 159)

3.    What were Tacitus’s strengths and weaknesses as a writer of history?
         (pp. 210-211)

4.    How are archaeologists and historians similar? (pp. 480-481)