Playbook for Friday's Assessment

Here's are some items that you definitely should understand for Friday's assessment:

-Physical regions of India
-Physical features of the area (think mountain ranges, rivers, nearby bodies of water)
-Climate (monsoon for instance)
-The two major cities of the Indus River Valley
-Who the Indo-Aryans were and where they came from
-The role that Hinduism played in shaping ancient Indian culture

-Be able to define:
-Citadel
-Brahmins
-Vedas
-Raja
-Rig Veda
-Sanskirt
-Dharma
-Karma
-Monism

Also...
Caste System
Siva
Reincarnation

That is all for now--good luck

Playbook for Fertile Crescent Assessment

Here are some items to make sure you're familiar with for tomorrow's assessment covering the cultures of the "Fertile Crescent":

-Know the geography of the region--What bodies of water and other geographical features border the region.

-The Code of Hummurabi
-Assyrians (government, greatness/fall)
-Babylonians (culture, women, religion)
-Persians
-Akkadians

Also:
Know the significance of--
Abraham
Moses
Saul
David
Solomon

-The elements of Early Judaism
-Ethical monotheism

That is all for now--good luck!
Mr C.

Twitter Assignment

Your mission...if you choose to accept it (which you really don't have a choice, because it's a graded assignment:):

-Post (as a comment to this blog post) one of your Ancient Egypt Twitter posts from our assignment earlier this week.  As earlier stated, make sure it is school appropriate. Include your Twitter name, your post and at least one hashtag.

-Comment on at least two other twitter posts...as if you were a historical figure from the time.  For instance, Tutmes might comment on a Hatshepsut post.  Once again, your comment absolutely must be school appropriate. If in doubt...leave it out!

 -Make sure your Twitter post and comments are NOT anonymous.


This is due before class tomorrow (Friday).  Have fun! :)

Ancient Egypt "Playbook"

Here is what you definitely should know for tomorrow's assessment:

Ancient Egyptian Achievements-
Have an understanding and be able to give examples of achievements made in:
   -Science
   -Math
   -Medicine
   -Architecture

Definitions-
    -Oasis
    -Dynasty
    -Papyrus
    -Monotheism
    -Polytheism
    -Scribe

 Important People-
   -Hatshepsut
   -Amenhotep
   -Tutankhamen
   -Menes
   -The Hyskos
   -Ramses II
  -Thutmose III (Tutmes)

The Nile-
     -Understand the physical characteristics of the river (More than just that "it's big")
     -Know the "natural advantages" of the Nile Valley

That is all for now...good luck, and come prepared!

Ancient Egypt Video-Engineering an Empire

Here is a link to the video we watched and took notes on in class earlier this week.  Remember, there are 6 segments to this video--the link is for part 1.

Playbook-1st Assessment

Have an understanding of:

   -Anthropologist
   -Archaeologist
   -hominids
   -domestication
   -division of labor
   -irrigation
   -artisans
   -agriculture


-What are some differences between Neanderthals and Cromagnon?
-How did irrigation lead to the need for government?
-Know the 4 early river valley civilizations and their locations.


That is all for now...Remember:  Color Wars tomorrow!