This activity will compare and contrast two regions in the same era (ie, ancient Egypt and Ancient China) or two eras of the same region (ie, Ancient China and present day China)
To discuss prior knowledge use wall wisher to post "what we know":
3. Note taking: Using copy and paste to save information. Always saving the URL to be ale to go back and reference as well as create a bibliography.
4. After collecting information on the two regions/eras you are now ready to write your comparison of the two civilizations.
Go to http://Readwritethink.org to write your comparison of the two civilizations.
Using what you have learned how would you say a Pharaoh is similar to an Emperor?
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This activity will compare and contrast two regions in the same era (ie, ancient Egypt and Ancient China) or two eras of the same region (ie, Ancient China and present day China)To discuss prior knowledge use wall wisher to post "what we know":
http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/egypt-china
1. Teachers will create a wiki on wikispaces for their assignment listing
2. Internet Searching - using keywords or create a list of links
Keyword Searching Practice
Sample Era Sites:
Ancient Egypt Daily Life:
http://www2.sptimes.com/Egypt/EgyptCredit.4.2.html
http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/daily-life-in-ancient-egypt.html
Ancient China Daily Life:
http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/Chinalife.html
http://www.localhistories.org/chineselife.html
3. Note taking: Using copy and paste to save information. Always saving the URL to be ale to go back and reference as well as create a bibliography.
4. After collecting information on the two regions/eras you are now ready to write your comparison of the two civilizations.
Go to http://Readwritethink.org to write your comparison of the two civilizations.
Choose a way to share your information:
http://www.prezi.com
http://www.glogster.com
http://www.animoto.com (the downfall is that they are limited to 30 seconds - not really long enough for a presentation)
photostory
imovie
5. Copyright and Citing Sources:
http://cybersmartcurriculum.org/researchinfo/lessons/6-8/how_to_cite_a_site/
BibMe: http://www.bibme.org/