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WEEK #2 (August 21st-25th)
Monday:  We started off the week turning in our homework, completing our first vocabulary quiz, then we began our first of four deep dives into the ancient river civilizations PowerPoint
Tuesday:  We looked deeper at the empires and the history of Mesopotamia  
Wednesday: We continued presenting about the cultures of the Fertile Crescent, and introduced our first project. 
Project Outline...Project Scoring Rubric.
Thursday: We worked on our projects, using our class time wisely to complete as much as possible in our time together
Friday:  We presented our projects, listening respectfully and earning points for relevant questions of other groups.

Week #2 Homework:
​Read the page here and fill out this  note catcher with outline style notes about the four theories of the origin of the Phoenician people

Week 2 Vocabulary
  1. Monotheism - is a religion centered around the belief in a single all-powerful god
  2. Polytheism - the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods
  3. Chalcolithic – the (Copper Stone) age the age in which humans began to smelt metal
  4. Epic of Gilgamesh - an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia that is often regarded as the earliest surviving great work of literature
  5. Harrapan Civilization – A bronze age civilization that takes its name from a modern village in the Indus Valley
  6. Fertile Crescent - region in the Middle East which curves, like a quarter-moon shape, from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean
  7. Babylon - a key kingdom in ancient Mesopotamia, known for its hanging gardens
  8. Yellow River- Huang He is the "mother river of China". Its basin was the center of Chinese politics, economy, and culture for over 2,000 years.
  9. Hatshepsut - the first female ruler of ancient Egypt to reign as a male with the full authority of pharaoh
  10. Arayan – Nomadic Herders who brought the Caste System to ancient India

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Essential Questions: 
How does learning the “history” of yourself and your classmates help you better understand and connect with them?​
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