My Comparative Study Project By _________ VS. Egyptian Aztec (or an ancient civilzation of your choice) My Comparative Study Project By _________

Big Ideas Grade 6-8 Social Studies English Arts Mesopotamia Use Social Studies inquiry processes and skills to ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze ideas; and communicate findings and decisions - Grade 7 Explain different perspectives on past or present people, places, issues, or events, and compare the values, worldviews, and beliefs of human cultures and societies in different times and places (perspective) – 7 Make ethical judgments about events, decisions, or actions that consider the conditions of a particular time and place, and assess appropriate ways to respond (ethical judgment) - 6 English Apply appropriate strategies to comprehend written, oral, and visual texts, guide inquiry, and extend thinking - 6 Synthesize ideas from a variety of sources to build understanding - 7 Use writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create engaging and meaningful literary and informational texts for a variety of purposes and audiences – 8 Arts Artistic expressions differ across time and place. - 6 Explore relationships between identity, place, culture, society, and belonging through the arts - 7 Individual and collective expression can be achieved through the arts. - 8

My Inquiry Question Rome Your task in the end is to answer this question: Which ancient society would have been the best to live in? You will form an opinion to this question by exploring these guiding questions: Who had the best 'Daily Life'? Who had the best military? Who treated their women better? Who had the better gods? Who had the best inventions? You may add to this list as you find other aspects of their societies.

Resources Here are some suggested websites to get you going: Greece Here are some suggested websites to get you going: I would like you to start with this one, then move on from there: http://elibrary.sd71.bc.ca/socials-home.htm Some specific links from this page include: Daily Life - http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/life/home.html Gods - http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/home.html Warfare - http://quatr.us/egypt/war/ Timeline - http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/time/home.html Government/Rulers - http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pharaoh/home.html I will also bring in some books on Egypt for us to look through. Also, watching videos, and pulling information from them if perfectly acceptable.

Artistic and ‘Hands-on’ elements I will draft out a more specific schedule, but some of the artistic and ‘hands-on’ elements that I would like to include in this unit are: Creation of a piece or pieces of clothing from a specific culture Experimentation with food from that culture Produce a piece of clay artwork that represents something from that culture Several simple Egyptian based pieces of art

Daily Life (Food, Clothing, Games) Egyptian Daily life - Other Daily Life -

Daily Life (Food, Clothing, Games) Egyptian Daily life - Other Daily Life - Who had the best daily life?

Egyptian Gods and Myths Gods and Mythology Egyptian Gods and Myths - Other Gods and Myths - Who had the best Gods?

Who lasted longer and why? When? Where? Geography? Egyptian Timeline and Landscape - Other Timeline and Landscape - Who lasted longer and why?

Funeral Rights/Mummification Egyptian Funeral/Burial - --1st – wash bodies, remove organs, bodies stuffed with natron, stuff it, organs go into jars Egyptians had a complex way of burying their dead. Other Funeral/Burial - Who had the best funeral rights?

Who had the best government or rulers? Government/Rulers Egyptian Rulers - Other Rulers - Who had the best government or rulers?

Who treated their women better? Role of Women Egyptian women - Other women - Who treated their women better?

Who has the best stories? Stories from Culture Egyptian stories http://egypt.mrdonn.org/stories.html -Ramsese II – Many wives and children, horrible General, statues everywhere, name carved everywhere - Other’s Stories - Who has the best stories?

Other category of my choice Egyptian - Other - Who had the best ________?

Other category of my choice Egyptian - Other - Who had the best ________?

A collection of pics from these Civ’s Egypt pics Other’s pics

Other interesting facts about these Civ’s Egyptian facts - Other’s facts -

References/Resources/Bibiliography -

My Inquiry answer.. In my opinion, Ancient __________ would have been the better civilization to live in because… Use your opinions from the slides above to write a minimum of 250 words about the differences between the two civilzations and which one you think was better. There will likely be arguments for both sides, however, in the end, which one would rather have grown up and lived in?