Assignment — Create an emperor playing card.
Just like a hockey card, name and picture on the front, statistics and interesting information on the back.
Play them, trade them, hand them in for credit.
Roman Emperor links
Pictures – http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/emperors/ig/Roman-Emperors/
Emperor List and information — http://www.roman-colosseum.info/roman-empire/list-of-roman-emperors.htm
Have begun looking at Ancient Greece. Students have selected Greek Gods to present to class. Students must inform the class about their god and tell a brief story that includes their god.
Examined thoughts around early man and his quest for fire — complete with student interpretation through skits.
Watched a ted talk examining our empathic civilization
http://www.ted.com/talks/jeremy_rifkin_on_the_empathic_civilization.html
Focused more on cave paintings. http://earlyhumans.mrdonn.org/caveart.html
Read p. 29-39 in Echoes from the Past. Complete questions #1-3 on pg. 39.
Examined the question “What does it mean to be civilized?”
Read pgs 23-28 from Echoes from the Past and discussed the ideas.
Ted Talk on anthropology http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/louise_leakey_digs_for_humanity_s_origins.html
