Comparing Early Civilizations

Job1: You will research your topic and answer the following questions:

1. Where was your ancient culture located?

          - where on the world map did this culture live?
          - how would you describe it?
          - were there any challenges or benefits for the culture living in this location?

2. What technologies did this culture use to survive?

          - what tools did they use?
          - what weapons?
          - what did they use for travel?
          - what did they use for shelter?
          - what foods did they eat?
          - how did they prepare and store their food and water?
          - what did they wear and how was their clothing decorated?



3. What was the belief (spiritual) system of this culture?

          - what or who did they worship?
          - what were their ceremonies and/or rituals?
          - did they wear particular clothing for these ceremonies?
          - did they have any artifacts they used in these rituals?

4. How did they govern, educate and look after themselves?

          - who led the people and who made decisions for them?
          - how were these decisions made?
          - did they have any artifacts or symbols they used to identify government leaders
             or groups?
          - how were the children taught and who was responsible for teaching?
          - what did they use for health care?

5. What did their economy look like?

          - how did they get goods they didn't make themselves?
          - who did they trade with?

6. Are there any other interesting facts that you uncovered in your research?

          - has this culture survived?
          - what did a usual day look like for the average member of these cultures?
          - what did they do for fun, what games did they play

Grade 5s you need to have at least 5 facts for each of your research questions.
Grade 6s you need to have at least 6 facts for each of your research questions.