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I (Description of what your animal does)
and (what that means as a human or what you do).

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Research Essay - Introduction

Sentences:

1. Your hook: Ask a question, or have an interesting fact (or both)
1. Did you know the ancient Incan's made bridges out of ropes so they could burn the bridge down when their enemies came?
2.  Have you ever wondered about the ancient civilizations and the people who came before us?
2. Give some necessary background information: 
1. Such as when your ancient civilization took place. (The Ancient Incan civilization was alive and well between 1438 and 1532, before the Spainards arrived and took over.)
2. What caused the civilization to stop (Spainards arrived, bringing diseases and battles).
3. Anything else that will get your reader captivated, but isn't found elsewhere in your BODY paragraphs.
3. Thesis: Explain what your essay will be about. Here are a few examples:
1.  "In order to understand ancient ____________, we need to know about the geography, government, values and beliefs, and the people who were important." or 
2. "Ancient _______ is very interesting. Their geography, government, values and beliefs, and the people who lived during this time paint a picture of what life was like ______ years ago. 
3. This essay will discuss the important aspects of the ancient _______ civilization, such as geography, governement and economics, as well as the people and their beliefs and values. 

Introductory Paragraph Example:

          Have you ever wondered about the ancient civilizations and the people who came before us? The Ancient Inca Civilization was the largest ancient civilization in South America. The Incan civilization was alive and well between 1438 and 1532. In 1532 the Spainards arrived and subsequently caused most of the Incan civilization to die out, due to war and diseases, ending a very powerful rule of a large portion of South America. In order to understand the Ancient Incan civilization fully, we must examine the geography, government, and values and beliefs of the Incan people. 

Research Paper Outline

Your outline for your ancient civilization paper is due OCTOBER 1st! (Remember that your rough copy of your writing is due October 9th, and your final copy is due October 21st).

Here is my sample using the Ancient Inca Civilization:

I. Geography
        A. Located in South America (western side)
        B. Stretched from coast and up into the mountains (Andes mountains). There was also a lot of jungle where they lived.
        C. They made their bridges out of sturdy vines to make it through the mountains so that they could burn or cut them down if they were being invaded.
        D. They did not live in large cities, they were spread all over the mountains.

II. Governement & Economics
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III. Architecture & Contributions
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IV. Values & Beliefs
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V. Famous People & Interesting Facts
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Ancient Civilizations Research - Mrs. Jessie's Version

A work in progress.. just like yours should be! Remember - you will need a lot of information to ensure you are able to fully explain yourself. It is better to be over-informed than to have to keep researching after your research due date!

Introduction: Ancient Inca Civilization



Who were the people that ruled?

What time period did they rule? 1400 to 1533

Geography:

Where is your civilization located? Western South America - basically running from north to south in South America


How did the people adapt to their environment? They built their civilization high up in the Andes mountains, which had some pretty extreme and cold weather. They build bridges from vines to cross.. if people were trying to attack, they just burned the bridges with them on it!

List some physical features:
High and rugged mountains, lush rainforests, attached to the Pacific Ocean (so coastal)

What was the climate like?
Since it spanned such a large area, the climate and weather varied from north to south.

Government:

Who ruled? Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui -the Sapa Inca (King)

How did they come into power? There was another leader in power, but when faced with a war from neighboring civilizations, Pachacuti stuck around and asked the gods for assistance to help him, and his warrior buddies, so the gods transformed the rocks just hanging around into Inca warriors.

How long did their power last? Until 1532 and the Spanish Conquest.

ECONOMICS:

What did the people use to buy and sell goods?

Who did they trade with?

What did they trade?

How did they trade?

Sources:
https://www.ancient.eu/Inca_Civilization/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Inca

Newsletter for Week of August 19th, 2019.

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Ancient Civilizations

Here is a list of great websites to start your search for your ancient civilization:

https://www.ancient.eu/civilization/

https://www.kidtopia.info/ancient_civilizations.html

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/search-results/?q=ancient%20civilizations

https://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/indexlife.html

https://www.alarms.org/kidrex/results/?q=ancient+civilizations&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&safe=high&cx=005531940451544459472%3A_wxzudlmale&sa.x=91&sa.y=20

https://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/ancientcivilizations.htm

EGYPT:
https://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_egypt.php
https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/ancient-egypt
https://www.ancient.eu/egypt/
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
https://www.britannica.com/place/ancient-Egypt
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/ancient-mediterranean-ap/ancient-egypt-ap/a/ancient-egypt-an-introduction

GREECE:
https://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_greece.php
https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/ancient-greece
https://ancient-greece.org/
https://www.britannica.com/place/ancient-Greece
http://ancientgreece.com/s/Main_Page/
http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/greek-art/beginners-guide-greece/a/ancient-greece-an-introduction

CHINA:
https://www.ducksters.com/history/china/ancient_china.php
https://www.ancient.eu/china/
https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-china
https://sites.google.com/site/1ancientcivilizationsforkids/ancient-china
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-asia/imperial-china/neolithic-art-china/a/an-introduction-to-ancient-china
https://www.history.com/tag/ancient-china

ROME:
https://www.britannica.com/place/ancient-Rome
https://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_rome.php
https://www.rome.info/ancient/history/
https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-rome/ancient-rome
https://www.ancient.eu/Rome/
https://www.natgeokids.com/nz/discover/history/romans/10-facts-about-the-ancient-romans/
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/roman/beginners-guide-rome/a/introduction-to-ancient-roman-art
https://study.com/academy/lesson/climate-in-ancient-rome-lesson-for-kids.html

INDIA/INDUS VALLEY:
https://www.ancient.eu/india/
https://sites.google.com/site/1ancientcivilizationsforkids/ancient-india
http://www.ancientindia.co.uk/
https://www.timemaps.com/civilizations/ancient-india/
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/world-history-beginnings/ancient-india/a/the-indus-river-valley-civilizations

Ancient Civilizations

Make sure you get your parents to sign your sheet explaining the deadlines and dates for things. You will be working on your Ancient Civilization work until the end of the school year!

Here is the outline for all the projects:

All Research and notes due: SEPTEMBER 23rd

Rough Draft of Research Paper due: October 9th

Final Copy of Research Paper due: October 21st

PowerPoint (Google Slides) Planner Packet due: November 4th

PowerPoint (Google Slides) Presentation due: November 18th

We will then be presenting and our final activity will be to create a brochure on our Ancient Civilization.

Parents: Students would benefit if they had their own USB stick or a Google Drive account to save their own work and work on at home.

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Ancient Civilizations - Inca & Mayan Civilizations

Ancient China Websites

https://www.ducksters.com/history/china/ancient_china.php

https://china.mrdonn.org/

http://www.historyforkids.net/ancient-china.html

https://www.coolkidfacts.com/ancient-china/

https://kids.kiddle.co/Ancient_China

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/china/#china-dragon.jpg

These are all websites that you can use for your Ancient China booklet.

Why don't we use Wikipedia for research? - Because anybody can go in there and switch the writing up. They can go in and give you bad information! It can be a good place to start for quick reference, but you never know who and when it was last updated, and if the person really knew what they were talking about!

Media Literacy

So.. today we are going to talk about Media Literacy.. let's take a look!

https://www.brainpop.com/english/studyandreadingskills/medialiteracy/

Ancient China

To kick off our Ancient China unit..

Earth's Rotations - Somewhere on Earth

I forgot to post the video..

So a little review for you. Today we talked about how somewhere on Earth at any given time somebody is just waking up and the sun is rising, somewhere the sun is setting and people are having dinner, some places it is night time and people are tucked into bed!

We also talked about time zones, and how in Korea it is an hour and a half ahead of us, and in Europe it is like 6-7 hours behind us! In Vancouver, they are a whopping 15 hours behind us! That means that at some points they are living a day behind us! Now we know why we get jetlag on planes.. we are almost time traveling!

Social Studies - Archaeologists

Anybody want to be an archaeologist?

Part 2:
Think about the following questions when looking at the artifacts:

1. What is this object?
2. Who used this object?
3. Where could this object have been found?
4. When was it made?
5. What is it made from?
6. What is it used for?
7. Why was it an important object to the people who used it?

Earth Day 2019

Here's the Earth Day song if you want to keep listening to it and reminding yourself what you need to do to help the earth!

Remember we can:

1. Reduce our footprint
2. Use less energy - turn off the lights!
3. Use less water - don't let the faucet run, take shorter showers
4. Use reusable containers for lunches
5. Don't use plastic bags, straws etc. Find reusable ones
6. Pick items that have parts we can reuse - ie: get a metal or glass reusable drink container, not plastic!
7. Use both sides of the paper, recycle our paper, and don't waste it!
8. And so much more!

What other ways can you help Mother Earth?

Wangari's Trees of Peace

For more information: https://www.smore.com/61ag-wangari-s-trees-of-peace

Growth Mindset

Stretch your brain and increase those brain muscles! Here's the book again in case you want to read it!

Save the Rainforest!

Today we learned a bit about the different rainforests around the world. They are all over and close to the equator. Costa Rica, Brazil, Madagascar, Australia, Thailand, Indonesia, and of course... MALAYSIA all have rainforests. We need to be careful about what we do so that we do not help the destruction of the rainforests around the world. We need them because they produce... oxygen!