Early+Civilizations++Homework

Week of September 7, 2012 Visit "The Mysteries of Catalhoyuk" website and explore the site. Make sure you read the Introduction and look at the timeline. View at least three activities including either 'Explore a Home at Catahoyuk' or 'Make a Neolithic Dinner.' Also read at least one 'comic' and one 'mystery.' Be prepared to discuss in class.

Week of September 17, 2012 Research Paper - Biography A 3 - 5 page (double-spaced,12 point Ariel or Times New Roman font) on one of the following rulers: Hatsheput, Ramses II, Amenhotep IV, or Hammurabi. For more information visit   and  . Alternative is a Powerpoint presentation (at least 10 minutes). Guidelines for Powerpoint to follow. Week of September 24, 2012

Finish questions assigned in class (1. b, 2. b&c, 3. a&c, 4. c) for textbook section on[[file:Mesopotamia and Sumer Chapt 2 Sec 10001.pdf| Mesopotamia and Sumer.]]
Week of October 1, 2012 Read and summarize in two or three paragraphs the Homework Assignment - Week of October 8, 2012 Due Friday, October 12, 2012 "Where I'm from we believe all sorts of things that aren't true. We call it history." The Wizard of Oz Monday was a holiday to celebrate Cristobal Colon (Christopher Columbus). There are twelve cities or towns in the United States named after him, not to mention the nation's capital in the District of Columbia, the South American country of Columbia and the Canadian province of British Columbia. There are schools, squares and statues honoring Columbus on both sides of the Atlantic. Yet, revisionist history has marked Columbus as an evil man who should not be honored at all and that he was responsible for thousands, if not millions of deaths.
 * Your assignment**: write an essay (at LEAST three paragraphs) explaining whether or not you think we should continue to honor Columbus, using facts, logic and common sense. Remember to consider 'worldview.'