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Comparative Civilizations 12 Course Outline

Teacher: Tim Loewen 740-2038 ext 2293 tloewen@sd68.bc.ca Room 309

Introduction

Comparative Civilizations 12 with Learn@Home will examine the geography, science, art and culture of ancient civilizations. The journey begins with the onset of organized societies in Mesopotamia and Egypt and moves through the great Greek and Roman civilizations, those of the Islamic Middle East, Japan, the Maya and the Aztec, and concludes with the rise of European civilization in the Dark and High Middle Ages. The course is project based and entirely online – there is no text book. Instead there are links to online sources, lesson pages filled with multimedia and with humour, and the use of Web 2.0 tools.

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Assessment

The Activation Assignment 5% Unit Assignments 60% Final Project 15% Mid-Term Test 10% Final Test 10%

The curriculum is based on the prescribed learning outcomes as described in the Ministry of Education's Integrated Resource Package which is available at

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/all.php?lang=en .

PRINT AND KEEP FOR YOUR RECORDS Overview This course has 4 Modules and a Final Assignment Module 1: The Civilizations of the Near and Far East Module 2: Greek and Roman Civilizations Module 3: The Civilizations of the Non-Western World Module 4: The Resurgence of Western Civilization Final Assignment: Creating a Civilization This course takes approximately 15 weeks to complete. The pace of this course is approximately 1 Module every 3 weeks and 3 weeks for the final project. Plan accordingly. Week Assignment(s) to Complete Yes/No

Module One

1 Unit One: Mesopotamia.

2 Unit One: Ancient Egypt

3 Unit Two: India

4 Unit Two: China

Module Two

5 Unit Three: Ancient Greece

6 Unit Four: The Roman Empire

Mid-Term Test

Module Three

7 Unit Five: Islam

8 Unit Five: Japan

9 Unit Six: The Maya and the Aztec

Module Four

10 Unit 7: The Dark and Middle Ages

Final Test

11 Final Project: Create your own Civilization

COMPARATIVE CIVILIZATIONS 12

ACTIVATION ASSIGNMENT

PART 1

Read the accompanying scanned selection and answer the following questions.

1 List and describe the major difficulties historians face in writing history? /5

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2 What were two issues Schliemann faced in his search for the city of Troy? /2

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3 Briefly outline the stages archaeologists go through in preparing and executing a dig? These include: Where, who, what to watch for, what to do with the results. /5

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4 How have improved dating techniques assisted in exposing frauds? /2 ___________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

PART 2

COLLAPSE – Why do Civilizations Fall? (http://www.learner.org/interactives/collapse/)

Go to the above website and use your navigating and reasoning skills to answer the following.

The Maya

1. Write a short journal entry for each of the following: a) monuments b) houses c) bones d) people e) botany /5

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2. Why do you think this civilization collapsed? Was it gradual or sudden? Explain. /2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Chaco Canyon

3. Briefly summarize the accomplishments of the Anasazi and the likely cause of their collapse. /3 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. What are three things that might be found by examining society’s garbage? /3 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SUBMIT THIS ASSIGNMENT TOGETHER WITH FILLED-OUT COVER PAGE TO THE LEARN@HOME INSTRUCTOR. YOU WILL BE GIVEN A LINK TO THE COURSE IN BLACKBOARD AS WELL AS LINKS TO JUPITER GRADES FOR COMP.CIV. 12