Social Studies Presentation Directions

1St Term Presentations: Ancient Civilizations

Dates

Topic	Sections A and C	Section B
Mesopotamia: The fertile Crescent	Wednesday, Oct. , 22nd	Thursday, Oct. 23rd
Ancient Egypt	Wednesday, Oct. 29th	Thursday, Oct 30th
Ancient India	Wednesday, Nov. 5th	Thursday, Nov. 6th
Ancient China	Wednesday, Nov. 12th	Thursday, Nov 13th
The Heritage of Greece	Wednesday, Nov. 19th	Thursday, Nov. 20th
The Roman Empire	Wednesday, Nov 26th	Thursday, Nov. 27th
Final Quiz	Wednesday, Dec. 3rd	Thursday, Dec 4th

Note: Remember there may be a pop quiz (an unannounced short quiz about the presentation contents) among these days.

Presentation Outline:

1.      Introduction

·         Location in a map: geographical description

·         Period of time: time line of events

2.      Way of Living

·         Economical Features

·         Political Features

·         Cultural Features

·         Religious beliefs

3.      Civilizations Achievements and Inventions

Remember to investigate about your topic and bring extra information and materials to work in class next week (Wednesday 15th for 6th A and C, and Thursday 16th for 6th B).

Homework:

Draw (on a piece of blank paper) or print the map of America. Color it and paste it in your notebook. Identify the countries in this continent and their capital cities. Due Date Wdnesday 15th, 2014.