Wednesday, August 11th, 2010:

Online research: review the Mayans, Aztecs, and the Incas using following websites: (think SPRITE)

http://www.pbs.org/kpbs/theborder/history/timeline/1.html

http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0282-aztec-empire.php

http://www.aztec-history.com/

http://www.theancientweb.com/explore/content.aspx?content_id=19

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010:

Africa Webquest: Please visit the sites below and complete the information on the worksheet.

African Regions:  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/explore/index.html

African history and people: http://www.mrdowling.com/609ancafr.html

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Belief Systems:  India- Hinduism and Buddhism

                            Middle East - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Create either a PowerPoint or Word document that includes for each religion: founder, holy book, beliefs/practices, and any symbols associated with the religion.

Resources: www.regentsprep.org

Wednesday, August 6th  read through the following page on Regents Prep http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/conflict/social.cfm

Key Terms: capitalism, socialism, Communist Manifesto, communisim, Karl Marx, proletariat, bourgeousie, Five Year Plans, Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution, Tiananmen Square. 

Thursday, July 31st

Go to the website below and login using hf- (first 3 letters of your name and lastname like hf-jenfrench

http://castlelearning.com

After you have finished your test, please go to the website below and research 2 genocides and take notes.

http://www.teachgenocide.org/genocides/index.htm

Please create a PowerPoint presentation on the Great Empires in World History. 

For each empire include the following:

Important leaders         What made them powerful

Time in power                Significant events 

Empires to include:

Hellenistic      Rome     Islamic   Mongol

http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/power/emp.cfm

Gupta http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/goldenages/gupta.cfm

Yuan/Pax Mongolia  -  Review Book 114-115

***When you are finished, please complete the short answer questions in your book on pages 103-104 in the review book

Imperialism webquest (doc file - 27 KB)

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