Monday, August 11, 2008

GREAT EMPIRES PROJECT: SESSION 1

Task 1: Take a tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.




Before we begin, let’s have a look at look at some artifacts from each of these empires. Then you will have a better idea of which empire you would like to study.





  • Find a partner.


  • Visit each of these locations.




Metropolitan Museum of Art: Byzantine Empire

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Islamic site




  • With your partner, choose two artifacts from each empire.


  • Describe the artifact. Record your answers in your History Journal.


  • What does it look like? (Color, shape, size, texture.)


  • What do you think it was used for? Where would it be placed? What can it tell you about the empire?


  • Remember the work we did with ancient artifacts from Mesopotamia and Egypt. You will use the same skills here.

Task 2: Reading



  • Find a different partner.


  • Complete a popcorn reading for each of the short texts I have provided you. These are from our Longman History text.


  • For each text write down in your History Journal:



  1. One interesting fact.

  2. One question you have.



Task 3: Choosing your empire. (This one you have to do by yourself.)


Now that you’ve had a chance to preview these two Great Empires you can choose one to research.




  • Go to the survey website and answer the questions.

  • Answer these questions by yourself. (Don’t worry about what your friend is choosing.)
SurveyMonkey

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