What We're Working On
This WeekIn the second week of our inquiry unit, students will come up with possible answers to our big question, "Where did 'civilization' begin?" and set research plans to begin figuring out an answer.
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Coming UpIn our third week of our first inquiry units, students will begin in-depth research to support their answers to our big question, "Where did 'civilization' begin?"
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Homework No homework this week!
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"We study history not to be clever in another time, but to be wise always."
- Marcus tullius cicero
Up For Discussion
Book:SPHINX'S PRINCESS by Esther Friesner
This YA historical novel, set in Ancient Egypt, tells the story of the rise of Queen Nefertiti from her childhood as a commoner to a dangerous rivalry in the court of the pharoah. |
Vocabulary:primary source: a source created by a person who was there at the event they are writing, speaking, drawing, or otherwise creating about
secondary source: a source created about an event by a person who was not physically there |