Week of November 5, 2012

Tomorrow is election day.
What is your prediction in the Presidential race?
Circle winner:     Obama_____________ Romney______________      Electoral vote   (total of 538)  

Due Wednesday:
3(1) Early Civilizations of India and Pakistan (68-74)

Identify the terms, people, and places 
Read Witness History (68) What do archaeologists study? 
Read Map Skills (69) Answer question 2.
Read the biography on page 70. What ancient civilization did Wheeler study?
Read Remnants of Indus Civ. (71) Draw one of the carved animals.
What is the woman on page 73 practicing? Why do you think this practice has lasted so long? 
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Separate hw grade: read The Mahabharata (75) Answer Thinking Critically question #1. 

The first half of 3(2) just the Hinduism part. 
3(2) Hinduism and Buddhism (76-78)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Read Witness history (76) in what ways were religion and society intertwined in ancient India?
Identify and draw the 3 major Hindu gods pictured on page 77. 
Answer the first two checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Book work due this Friday 

3(2) Buddhism p.79-82 

Identify: Siddhartha Gautama, Eightfold Path, nirvana, sect

Answer thinking critically questions #1+2 on page 79.

List the 4 Noble Truths on page 80.

Look at the map on page 81.  Answer question #2.

Answer the last two checkpoint questions in complete sentences. 

Due next Wednesday (November 14)

3(4) Rise of Civilization in China  (92-100) Double homework credit.
Identify the terms, people, and places. Choose 5.
Draw the image of the Mandate of Heaven, listed as the Dynastic Cycle on page 95.
Read the Biography of Confucius on page 97. Why do you think Confucianism is still strong today  in many Asian cultures?

Draw the yin-yang symbol pictured on page 98. 

Read the secrets of making silk (99) Answer thinking critically question #1.

Answer four of the 6 checkpoint questions in complete sentences