1. GUESS WHAT’S COMING GUYS….

2. HISTORY FAIR

3. AND THIS YEAR’S TOPIC IS….

4. CONQUERORS, CONQUESTS, AND EMPIRES

5. WHAT YOUR RESPONSIBLE FOR: CONQUERORS  Country of origin of the conqueror or empire  Brief summary of their life  Dates of conquest  Extent of their conquest  A retelling of the conquest (What happened)  Their tactics (what did they do in order to conquer their enemies)  What kind of weapons they used  Any kind of structure built by the conqueror  Long term effects of the conquests that were visible after the conquest: change in language of a given area, change in religion, change in architecture, change in food, etc.….

6. WHAT YOUR RESPONSIBLE FOR: EMPIRES  Country of origin  How the Empire was managed (structure of government)  Any structures built by the empire to celebrate  The extent of the empire  Dates of the empire  Major religion and how they managed different religions  Currency  Brief history of the empire (rise and decline)  Tactics and weapons  Long term effects of the empire : introduction of religion, new language, change in architecture, food (ANY CULTURAL CHANGES TO NEW LAND) etc….  Logistics (How they moved goods and people around the empire)

7. EXAMPLES  Genghis Khan  Napoleon  Alexander the Great  Mohammed the Conqueror  Julius Caesar  Hernan Cortez  British Empire  Spanish Empire  Persian Empire  Ottoman Empire  Mughal Empire

8. DATE:  May 15th