1. LA Civilization Research
You will have to find evidence on your assigned civilization in multiple category's
Religion
Technology
Government
Economics
Daily Life (include leisure as well)
Make sure you also know the physical location of your civilization
You will only be able to take information from physical books or from the databases in the library
Once you complete your research you will be presenting it to your group members

2. LA Civilization Research
You will be researching one of three LA civilizations
Aztec, Inca, Maya
You will have a series of questions to answer in order to complete your research (next slide)
You will need to create a minimum 2 notecards per area you research
You will need a minimum of 1 source card per area researched
You will also need a works cited
You will have laptop carts tomorrow and the library on Wednesday to complete this research
You will be required to proved a minimum of two notecards per category in your research
A total of at least 10 notecards
The notecards can be either digital or actual notecards

3. Jigsaw Questions Explain your civilizations religion –
Were they polytheistic or monotheistic?
How important were the gods to their daily lives?
What was their afterlife like?
Any other important information you have about your civilizations afterlife.
Explain your civilizations technology –
Did they have a system of writing?
Infrastructure? (Roads, architecture, etc…)
Travel?
Explain what kind of government your civilization had?
Were they a theocracy? If so explain their societal make up, if not explain what they were.
Explain the economic systems your civilization had?
What was their currency?
Did they have a complex system of trade?
How big was their trading network?
Explain your civilizations daily life?
Society, leisure, art, etc.

4. LA Civilization Research
The purpose of this assignment is to practice your research and practice notecards
The other function of this research is to practice jigsawing, and working in groups with people you don’t typically work with
Questions?
The assignment will be worth 35 points
2 points per notecard (total 20)
2 points per source card (total 10)
5 points for works cited
35 total points