1. My Comparative Study Project By _________
VS.
Egyptian
Aztec
(or an ancient civilzation of your choice)
My Comparative Study Project
By _________

2. Big Ideas Grade 6-8 Social Studies English Arts Mesopotamia
Use Social Studies inquiry processes and skills to ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze ideas; and communicate findings and decisions - Grade 7
Explain different perspectives on past or present people, places, issues, or events, and compare the values, worldviews, and beliefs of human cultures and societies in different times and places (perspective) – 7
Make ethical judgments about events, decisions, or actions that consider the conditions of a particular time and place, and assess appropriate ways to respond (ethical judgment) - 6
English
Apply appropriate strategies to comprehend written, oral, and visual texts, guide inquiry, and extend thinking - 6
Synthesize ideas from a variety of sources to build understanding
- 7
Use writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create engaging and meaningful literary and informational texts for a variety of purposes and audiences – 8
Arts
Artistic expressions differ across time and place. - 6
Explore relationships between identity, place, culture, society, and belonging through the arts - 7
Individual and collective expression can be achieved through the arts. - 8

3. My Inquiry Question
Rome
Your task in the end is to answer this question:
Which ancient society would have been the best to live in?
You will form an opinion to this question by exploring these guiding questions:
Who had the best 'Daily Life'?
Who had the best military?
Who treated their women better?
Who had the better gods?
Who had the best inventions?
You may add to this list as you find other aspects of their societies.

4. Resources Here are some suggested websites to get you going:
Greece
Here are some suggested websites to get you going:
I would like you to start with this one, then move on from there:
Some specific links from this page include:
Daily Life - 
Gods - 
Warfare - 
Timeline - 
Government/Rulers - 
I will also bring in some books on Egypt for us to look through.
Also, watching videos, and pulling information from them if perfectly acceptable.

5. Artistic and ‘Hands-on’ elements
I will draft out a more specific schedule, but some of the artistic and ‘hands-on’ elements that I would like to include in this unit are:
Creation of a piece or pieces of clothing from a specific culture
Experimentation with food from that culture
Produce a piece of clay artwork that represents something from that culture
Several simple Egyptian based pieces of art

6. Daily Life (Food, Clothing, Games)
Egyptian Daily life -
Other Daily Life -

7. Daily Life (Food, Clothing, Games)
Egyptian Daily life -
Other Daily Life -
Who had the best daily life?

8. Egyptian Gods and Myths
Gods and Mythology
Egyptian Gods and Myths -
Other Gods and Myths -
Who had the best Gods?

9. Who lasted longer and why?
When? Where? Geography?
Egyptian Timeline and Landscape -
Other Timeline and Landscape -
Who lasted longer and why?

10. Funeral Rights/Mummification
Egyptian Funeral/Burial -
--1st – wash bodies, remove organs, bodies stuffed with natron, stuff it, organs go into jars
Egyptians had a complex way of burying their dead.
Other Funeral/Burial -
Who had the best funeral rights?

11. Who had the best government or rulers?
Government/Rulers
Egyptian Rulers -
Other Rulers -
Who had the best government or rulers?

12. Who treated their women better?
Role of Women
Egyptian women -
Other women -
Who treated their women better?

13. Who has the best stories?
Stories from Culture
Egyptian stories
-Ramsese II – Many wives and children, horrible General, statues everywhere, name carved everywhere -
Other’s Stories -
Who has the best stories?

14. Other category of my choice
Egyptian -
Other -
Who had the best ________?

15. Other category of my choice
Egyptian -
Other -
Who had the best ________?

16. A collection of pics from these Civ’s
Egypt pics
Other’s pics

17. Other interesting facts about these Civ’s
Egyptian facts -
Other’s facts -

18. References/Resources/Bibiliography-

19. My Inquiry answer..
In my opinion, Ancient __________ would have been the better civilization to live in because…
Use your opinions from the slides above to write a minimum of 250 words about the differences between the two civilzations and which one you think was better. There will likely be arguments for both sides, however, in the end, which one would rather have grown up and lived in?