If you could travel back in time, which historical time period and culture or civilization would you visit? Please write on Ancient Egyptian Civilization.
Do some additional research about your choice beyond what’s written in the textbook. You will cite the textbook and at least one additional credible source in the body of your reflection
1. The introduction paragraph should:
o introduce the situation where you’re imagining an opportunity to travel through time,
o identify where would you go (be specific!),
o briefly describe the location and time period of your chosen civilization, and
o provide a clear thesis statement that explains exactly where you would choose to go and why.
2. The first body paragraph should:
o cite information from the textbook or another credible source to provide appropriate supporting details
o include relevant historical background information,
o provide a general summary/description of what the time period was like for the chosen culture/civilization in its historical context, and
o explain what you find most interesting, surprising, or inspiring about your choice of civilization overall.
3. The second body paragraph should:
o cite information from the textbook or another credible source to provide appropriate supporting details
o clearly identify and discuss at least two specific cultural aspects as specific reason(s) why you are interested in your choice
o Use the list of seven categories of a civilization to identify the specific cultural aspects.
i. Technology (i.e. discoveries, inventions, advancements in knowledge, etc.)
ii. Food Supply (i.e. trade, economy, surplus/scarcity, irrigation, land fertilization, etc.)
iii. Arts (i.e. music, fashion, entertainment & games, literature, architecture, paintings, sculptures, etc.)
iv. Written Language (i.e. written words, number systems, recorded information, materials used to write/document, etc.)
v. Government (i.e. government structure, wars, conquests, etc.)
vi. Religion (i.e. belief system(s), sacred spaces, religious practices, etc.)
vii. Social Structure (i.e. power designation(s), distributions of power or labor, hierarchies, what is deemed (im)moral or (not) important, etc.)
(Bonus 8. Natural Resources [i.e. silk, oil, precious metals and stones, fertile land, water quality0
4. The third body paragraph should:
o cite information from the textbook or another credible source to provide appropriate supporting details
o clearly identify at least one person or group you’d want to seek out and observe within your selection and explain why.
5. The conclusion paragraph should:
o why it is important to learn about historical civilizations in our modern times,
o why it is important for people to learn about this selection specifically, and
o what we can ascertain from past civilizations that contribute to our understanding of culture today.
