Humanities Term I Mini Research Project

Classical Humanities Mini-Research project: This project is due Thursday, November 19th at the beginning of class. It must be:  typed, double spaced, properly formatted, printed and with you in class     

Choose a partner or work on your own. Choose one of the topics below. Use information (quotes, paraphrases, etc.) from your Humanities readings and notes. Use direct references (quotes, paraphrases, etc.) from a book or story from ELA class. Write a clear 4 paragraph essay. o (1.5 pages minimum/ 2 pages maximum)

Compare two major ways in which one of the topics below worked during Ancient Mesopotamian or Egyptian times and how they worked within one of your recent ELA texts. I. II. III. IV. V.

Law (ex: Code of Hammurabi or Egyptian Law) Religion (ex: Mespotamian or Egyptian) Exploration and Discovery (ex: Early humans, discoveries of translation) Leaders, government and power (ex: Mesopotamian kings or Egyptian Pharaohs) Writing

Franklin (Mrs. Craven) texts so far: The Bible as/in Literature Friedrich The Pearl The Giver (IF you have read it before)