Summarizing Key Differences Between Ancient Greece And Rome

World History
Unit 3 Portfolio
What’s the Difference: Civilization Comparison and Contrast
Part 1: Summarizing Key Differences Between Greece and Rome
Unit 3, lesson 5: Complete the Ancient Greece and Rome Reteaching Activity (Venn
Diagram).
5 points
During the remainder of the unit, you should work on parts 2 and 3 of the portfolio project. You will submit your work for Parts 1–3 via a dropbox in Lesson 11 of Unit 3.
Part 2: Choose two of the following civilizations.
Egypt
Persia
Ancient India
Ancient China
Byzantine
Arab Empire
Mongol
Mali
Songhai
Heian Period (Japan)
Holy Roman Empire (Charlemagne’s rule)
Mayan
Inca
Create a chart or Venn diagram that highlights the similarities AND differences
All rights reserved.Cultural Achievements (examples include writing, construction of cities, literature, art, architecture, and oral traditions)
Economics (examples include trade, currency, occupations, and resources)
20 points (10 points per topic)
Part 3:
Choose one of the topics (cultural, political, society, economic, religion, geography) you chose for comparing your selected civilizations.
Write a short essay that compares and contrasts your selected civilization on that topic of choice. Here are two examples of possible comparison topics:
• The economic similarities and differences between the Mayan and Chinese civilizations • The similarities and differences between religious beliefs of the Arab civilization and the Indian civilizations
Writing guidelines:
• Paragraph(s) should include a topic sentence, explanation of
• Review the suggestions for comparison and contrast on p. RH8 of World History:
Modern Times.
• Review the Plagiarism Teachlet
®
from Unit 1, Lesson 5. Be sure that your work is your own and that any information from another source is properly cited.
10 points
Resources:
You may use any of the resources from Unit 3, including Teachlets
®
, textbook, movies, and Web sites.
Additional resources may be necessary for some topics. You may use any relevant Grolier
Online® article (link available on the LMS homepage) or other Internet sources as needed.
For more information on how to evaluate a Web site for reliability, please see p. 443 of your textbook. When conducting Internet research on a specific topic, it is useful to check first with reputable organizations. Their Web sites will often include bibliographies, resources lists, or links to other relevant sources.
© 2009 Connections Academy®, LLC. All rights reserved.The following organizations have extensive Web sites covering historical topics: PBS
(www.pbs.org); BBC (www.bbc.co.uk/history/); and The History Channel
(www.history.com/ ).
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