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Dance Card Questions

Engage students with a variety of interactive learning activities focused on ancient empires like Akkadian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Kushite, Assyrian, and Persian. Explore contributions, laws, rulers, and cultural significance through discussions, questions, and video reviews.

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Dance Card Questions

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  1. Dance Card Questions When I say, you need to get up and walk around the room and find people to add to your dance card, you should find 5 girls and 5 boys

  2. Find Partner #3 • Read the section AkkadianEmpire • On a sheet of paper, answer the guiding questions • What were the contributions of Sargon and the Akkadians? • How did Sargon establish and rule his empire

  3. Return to your seats

  4. Find Partner 8 • Read the section Babylonian Empire • Answer the following questions on your sheet • What was the significance of Hammurabi’s codification of laws? • Which tenet of Hammurabi’s code seems most reasonable to you? Why?

  5. Return to your seats

  6. Find partner 1 • Talk about your answers to the last two questions • Answer the following questions on your paper • What similarities do you find between Hammurabi’s code and laws in the United States? • What was Hammurabi like as a conqueror and as a ruler?

  7. Return to your seats

  8. Video Review of Egypt • http://www.learn360.com/McGrawHillPlayer.aspx?ID=480342&pt=1

  9. Find partner 7 • Read the section Egypt: The New Kingdom • Answer the following questions on your paper • What was distinctive about the New Kingdom in ancient Egypt? • What new technology and skills did the Egyptians learn from the Hyksos? • How did the use of such skills change Egyptian history?

  10. Return to your seats

  11. Find Partner #10 • Review the Section if needed, discuss your questions from the last section • Answer the following questions on your paper • Who was Hatshepsut? What is the modern-day significance of this temple? • Why do you think Hatshepsut’s official statues sometimes show her clothed and bearded like a king? • What was the worship of Aten, and how did it affect Egypt?

  12. Find Partner #2 • Look over the section on the Kingdom of Kush • Match the following in your notebook

  13. Return to your seats

  14. Find Partner #9 • Read the section The Assyrian Empire • Answer the following questions on your paper • What characterized the empire of the Assyrians • Why did the Assyrians raze the lands of their enemies? • What factors helped the Assyrians assume and maintain power?

  15. Return to your seats

  16. Persian Empire • Watch the following video • Take notes on the video- main ideas, important details, etc.

  17. Keep your notebook • You will not be turning this paper in, but I will come around and check it, as well as it will be important for you to keep for future reference

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