1. http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/writing/home_set.html
   Go to the above site and read what's there, then click on "story" at the bottom of the page and follow it through to the end.
   [If you want to play a "game," click on "challenge" over in the left hand column. You may think it's lame, but I had fun with it.]
2. Archaeology that backs the Bible
   http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/21_nebosarsekim.html
   Write a sentence or two on this article and describe (1) what it is about and (2) what the significance is. Put World History at the top along with your name (do this on all such assignments). You'll be turning this in so type it or make it neat and legible. It should not look like cuneiform :)
   

Chapter 2b-- Egypt

1. Write your name or some phrase in hieroglyphs here. Print it out ---Leave room at the bottom for writing the answers to #4 and #5, too, (or write on the back) and bring it to class.
   http://www.quizland.com/hiero.htm 
2. Go to this site: http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/explore/main.html
   Click on the god Horus. The "eye of Horus" is a motif (image) used a great deal in ancient Egypt. Read here where the idea of the "eye" comes from. How did Horus lose his eye? What happened to it? What did it symbolize to the Egyptians? Write your answers at the bottom of your hieroglyphs paper.
3. Next, go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankh
   Draw and write down the name of this Egyptian symbol. It is the one most often used to represent Egypt. Record what it represents. You can read the rest of the article but you don't have to. There's an argument about where this symbol originated. No one knows for sure, but it was adopted as a Christian symbol by the Coptic (Egyptian) Church.
   

Egypt: Chapter 3a

1. Read about the "Mummy's Curse" that supposedly surrounded the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamen.
   http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/curse.htm
2. The "Mummy's Curse" is not a new idea. The ancient Egyptians themselves wrote about it. What do they theorize as being the possible source for this  ancient superstition? Record answers on a separate sheet of paper (not your worksheet).
3. Read about the man who brought the gospel to Egypt centuries later (around 60AD). Read the intro paragraph and "St. Mark the Evangelist." Most of this information comes from a particular book -- List title, author, and date written.
   http://www.touregypt.net/chiste3.htm
   

Chapter 5:  Greek Alphabet Assignment

Read the brief introduction to the Greek Alphabet and jot down 3 reasons this alphabet is significant. Next, write out the letters, both the capital and lower case, in your own hand along with the name of the letter. Don't print this out from your computer. I want you to draw the letters yourself. Capital letter, lower case letter, + its name.
http://www.physlink.com/reference/GreekAlphabet.cfm

Second Semester:

Gutenberg Bible

Medieval Writing: History, Heritage and Data Source

Articles--

1. Cuneiform-- Development of
2. Champollion and the Rosetta Stone
3. Classic Ages: Stone, Bronze, Iron
4. Gladiator, The Movie: Truth & Fiction
5. Halloween: The Real Meaning
6. Ptolemy and Darwin
   

Student worksheets for world history, Streams of Civilization, Vol. 1

Chapter number plus an "a" or "b" for the first or second half.

2a

2b

3a