World+Empires+Wiki+Pages


 * Introduction:** I'm sure by now you have realized that there are a lot of empires to learn about in the history of the world. To help you understand each empire and possible historical patterns, you are going to spend some time learning about a few specific empires with a partner and creating a wiki page for you and your classmates to explore. Each wiki page should be a concise yet informative source of information about empires. I will show you how to make a wikipage link to this page and how to use all of the awesome wiki tools you will need to make a wonderful and educational page. Each page should include the following information:

1. Geographic location of empire 2. Origins of the empire. How did it get started? 3. Economic systems in the empire (trade, jobs, goods produced etc) 4. Social systems (family life, religion, education, differences between the sexes, ideologies and how they developed.....) 5. Rise to Power (how did the civilization become powerful? Did it expand? Explain. Major technological accomplishments, political, economic achievements etc.) 6. Downfall: What led to the decline of this civilization? Revolutions? Unrest? Poor leadership? etc 7. Impact on the world: How did this civilization influence history? What important lessons does this civilization teach us?
 * Questions you MUST answer:**


 * Resources**: You may use your textbook, the internet, and library resources for information on your assigned civilizations. If you use wikipedia you MUST find another source of information to substantiate the information you find from wikipedia.


 * Means of presenting information**: BE CREATIVE! Feel free to use Youtube clips (appropriate), songs, lots of pictures, graphics, and links to useful websites. Your page should be informative, easy to understand, and should help everyone to be able to answer the above 6 questions. These pages will be up here to help you on future projects and they should help you to be able to answer essential questions 4 and 5 which will further your historical understanding FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIVES......or at least for the semester. :) Reminder of Essential Questions:

Are there identifiable historical patterns?

Did trade influence the rise of civilizations or did the rise of civilizations influence the expansion of trade?


 * Empire Categories:** (In your group you must have **ONE EMPIRE IN YOUR CATEGORY PER PERSON!** So, if you are in a group of 2, you must make pages for 2 different empires in your assigned category) Your total score will be based on the average score for all of your empire pages.
 * New World Empires:** Portugal, Spain, Britain, France, and Benelux
 * Religious Empires:** Holy Roman Empire, Byzantine, Islamic (Ottomans, Safavid, Abbasid, Seijuk)
 * Other Asian Empires:** Mongols, Mughals, Chinese: Tong, Song, Ming
 * African Empires:** Mali, Ghana, Greater Zimbabwe, Zulus, Somali trade states
 * Central and South America:** Aztec, Maya, Inca


 * Post Links to your page below:**


 * Example Project About Feudal Japan**


 * Period 1**


 * Period 8**


 * Period 2**


 * Period 3**


 * Evaluation Packet to fill in as you view other pages: [[file:Evaluation of Wikis.docx]]**


 * Page Rubric: [[file:Rubric for empire presentation.docx]]**