new findings relating to early humans

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/25/africa/inside-africa-morocco-homo-sapiens-fossils/index.html

Research Project Fall 2017

Student’s Name

World History, Andrews

Research Paper

Date

Original Title for your Paper

            This semester, you have the opportunity to dive more deeply into a specific element of human history that interests you. You will do this by defining a research topic and completing your research on that topic. You should choose a topic that you find not only interesting but also share-worthy. In other words, you can see yourself using the knowledge you acquire to educate a friend, colleague, family member or the public about your topic. We will review examples of topics during our in-class workshop.

            Your paper must be 6 double-spaced pages in length + Bibliography and contain the following named sections:

Introduction – maximum of 1 page;

Deep Historical Dive Into the Topic – minimum of 3 pages;

Relevance Today – maximum of 1 page;

Shareworthiness Experience – maximum of 1 page;

Bibliography – minimum of 6 scholarly sources for your research.

             Margins no greater than 1 inch, please. Please note that you MUST include proper in-text citations for all quoted or paraphrased material.

Examples of Format for Bibliographic Entries

Aurelius, Marcus. “Meditations.” In Heritage of Western Civilizations. Ed. John L. Beatty and Oliver A. Johnson. Vol 1. 8^th ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall. 1995. 212-220.

Corbett, Bob. The Haitian Revolution of 1791-1803: An Historical Essay in Four Parts. http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti/history/revolution/revolution1.htm (accessed 1/18/2012)

Midterm Review & Study Guide

Midterm Review & Study Guide

If you can write 6-minute answers in response to the following questions, you should do well on the midterm.

You can bring the following with you to the midterm: Major eras with bullets; Gilgamesh handout annotated.

1) Discuss the evidence that paleolithic peoples were more egalitarian than later peoples. Is the evidence convincing? Why or why not?

2) What was the significance of the development of agriculture?

3) What did it mean to be civilized to the Mespotamians  who created the Gilgamesh story?

4) What are the essential elements of a “civilization”?

5) Please discuss the ideas and impact of two of the seminal thinkers we have looked at so far.

6) Why was water so important in early societies? How might a good leader manage the water needs of his or her society?

7) What do we know about the ancient Indus Valley peoples? Why don’t we know more about them?

8) Strayer changes the term “hunter-gatherer” to “gatherer-hunter.” In what way does this change reflect the values of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur as expressed in the Hallmarks? Should other scholars who write textbooks on World History adopt this change? Why or why not?

9) In what ways were the Classical-era societies of the Americas different from those of Eurasia?