Introduction
Your teacher has discovered the formula to travel back in time. You will draw a number that will be the start of an amazing journey where you will travel in time and complete tasks that will earn you knowledge.
WARNING: You will need that knowledge in order to return back to 2015. You will have to use that knowledge to complete tasks. Those tasks will earn you a stamp in your passport to show that you completed the tasks. Eventually your passport will have enough stamps to bring you back to present day; the year 2015.
WARNING: You MUST remember how important the environment was to each civilization. Should you forget the different ways the civilizations relied on the environment you could easily be TRAPPED IN TIME FOREVER!!!!
Task
Your Teacher has provided each of you with a special TIme Travel Backpack. Each backpack holds:
Arts & Craft Supplies
Pencils
Instructions
A Laptop
Your job is to explore each location and learn about your assigned topic. You will use your knowledge to create something that tells what you think is the most important information for that topic. Once presented to the teacher your passport will be stamped and your journey will continue. Eventually you will make it back to 2015...you hope...
Happy Travels!
Process
Ancient China
Read: Ancient China is the only ancient civilization that is still around today. The customs and traditions started thousands of years ago are still evident in the Asian society today. During this webquest you will discover some of the great inventions and traditions that began in this civilization.
Although it was isolated by its geography, China developed all of the features of an advanced civilization. It's unique culture was eventually shared with the rest of the ancient world as a result of trade along the Silk Road. Goods such as magnetic compasses, kites, gunpowder and silk made their way throughout the rest of Asia and into Africa and Europe. The influence of ancient Chinese philosophy, government and religion continue to shape cultures of the modern world. 
Task #1: Explore the following websites and fill in the provided template
Taske #2: Answer these questions on index cards (you may use paragraphs, labeled diagrams or a combination of both) and get your passport stamped.
1. Which fact from the webquest did you find most interesting? Explain why.
2. Which fact was the most surprising to you? Explain why.
3. Did you hear about a topic you would like to learn more about? If so, explain what that topic was. Tell what you would like to learn.
http://www.vhinkle.com/china/inventions.html
http://history.cultural-china.com/en/50H159H617.html
http://www.omniglot.com/chinese/types.htm
http://web.uvic.ca/~mroth/438/CHINA/taboos.html 
http://www.chinaetravel.com/china/architec.html
http://enchantedlearning.com/subjects/greatwall/
http://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/what-the-ancients-knew/videos/wh…
http://www.vhinkle.com/china/inventions.html#Movable_Type
Ancient Egypt
How to Make A Mummy
In Ancient Egyptian Culture, burial rituals were extremely important to ensure their journey into the afterlife. Whilst most Egyptians were buried in the desert wrapped in cloth and provided with personal items and food, the burial rituals of the upper classes including the Pharaohs, were far more elaborate and included the process of Mummification.
Task #1: You will explore the process of mummification and its place within Ancient Egyptian burial ceremonies.
Use the following websites and texts provided and research Ancient Egyptian burial ceremonies. Pay particular attention to the process of mummification and its importance to the afterlife. Fill in the provided template as you explore. Provide details on the process of mummification, the reasons for being mummified, the types of burial chambers used and outline the beliefs Ancient Egyptians had towards the afterlife.
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/egypt/mummies.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTdGnpA58rc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXEv1g3YHZQ
http://www.mylearning.org/a-step-by-step-guide-to-egyptian-mummificatio…
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/homemain.html#more
http://australianmuseum.net.au/the-underworld-and-the-afterlife-in-anci…
http://www.historyembalmed.org/egyptian-mummies/egyptian-afterlife.htm
Task #2: Produce an instruction booklet on mummification using information from your template to be added to the class display and get your passport stamped.
Medieval Europe: Life in the Middle Ages
Your Task:
As part of a research team your goal will be to analyze a scenario that would be faced by an individual during the Middle Ages. Afterwards, you will form a conclusion as to how this individual would best handle the scenario based on the resources available to them.
Using research resources such as your textbook and the internet you will attempt to acquire as much information as possible about your chosen task through the answering of a series of questions.
Once you have completed the research, familarized your self with possible solutions you will form a conclusion of how you would best handle the task at hand. *Keep in mind that you would only have resources available to you that would be available to people of the same class during the middle ages.
Here is a list of possible scenarios that you may choose from:
How to become a knight (You are a Noble)
How to attack and capture a castle (You are a Knight)
How to provide for myself and my family as a Serf (*Think of protection, food, housing, etc..) How to survive life as a Viking
How to survive as a woman in medieval society
How to run a manor and gain power as a Lord
Use and answer these questions in a word document to the best of your ability to help guide your research:
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Who are you?
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Where do you stand in the feudal system?
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What would an ordinary day be like for you?
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What resources would be available to you to help achieve your task?
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How would you use these resources?
Let your research be guided by, but not limited to, these questions.
Helpful Search Keywords:
Medieval Life
Medieval Knights
Castle Siege
Medieval Vikings
Feudalism in Europe
Manor System
Women in Medieval Society Medieval Lords
Viking Raids in the Middle Ages Middle Ages Life
Medieval Warfare
Siege Weapons
Knighthood and Chivalry
Mexico: Ancient Aztecs
The early Aztec people were a tribe of wandering hunters, known as the Mexica, who lived in the northern region of present-day Mexico. In the 12th century, these warlike people moved south to the Valley of Mexico. According to legend, their chief god, Huitzilopochtli, told them to look for a special sign-an eagle perched on a cactus- and settle in location they found it. Around 1325, the tribe found the sign on a marshy island in Lake Texcoco. They settled and made a new village called Tenochtitlan, that grew into a large, important city.
The Aztecs created a large and powerful empire that lasted until 1519...nearly two centuries! Although the Aztecs took many of their ideas about religion, agriculture and the calendar from earlier people in Mesoamerica, they developed their own unique culture. In 1519 the Aztecs first encountered Hernan Cortez and his small army of Spaniards, who eventually defeated them in 1521. After his first encounters with the Aztecs, Hernan Cortez had much to learn before deciding how he was going to interact with them. First contact between these two cultures is the focus of this WebQuest.
You are to imagine that you are an an explorer for Hernan Cortez and his army of Spaniards. Your job is to scout out the Aztec Empire. The year is 1519. Your mission, is to find out as much as you can about specific aspects of the Aztecs to take back to Commander Cortez. This is important because Cortez needs to decide if he wants to peacefully coexist with the Aztecs or conquer them.
Task #1:
For this Webquest, you will keep a diary of your findings. Each entry will focus on one specific topic at a time. Write down-- in your own words or pictures -- the most important information about each day/entry's topic. Each entry will end with explaining WHY this information would be important for Commnader Cortez to know. How could Cortez use the information you gathered? Use this sentence starter for the end of every diary entry:
"If Cortez is coming to conquer, he could use this information to...".
Each entry should explain what you've learned about a particular aspect of the Aztec civilization and end with the sentence "If Cortez is coming to conquer, he could use this information to..."
Diary Entry Step 1:
Social Structure
1. What were the 2 major classes of Aztec Society?
2. Explain how the clothing was differnt between the 2 classes.
3. Which class had the largest number of people? The smallest?
4. Describe the life of an Aztec citizen. (Ex: homes, marriage and the matchmaker, poetry.)
http://aztecs.mrdonn.org/dailylife.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdsMtPOFjU0
Diary Entry Step 2:
Ag riculture
1. What were the major crops?
2. How were fields prepared for growing crops? 3. Brieflydescribea"floating"garden.
http://aztecs.mrdonn.org/floating-gardens.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/w…
Diary Entry Sep 3:
Education and Writing
1. What were the three kinds of Aztec schools? 2. What was studied in each type of school?
3. Describe the Aztec system of writing.
4. Name 3 Aztec achievements/inventions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnkpP8lvrI0
http://aztecs.mrdonn.org/school.html
http://aztecs.mrdonn.org/achievements.html
Diary Entry Step 4:
Religious Beliefs
1. What religious rituals did the Aztecs perform and why?
2. Pick 4 gods and/or goddesses and describe what type of god they were.
http://www.pbs.org/opb/conquistadors/mexico/adventure1/pop-gods.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG8WRKpdq-c
Diary Entry Step 5:
What Happened to the Aztecs?
1. Who was Quetzalcoatl (ket-zahl-co-AHT-ul)?
2. What were the Spanish conquistadors looking for when they arrived on this new land?
3. What predictions were made about the end of the Aztec Empire?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7MvBf3mFLI
http://aztecs.mrdonn.org/spanish-arrival.html
Diary Entry Step 6:
Recreation
Briefly describe the ball game the Aztecs play.
3. What does it remind you of?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI3qg6-n3wU
http://aztecs.mrdonn.org/ballgame.html
Medieval Europe: Role of Women in Middle Ages
Women in the Middle Ages, a period of European history from around the 5th century to the 15th century, held a difficult position in society whether they were nobles (rich) or peasants (poor) . Women were totally dominated/controlled by the male members of their family. They were expected to constantly obey not only their father, but also their brothers and any other male members of the family. They were confined to household tasks such as cooking and baking bread, as well as conform to their males' demands. They held active roles in society, although their efforts were affected by their social class, martial status and by the place and time in which they lived.
Marital Status:
Women of the middle ages had very little, if any, choice in who her husband could be. They were expected to present a dowry to their groom that would benefit his family. Through marriage, law gave a husband full rights over his wife.
Expectations:
1) produce children2) run kitchen and supply meals3) manage house affairs4) take up mens jobs in times of crisisLimitations:Women Could not...-sue-make a will-appear in court-deal in family financesA woman's social status delegated what actions she would most likely take in her lifetime and the responsibilities she had to tend to.1) Women who owned land and were free:-organized defense of estate when under attack
-supervised workers
-Made medicine and watch over the sick
-supervised the repair of damages and buying new things'
2)Religious Women
-manage church services
-supervise novices
-Take care of alms giving 3)
Women citizens whose families provided burgesses
-maintain townhouses
-assist husband in business
-serve an apprenticeship
4) Women of lower estate
-street vendors
-nursing
5) Peasant Women
-share in husband's labor
-Make family's clothes and food from raw materials
-care for farm animals
Taske #1: 
After completing the above reading create a Venn Diagram that compares the difference between women in Medieval Times and women in today's society. Submit to receive your passport stamp.
Medieval Europe: The Black Plague
The bells are ringing again. It is the 14th day in a row that the cathedral bells are tolling for the dead. What is happening to the town just over the hill? What about your small town? The "Black Death" has been spreading its grip upon Europe, and now it seems as if it has made its deadly way to your village.
Watch the following videos to learn more about The Black Death:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXNoUOAKiFc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7OWLohZ_fs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adnt6Qil3KM
What will you do? This activity will involve you researching and taking on the part of one of the characters in a medieval town during the late 1300s. After researching the plague and its effects, your group will develop a plan to keep your town and families safe from the Black Death.
First, You will choose a role to play:
The town mayor,
The parish priest,
The local doctor,
Or the peasant farmer living outside the town walls.
Next, You will do research to find out what this death is, how it is spreading, and how to deal with its effects. You will research, research and research some more.
By finding out what works, and also what does not work, you will find what kind of things should be done, and some that should NOT be done. What were the results The Plague left in its wake?
Finally, Then you will prepare an emergency response plan for your town. Upon completing your plan, you will present it to the King/ Queen who will either approve of your plan, and grant you a huge princely sum, or he will NOT choose it and place you in prison until the Black Death catches up with you!
Task #1: Choose a role to play and then make up a name for your character.
Task #2: Research to answer the following questions for your role only (Use lined paper to copy the questions for your role down and answer underneath):
Mayor: What kinds of laws were passed to control the plague? What were some of the superstitions tied to the plague? What effects did the plague have on towns and the power of feudalism?
Priest: What kinds of actions did the Church take? What did the church believe about the plague? What was it a result of? How might it be stopped? What effects did it have on the Church and on people's faith?
Doctor: What kinds of medical treatments were used? What is the Plague and how does it spread? How did it spread around medieval Europe?( The last two questions, research common understandings of the time and also include what we know about the plague and how it was spread now? 
Peasant farmer: What effects did plague have on rural populations? What areas of Europe were hardest hit? What were the least affected areas? You will need to include a map outlining your findings. 
Task 3: Write an Emergency Response Plan for your town. Your plan can include the following documents: signs and emergency broadcast warnings, laws both civil and religious, procedures for dealing with the victims, both treatment and burial, and any other item you decide is in the best interest of your town.
Submit your plan and have your passport stamped to continue your journey.
How Rome has Influenced Us
Your mission today is to act as an archaeologist. An archaeologist is someone who studies past and present civilizations in order to discover how humans have changed over time. Your task is to learn about ancient Rome and to discover how this ancient society influenced our modern day society. As you work your way through these sites don't forget to take notes on what you've discovered and to list the ways that ancient Rome has influenced modern day society.
Click on the underlined links in order to explore the following sites to learn about ancient Rome and to see if you can determine from these sites the way that ancient Rome might have effected us. Make sure to record this information down on your fact collecting sheet.
1) Ancient Roman Calendar: http://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-roman.html
2) Power Point Presentation after reading the directions. To find the Power Point Presentation at the website Primary Resource, (after you have clicked on the link) scroll down the page until you see the box entitled The Romans and The Celts. Once you find this box click on the colored box next to the title The Roman Legacy.
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/history/history5.htm
3) Baths: http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/donovan2.html
4) Roads: http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/romans/roads.htm
5) Technology: http://www.mrdowling.com/702-technology.html
Task #1
Record information about Rome's influences on your fact sheet.
Task #2
Pick one of the influences to describe or draw on an index card for our display. Submit to get your passport stamped.
Evaluation
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Conclusion
Congratulations! If you have all of your passport stamps then you may successfully return to the year 2015 and share your findings with your classmates!
