This student document provides directions for exploring and summarizing the rise, fall, and collapse of three civilizations. Students are asked to identify the claimed reason for collapse using reasoning methods, determine if the theory aligns with internal weakness, external conquest or environmental disaster, and cite sources for each of the three civilizations analyzed.

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STUDENT MATERIALS
THE RISE, FALL, AND COLLAPSE OF CIVILIZATIONS
Directions: After you have explored the rise, fall, and collapse of three civilizations, summarize your research findings.
Reason for Collapse Claim Testers Used
(intuition, authority, logic, evidence)
Theory Alignment
(internal weakness, external
conquest, environmental disaster)
Citations
Society 1:
Society 2:
Society 3:
BIG HISTORY PROJECT / LESSON 7.2 ACTIVITY