The document provides instructions for a 10th grade social studies student to complete journal entries on various topics by December 13th. The student is to write a full page on each of 5 topics using their own words and any necessary research. The topics are: 1) Al-Jazari and his importance and comparison to Leonardo da Vinci. 2) Vlad Tepes aka Vlad the Impaler and how he is part of modern culture. 3) Atatürk and the changes he brought to Turkey. 4) The Balfour Declaration and its effects on the modern Middle East. 5) Religious fundamentalism in the Middle East in the last 50 years and whether the student agrees with its stance.