1. Educación Básica Superior
Segundo Quimestre - Primer Parcial
STUDENT(S): GRADE
TEACHER: Mauricio Torres SUBJECT: Social Studies
DATE: 1/11/13 TIME: 60 min.
TAREA (T) No. 3 10 Points
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Read the instructions below before starting the activity. Curs
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 You must write down a whole page,without skipping a line.
 NO COPYING ALLOWED! This is free writing. You have to use your own imagination and
knowledge to write each entry. If there are signs of plagiarism, you will immediately get a
ZERO, without any appeals.
 Do some research on each subject and in some cases you may be surprised to find interesting facts.
Use them to make your journal entry more vivid. Also read the search tips to have a better idea of
what you may look for.
 Remember that the journal counts as double homework when it is graded!
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JOURNAL ENTRIES – 8TH EBG
Content Instructions
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I. Write: Write a journal entry for each one of the following topics. They should be turned in on November 19th:
Rosetta Stone: Why do you think the Rossetta Stone was so valuable for archaeologists and historians?
Indiana Jones: Archaeologists dug a lot of things out of the desert in Egypt. Thanks to themwe know a lot about the Egyptian
Civilization. Indiana Jones is a fictional archaeologist. Do you think archaeologists are like him? Explain why. If you don’t
know who he is, watch a movie called “Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Arc”.
Prejudice: Have you ever been influenced by prejudice? Did you judge someone or something without knowing it/them? Or
have you ever seen somebody do that. Write about your personal experiences with it!
Hindu Kush: It actually means: dead Indian. Look at it on a map. Find out what its characteristics are, in order to understand
its name. Explain why it is called like that, and do you agree with the name? Remember, no copy/paste is allowed
River Valley Civilizations: Sumer, Egypt and India developed as RV Civilizations. What do they all have in common?