This document contains instructions and prompts for four separate weekly assignments in an history course. The first assignment asks students to create a timeline and cultural contributions chart for developing civilizations. The second assignment involves researching the history of the Middle East or Palestine during the Medieval period, completing a Venn diagram comparing Christianity and Islam, and writing an essay on the roles of the two religions. The third assignment repeats the timeline and cultural contributions matrix for great empires. The fourth asks students to do the same for Japanese civilization. The fifth and final assignment provides the same prompts but for Islamic and Byzantine civilizations.