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ANCESTOR SCAVENGER HUNT

OVERVIEW

World History is an incredibly broad subject and we will just scratch the surface of some key historical events, figures, religions, and ideas; however, each of us has ancestors from around the world and this assignment focuses on our relationship to them and our past.

This assignment is designed for you to practice research on the web and locate Primary and Secondary Sources. Additionally, we are developing several course competencies including acquiring information, breaking multiple sources down into parts, use of library resources, recognizing secondary sources and locating primary sources.

Review the differences between primary, secondary, and tertiary sources detailed in the How to Study and Do Research in History exploration. You are going to be looking for primary and secondary sources only as tertiary sources shouldn’t be used in research. You can also look at various websites that describe the difference, such as this LibGuide from American University.

INSTRUCTIONS

Step I: Select the culture of one of your earliest known ancestors. (For example, are you German, African, Japanese, Chinese, Austrian, or Russian?) OR if you prefer, you may select one of the peoples from this module (Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Indian, Chinese).

Step II: Search the Module 1 Web Resources pages and the Internet for 10 different sources that relate to the culture term. You must have a specific resource for each one, not an index and you should have 10 different types of sources from the following list that relate to the earliest recorded history of your ancestor’s homeland. What you find must predate 1500 CE.

· Map

· Video Clip

· Audio Clip

· Photograph of ruins, monument, person, or historical site

· Government document or records, tablet, rock art, hieroglyphs

· Letter written by someone from the region

· Diary written by someone from the region

· Newspaper Article

· History Journal Article

· Web Article

· Glossary or encyclopedia-type description of the region and culture of the past

· Picture of artifact

· Artwork related related to the culture of region

· Novel or short story about any topic related to your region and culture before 1500 CE

· Textbook Reference

· Museum Exhibit

· Memorial or monument dedicated to an event or person related to your culture or region prior to 1500 CE

· Picture (painting or other depiction of building, town, people) related to topic

· Modern movie made about the culture or region before 1500 CE

Step III: Create an assignment that includes:

1. A one-paragraph description of what you learned about your ancestor’s culture, everyday life, and region. (You should concentrate on historical aspects of the culture.)

2. A list of your sources in proper bibliographic format in one of the approved styles (MLA, APA, or Chicago Style for Humanities) with a brief description of each source and how it relates to your ancestor's homeland and culture.

3. Identify whether you think each web source is a primary or secondary source based on the definition at the links above.

Step IV:

Submit your paper as either a Microsoft Word file (.docx) or in Rich Text Format (.rtf) (No PDFs, please!) to the assignment folder by the scheduled due date.

ANCESTOR SCAVENGER HUNT

OVERVIEW

World History is an incredibly broad subject and we will just scratch the surface of some key historical

events, figures, religions, and ideas; however, each of us has ancestors from around the world and this

assignment focuses on our relationship to them

and our past.

This assignment is designed for you to practice research on the web and locate Primary and Secondary

Sources. Additionally, we are developing several course competencies including acquiring information,

breaking multiple sources down into par

ts, use of library resources, recognizing secondary sources and

locating primary sources.

Review the differences between primary, secondary, and tertiary sources detailed in the How to Study

and Do Research in History exploration. You are going to be looki

ng for primary and secondary sources

only as tertiary sources shouldn’t be used in research. You can also look at various websites that

describe the difference, such as this

LibGuide

from A

merican University.

INSTRUCTIONS

Step I:

Select the culture of one of your earliest known ancestors. (For example, are you German,

African, Japanese, Chinese, Austrian, or Russian?) OR if you prefer, you may select one of the peoples

from this module (Egyp

tian, Mesopotamian, Indian, Chinese).

Step II:

Search the Module 1 Web Resources pages and the Internet for 10 different sources that relate

to the culture term. You must have a specific resource for each one, not an index and you should have

10 different

types of sources from the following list that relate to the earliest recorded history of your

ancestor’s homeland. What you find must predate 1500 CE.

Map

Video Clip

Audio Clip

Photograph of ruins, monument, person, or historical site

Government document o

r records, tablet, rock art, hieroglyphs

Letter written by someone from the region

Diary written by someone from the region

Newspaper Article

History Journal Article

Web Article

Glossary or encyclopedia

type description of the region and culture of the past

Picture of artifact

ANCESTOR SCAVENGER HUNT

OVERVIEW

World History is an incredibly broad subject and we will just scratch the surface of some key historical

events, figures, religions, and ideas; however, each of us has ancestors from around the world and this

assignment focuses on our relationship to them and our past.

This assignment is designed for you to practice research on the web and locate Primary and Secondary

Sources. Additionally, we are developing several course competencies including acquiring information,

breaking multiple sources down into parts, use of library resources, recognizing secondary sources and

locating primary sources.

Review the differences between primary, secondary, and tertiary sources detailed in the How to Study

and Do Research in History exploration. You are going to be looking for primary and secondary sources

only as tertiary sources shouldn’t be used in research. You can also look at various websites that

describe the difference, such as this LibGuide from American University.

INSTRUCTIONS

Step I: Select the culture of one of your earliest known ancestors. (For example, are you German,

African, Japanese, Chinese, Austrian, or Russian?) OR if you prefer, you may select one of the peoples

from this module (Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Indian, Chinese).

Step II: Search the Module 1 Web Resources pages and the Internet for 10 different sources that relate

to the culture term. You must have a specific resource for each one, not an index and you should have

10 different types of sources from the following list that relate to the earliest recorded history of your

ancestor’s homeland. What you find must predate 1500 CE.

 Map

 Video Clip

 Audio Clip

 Photograph of ruins, monument, person, or historical site

 Government document or records, tablet, rock art, hieroglyphs

 Letter written by someone from the region

 Diary written by someone from the region

 Newspaper Article

 History Journal Article

 Web Article

 Glossary or encyclopedia-type description of the region and culture of the past

 Picture of artifact