Social+Studies+Civilization+Project

=MICE Project=

New York Historical society to ORGANIZE final exhibit with the help of Nagel Middle School The New York Historical Society is turning to YOU (students of Nagel Middle School) to determine which civilization should be debuted at their grand re-opening this October. There has been much dispute over which ancient civilization to use for their exhibit, //PEGS ofthe Past.// The curator is aware of your hard work investigating the impacts, political structure, economic characteristics, geographic features and social facets of Mesopotamia, India, China and Egypt to determine which would have been the most successful based on PEGS. When interviewed the curator of the NYHS stated, “By allowing the students to choose and justify which civilization was the most successful, we are ensuring that young middle scholars will visit the museum when the exhibit opens…and be proud of their final product.”

As a group, you must write a 5 paragraph persuasion letter detailing the PEGS of your civilization, **__defending why yours had the essential characteristics to be successful__**. The group with the winning letter not only will be invited to help design the exhibit’s layout using artifacts found in recent archeological digs but will be rewarded with a SOAR card and complimentary visit to the NYHS museum’s grand re-opening on 10 - 10 – 11. Good Luck!


 * __EXAMPLE FORMAT FOR PERSUASIVE LETTER: __**


 * Dear Sir, **


 * __PARAGRAPH #1: __**Introduce your group and civilization and describe its location using geographic features.


 * __PARAGRAPH #2: __** - Choose at least three political impacts or lasting effects of your civilization and how it affects our world today OR what we can learn from this contribution.


 * __PARAGRAPH #3: __** - Choose at least three economic impacts or lasting effects of your civilization and how it impacts our world today OR what we can learn from this contribution.


 * __PARAGRAPH #4: __** - Choose at least three social impacts or lasting effects of your civilization and how it impacts our world today OR what we can learn from this contribution.


 * __PARAGRAPH #5 __** – Close and be creative, persuasive, and be sure to justify all the reasons why your civilization deserves the museum space over the other 3

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">(input signature)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Kindest Regards, **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Ms. Heimbrock and Mrs. Johnston **


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">OTHER **


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">*__USE__ **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> all 10 unique vocabulary words from your list. (Highlight these terms on your final copy).


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">TYPE **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> final document using 12 size LEGIBLE font; double space PEGS but single space paragraphs.


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">*__DO NOT USE__ **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> personal pronouns such as I and me

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