Grade 11 ESSAY
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You are expected to create your own essay out of the
following topics. This means you will be asked to
formulate your own research question and thesis. Choose
a topic that has a large amount of information and
interest. Remember that you should have lots of primary
sources and a fair number of books in your works cited
page. The expected length of this essay is 4-5 pages.
Dates to remember:
ISU Proposal: Feb 16th, 2015 (MON)
Categories/Source sheet: March 12th 2015 (WED)
Teacher/Student Conference : ____________
Outline: April 6th 2015 (MON)
Final Draft: Due: May 1st , 2015 (FRI)
Please note only one person per topic. If there is a topic not
listed please see me for approval. Archaeological related topics
have an (A) beside the title
Mesopotamia and Egypt
The Story of Gilgamesh
The Assyrians
Hammurabi
Imhotep
Egypt daily life of an average person
Hatsheput
The Egyptian Gods
Tutmosis
Ramses II
Akhenaton
Art in Ancient Egypt
The Pyramids of Gaza
King Tut
The Mystery of the Sphinx
The Hebrews: From
Moses to Settlement
The Story of Howard Carter
Royal Tombs of Ur (A)
Greece
The Minoans
The Olympics
The Battle of Marathon
Solon
Spartan Government
The Battle of Thermopylae
Plato
Kimon
Greek Arcitecture
Greek Theatre
Greek religion
Alexander the Great
Palace of Knossos (A)
Philip II
The Battle of Aegospotami
Acropolis of Athens (A)
Pericles and Democracy
Draco
The Battle of Plataea
Socrates
Aristotle
The Battle of Salamis
Rome:
The Etruscans
The Roman Republic
Julies Caesar
Nero
Constantine
Roman Empire
Hannibal
Israel under Roman Rule
Mark Antony
The Punic Wars
Decline of the Roman Republic
Caesar Augustus
Hadrian
Women in Rome
Rome and her accomplishments
Roman Belief
The Rise of Christianity
Justinian
The Middle East:
Muhammad and Islam
The Growth of Islam
Israel and the Fight for freedom
The Innovations of the Islamic world
African Kingdoms:
The Kingdom of Kush
The Rise of Ghana
Songhay Kingdom
The Kingdom of Axum
Cleopatra
Mali Kingdom
China & Japan:
Confucius
The Golden Age of China
Warrior Culture
Terra-Cotta Army (A)
Latin America:
Maya
Aztecs
Inca
The First Empire of China
The Heian Period
The Mongol Invasion of Japan
Machu Picchu (A)
The Middle Ages:
The Battle of Hastings
The early church and the spread of Christianity
The Carolingians
The Feudal System
The birth of Modern language
King Arthur
The Iconoclastic Controversy
St. Augustine
Pepin the short
Treaty of Verdun
William the Conqueror
Thomas Aquinas
Robin Hood
Chivalry
Domesday Book
Gothic Architecture
The Byzantine Empire
The Merovingians
The Vikings
The role of women
The Crusades (2 people)
Justinian the Great
The Celtic Peoples
Charlemagne
Chanson de Roland
Magna Carta
Thomas Becket
Francis of Assisi
Feudalism
War of Investitures
Guilds and Communes
Pope Gregory VII
Church Reform 1020 to 1215
Women in the Middle Ages
Peasant’s Revolt
Avignonese Papacy
Church Indulgences
Roger Bacon
Johannes Gutenberg
Robert the Bruce
Battle of Agincourt
Peasants Revolt
Dante Alighieri & the Divine Comedy
Michelangelo
Peace of Lodi
Renaissance Art
Woman in the Renaissance
Christopher Columbus
Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation
Other Great Archaeological
Angkor Wat (A) - Hindu
Cahokia (A) - USA Aboriginal
Harappa (A) -Pakistan
Monastic life
Black Death
Hundred Years War (2)
Great Schism
Giovanni Boccaccio
Joan of Arc
William Wallace
Edward I
Spanish Inquisition
Vlad III Dracula
Leonardo da Vinci
Henry VIII
Cosimo de Medici
Suleiman the Magnificant
Witch hunts of Europe
Queen Elizabeth I
Marco Polo
Finds
Mohenjo-Daro (Mound of the Dead) - Pakistan
Pompeii
Sutton Hoo (England)