ANCIENT CIVILIZATION TABLOID

THE SCENARIO:  You are the editor of an newspaper or magazine of ancient times.  You have decided to issue a special commemorative edition which will celebrate the past several years of your publication.  You are to design this special edition and bring it to class.  You will also be responsible for an informal but informative mini-presentation.

RECOMMENDED LENGTH:  5-8  pages.

PROCEDURE:  Decide whether you want to have a tabloid newspaper or magazine format, and whether you prefer a civilization or thematic focus.  Research your topic and creatively put together your publication.  As a commemorative issue, you can include any mix of retrospective looking-back articles and items drawn directly from the archives of your newspaper or magazine.

Be imaginative in your organizational structure.  I would recommend including advertisements. If a newspaper, you may want include such sections as the following: International News, National News, Local News, Lifestyle, Arts and Entertainment, Homes, Business, Sports, Travel, Letters to the Editor, Editorials, Obituaries, Classifieds.  If instead designing a thematic magazine, think about how you might compare and contrast different civilizations.  You do not need footnotes.  Please do, however, attach a bibliography to your paper.

POSSIBLE TOPICS: 

a)  Civilization Focus

• Ancient Africa

• Ancient China

• Ancient Egypt

• Ancient India

• Ancient Japan

• Ancient Israel

• Aztecs

• Byzantium

• Early Christianity

• Early Islam

• Greeks

• Incas

• Mayans

• Mongols

• Mesopotamia

• Romans

• Vikings

b)  Thematic Focus

• Architecture and Designs

• Arts and Entertainment

• Astronomy

• Business

• Children

• Cooking

• Fashion

• Games

• Health

• Home Design

• Military Affairs

• People

• Religion

• Sales and Marketing

• Science

• Sports

• Transportation

• Women

SOME POSSIBLE BOOK RESOURCES: 

Starred items are held by the NIC Library.

• Adkins, Lesley and Roy.  Handbook To Life In Ancient Greece.  New York: Oxford, 1998.

• ***Adkins, Lesley and Roy.  Handbook To Life In Ancient Rome.  New York: Oxford, 1998.

• ***Aguilar-Moreno, Manuel.  Handbook To Life In The Aztec World.  New York: Oxford, 2007.

• Albentis, Emilio de and Foqlia, Alfredo.  Secrets of Pompeii: Everyday Life in Ancient Rome.  Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2009.

• ***Bertman, Stephen.  Handbook To Life In Ancient Mesopotamia. New York: Oxford, 2005.

• Bottero, Jean.  Everyday Life in Ancient Mesopotamia.  Baltimore: Johns Hopkins.

• Burroughs, Crowder.  What Life Was Like On the Banks of the Nile: Egypt 3050-30 B.C.  Alexandria, Virginia: Time Life, 2003.

• Cartledge, Paul.  Spartans: The World of the Warrior-Heroes of Ancient Greece.  New York: Vintage, 2004.

• Castledon, Rodney.  Mycenaeans: Life in Bronze Age Greece.  London: Routledge, 2005.

• Clarke, John R.  Roman Life: 100 B.C. to A.D. 200.  New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2007.

• Connolly, Peter and Dodge, Hazel.  Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens and Rome.  New York: Oxford, 2000.

• ***David, Rosalie.  Handbook To Life In Ancient Egypt.  New York: Oxford, 2007.

• Davidson, James.  Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens.  Diane, 1999.

• ***Deal, William E.  Handbook To Life In Medieval And Early Modern Japan.  New York: Oxford, 2007.

• Dupont, Florence.  Daily Life in Ancient Rome.  Oxford: Blackwell, 1994.

• Flaceliere, Robert.  Daily Life in Greece at the Time of Pericles.  London: Phoenix, 2002.

• ***Foster, Lynn V.  Handbook To Life In The Ancient Maya World.  New York: Oxford, 2005.

• King, Philip J. and Stager, Lawrence E.  Life in Biblical Israel.  Westminster John Knox, 2002.

• *** McIntosh, Jane.  Handbook To Life In Prehistoric Europe.  New York: Oxford, 2009.

•  Montet, Pierre, et al.  Everyday Life in Egypt In the Days of Ramesses the Great.  New York: Scholarly Book Services, 2002.

• Perrottet, Tony.  Pagan Holiday: On the Trail of Ancient Roman Tourists.  New York: Random House, 2003.