find a current news
story about Iraq, Israel, Palestine, or Egypt.
1. Summarize the article addressing the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the
event.
2. Analyze how the story relates to the ancient history you learned. When thinking about
the history, consider the wars of the Israelites for land, the empires of the retricerians and
the Chaldeans, the concerns over water for the crops, and Hatshepsut’s struggle to be
recognized as pharaoh. All of these issues have connections to current events today.

Question

find a current news 
story about Iraq, Israel, Palestine, or Egypt. 
1. Summarize the article addressing the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the 
event. 
2. Analyze how the story relates to the ancient history you learned. When thinking about 
the history, consider the wars of the Israelites for land, the empires of the retricerians and 
the Chaldeans, the concerns over water for the crops, and Hatshepsut’s struggle to be 
recognized as pharaoh. All of these issues have connections to current events today.