English · Ancient Civilizations

Production — short historical account

Ordering a civilization's story, then connecting it into one account

  • Foreign languages important
  • Literature and philosophy important

6 minutes

The academic content is in Arabic, as at the BAC and as in the app.

What the syllabus expects from you

  • Short historical account summarizing a sequence of events (e.g. the development of a civilization)

The method

  1. List the key events in order first, then connect them with sequencing/time connectors

The common mistakes

  • Listing bare facts with no connectors, producing a disjointed account

The kind of exercise that comes up at the BAC

  • Short historical account medium

    notes on a civilization's development → short historical account

From the lesson

Your notes on an ancient civilization are just scattered points: a date here, an event there. Read two versions of the same notes, and only one of them feels like a real account.

The vocabulary

  • development (تطور)
  • sequence of events (تسلسل الأحداث)

Builds on