What Do I Have to Do?
The Incas created a lively, thriving culture in ancient times. The three images shown below all relate to the Incas. Your task is to write a caption for each image shown. Your captions should be three- to five-sentences and explain how the image shows the Incas' contribution to civilization.

What is a contribution? It is something created by a civilization that is meaningful to its people. It can be unique or surprising. If you’re not sure what an image is, look over the lesson for clues. Take a minute to view the example below. Be sure to note how the caption describes the picture and the contribution.

Photograph of the ruins of Machu Picchu. Stone walls of a large complex cover the top of a very high mountain.
© Pedro Szekely 2007
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic
Example of student-written caption: This is an image of Machu Picchu. It has stone walls. The Incas were skilled stoneworkers. They built temples and walls with smooth, cut stones. The stones fit together so well that they did not need any mortar to hold them together.

Now it is your turn:

Requirements: Review the three images below. Write a three- to five-sentence caption for each of the three images. Don’t forget that your caption should

name and describe the image in detail
explain the importance of this specific contribution
Make sure to label each of your captions in your file that you send to your instructor. It should look like similar to this example:

Image #1: (Your caption)
Image #2: (Your caption)
Image #3: (Your caption)

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