All week you will be working on two goals:
1- go through the Ancient Civilizations Stations - these sheets need to be turned in to the turn-in box or placed on the appropriate page of your ISN by EOC Friday (2/28)2- research and create a presentation on your assigned ancient wonder/mystery/site - this is due Monday, March 2 when you walk in the room.
Use your time wisely, and you should be fine. Play around, and you're going to end up with a lot of homework late in the week and over the weekend. TIP: If you seem to be running out of time, you could do the textbook reading and watch the videos during Activity or as homework.
LINKS to the STATIONS sites:
“Write Like a Babylonian” https://www.penn.museum/cgi/cuneiform.php
“Four Empires of Mesopotamia...in five minutes or less” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sPVe5mjphA
**Epic of Gilgamesh - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqOC17D3k5M If you have time, watch the whole video, but if not start at 14:25 and go to the end. The essential part is Gilgamesh and the influence of Mesopotamia.
Nubian Article http://www.history4kids.co/2013/02/the-land-and-people-ancient-nubia.html
Nubian Video **https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1zgX2M4Cvo from 3:50 on it's just pictures. You can look at them, of course, but there is not additional information after that.
**These two videos are updates of what is on the paper copies. I should have doubled-checked the links before I ran off the papers.
Suggested places to RESEARCH:
- Encyclopedia Britannica on the Library Resources Page is a great place to start and get a quick overview of your location. You may also find good terms to use for searching elsewhere. (Bonus - they give you the citation in the correct format on the page.)
- Sirs DISCOVERER - also on the Library page has most, not all of the topics and also has the bonus of citation provided - AND a nice collection of pictures.
- LEARN 360 - same as the first two resources above, plus videos.
- Ancient History Encyclopedia - https://www.ancient.eu/ Online Source dedicated to ancient history. Doesn't have citations pre-done, but gives you all the info you need to create a citation - PLUS has maps, timelines, visuals, details and sometimes videos or links to other good sources.
- Most of these sites are United Nations World Heritage Sites. http://whc.unesco.org/ Their web site offers lots of data about each site and why it's worth protecting. It also often has pictures from different time periods and drawings of the "missing parts".
- Finally, check out the History Channel, Travel Channel and YouTube for TRAVEL videos to your site. CHECK the source - we don't want alien visitors tours, but reputable travel journalist.
Copy of the assignment and rubric:
Ancient Discoveries
Project!
You’re going on an archaeological exploration. Sadly, Indy can’t make the trip, but you
can! With the other people who have the
same mystery highlighted on the back of this sheet, you will explore that site and
bring back images and information to share with the rest of the class!
We will set up stations
around the room to rotate through, so that you get to “visit” each site. Not all sites will be covered in each class,
so your presentation may be shown to other classes. Your job is to make a visual
presentation for your ancient discovery – pretend you went there and tell us
all about it!
You must:
· create a presentation with at least 6 images of your site. (more is great,
not all the same)
· include the name of the site.
· give the name of its location and show
its location on a map.
· tell who built it – and when
and why (political, religious, economic,
etc.) they built it. (or rebuilt, or…)
· include at least 5 interesting facts about the place in addition to the information above.
· document your sources.
You may:
· create a movie, a slide show, a
cartoon, an online or paper scrapbook, a newscast, magazine layout, or any
other visual presentation format that you have access to and can present in
class.
· use in-class time and at-home time to
work.
· ask for Activity passes to work with
your group.
You may not:
· make a presentation that takes more
than 4 minutes to watch from start to finish.
· make up anything about the historical
site or its history. (Reliable sources only!)
· tell us speculative facts, undocumented
information, or conspiracy theories.
· present live.
· include bloopers. (Sorry, but you are
welcome to show them to me between classes!)
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________(30) Who, what, when, where
and why – there, accurate
________(25) 5+ additional facts are interesting
and accurate
________(20) Images and presentation are clear, appropriate, easy to
follow (organized),
4 minutes or fewer
________(10) Group cooperation and participation - presentation is
accessible and
ready to go at the beginning of class
________(15) All sources are documented (MLA Citation*) – may put at the
end of presentation or turn-in separately
*You MAY use the simple citation form for images that Mrs. Fraser taught you for the IMAGES "Name of picture" by Name of creator on Name of site where it was found.
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