ANCIENT GREECE, ROME, AND EARLY AMERICA UNIT

Assignment for the 6th grade - Ancient Greece

First draft due on Thursday, April 29th
Final product due on Thursday, May 6th

Design the following:

Design a travel Brochure for one of the Greek Poleis

Argos
Athens
Corinth
Megara
Sparta

Project requirements:
In teams of 2-4 you will research and design a brochure or travelogue.
In researching the city-state, you will need to find information on:
a. tell us about the people of the polis
b. daily life in the polis
c. government of the polis
d. allies and enemies and any wars between poleis

Travel brochure
Must be a tri-fold brochure with writing or pictures on all 6 panels
A minimum of 4 panels MUST be information
1 panel MUST be graphics

Grading
Each member of the project team will be required to keep a log of all they contribute to the project. The log will be checked weekly to see the progress you are making and who is doing what fort he project.

The log should be a daily accounting of what you have done. You need not work on the project every day, but when you do, log what you did and how long you worked on the project.

Each member must contribute equally.

This project will be worth:
Member log up to 10 points
First Draft up to 20 points
Final product up to 30 points
Total up to 60 points


Assignment for The 7th grade - Roman Empire
Option to do the travel show live on cam

http://www.palos118.org/south/curriculum/team6c/rome/

First draft due on April 29th
Final product due on May 6th

Design and produce a travelogue cable show on one of the Roman Provinces.

Project requirements
In teams of 2-4 you will research and design a travelogue cable show.
In researching the Roman Province, you will need to find information on EVERYTHING that is listed in the sample brochure attached.

Grading
Each member of the project team will be required to keep a log of all they contribute to the project. The log will be checked weekly to see the progress you are making and who is doing what fort he project.

The log should be a daily accounting of what you have done. You need not work on the project every day, but when you do, log what you did and how long you worked on the project.

Each member must contribute equally.

This project will be worth:
Member log up to 10 points
First Draft up to 20 points
Final product up to 30 points
Total up to 60 points
General Information to tell the audience
• Where province is located and its population
• Size of province – compare to a “state” or size people will understand.
• A map of province
• Roman presence – type of province, type of senator, type of governor
• Why should you want to visit the Province
• Compare the Province to the current area now
• History of the province
• Famous battles that took place
• When Rome conquered the province
• Interesting historical facts and stories
• Roman influence: bridges, roads, plumbing, etc.
• Trade (what was grown there and traded)
• What do they do for work?
• What “tribes” do they come from?
• What languages do they speak other than Latin (the language of the Roman Empire)?
• What did they wear?
• What did they do for Entertainment?
• Compare them to a people you know today

You will pretend that you are on an actual television cable travel program. You will want to watch the Travel Channel to get some ideas of how the shows are produced. Use props and pictures to help get the information to the audience.

PROVINCE CHOICES:
I. Africa
II. Numidia
III. Aegyptus
IV. Hispania
V. Gallia
VI. Bithynia
VII. Britannia
VIII. Italia
IX. Germania
X. Asia (Minor)
XI. Syria
XII. Judaea
XIII. Dacia
XIV. Acheae (Graecia)


Assignment for the 8th grade - Early America
A good resource to start - http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html

First draft due on Thursday, April 29th
Final product due on Thursday, May 6th

This project MUST be typed and bound like a book. Some graphics/pictures should be in color.

Design the following:
Design a travel book for one of the 13 Original States

Project requirements
In teams of 2-4 you will research and design a brochure or travelogue.
There will be 6 chapters to your travel book:
a. background on the origins of the Colony/State and why/when is was founded
b. who were the individuals responsible for it establishment and tell the reader more about the people that lived there.
c. information about the State (location, geological features, topography)
d. history of the State from its formation to today (important facts and events)
e. tourist information about the State as it is today (2008)
f. graphics and pictures from the past and today

Grading
Each member of the project team will be required to keep a log of all they contribute to the project. The log will be checked weekly to see the progress you are making and who is doing what fort he project.

The log should be a daily accounting of what you have done. You need not work on the project every day, but when you do, log what you did and how long you worked on the project.

Each member must contribute equally.

This project will be worth:
Member log up to 10 points
First Draft up to 20 points
Final product up to 30 points
Total up to 60 points