Introduction
In your teams you need to choose ONE ancient civilization to create your own online magazine.
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Egypt
- Incas
- Aztecs
- Ancient Rome
- Chinese Civilization
Task
Your team must work together to create an engaging and interactive magazine. Each person in your team must contribute equally to this. You can present your magazine in anyway you wish (paper copy or online).
Each team member must become knowledgeable in understanding their section they will focus on for this project. Use the sections below:
- Front Page Story
- Sports Section
- Life & Culture Section
- Public Relations/Advertising
- Building/Architecture/Housing
- Gossip Section
Process
Your end goal is to make a well-created, well written magazine about your chosen ancient civilization. Demonstrating your deep understanding of the civilization you chose. You will begin this process by assigning each of you to one role or section for the magazine. It is up to you how the magazine will be structured. We recommend looking at examples to help you with this. The magazine still needs to flow and connect, so you will need to ensure you work together to make this happen.
1) Front Page Editor: Your job is to write at least two (2) front page articles for your magazine. One of these articles must be about a god from your ancient civilization. The other article must be about a hero and his/her victorious battle from your civilization. Each article should be 300 words in length. Front page stories are important! They capture the attention of the reader straight away. Images and pictures are essential.
2) Gossip Columnist: Your job is to write at least three (3) gossip articles for the second page of the magazine. For a really good gossip column, stick to topics such as love affairs, break-ups, love-triangles, feuding families and/or friends. Each article should be 200 words in length. Images and pictures are essential.
3) Sports Section: Your job is to write at least three (3) articles in relation to sports/active life from your ancient civilization. Each article should be 200 words in length. Images and pictures are essential.
4) Public Relations/Advertising: Your job is to design at least three (3) advertisments. These advertisements can be for restaurants, clothing stores, movies, or products. They must relate to your ancient civilization. For example, you could design an advertisement for Aphrodite's Dating Service. These advertisements do not have a word length, but must include graphics to help sell the product. Each advertisment must be at least 1/3 page in size.
5) Building/Architecture/Housing: Your job is to write at least (2) articles that focus on buildings/architecture/housing related to your ancient civilization. This should be a double spread and include images and features that make them examples of great architecture. Each article should be 300 words in length. Images and pictures are essential.
6) Life and Culture: Your job is to write (3) articles to explain life and culture in relation to your ancient civilization. For example you could look at food or celebrations related to your ancient civilization. Each article should be 200 words in length. Images and pictures are essential.
Evaluation
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CATEGORY |
Expert |
Practitioner |
Apprentice |
Novice |
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Articles - Purpose |
90-100% of the articles establish a clear purpose in the lead paragraph and demonstrate a clear understanding of the topic. |
85-89% of the articles establish a clear purpose in the lead paragraph and demonstrate a clear understanding of the topic. |
75-84% of the articles establish a clear purpose in the lead paragraph and demonstrate a clear understanding of the topic. |
Less than 75% of the articles establish a clear purpose in the lead paragraph and demonstrate a clear understanding of the topic. |
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Contributions of Group Members |
Each person in the group has contributed at least two articles and one graphic without prompting from teachers or peers. |
Each person in the group has contributed at least one article and one graphic with a few reminders from peers. |
Each person in the group has contributed at least one article with some minimal assistance from peers. |
One or more students in the group required quite a lot of assistance from peers before contributing one article. |
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Graphics |
Graphics are in focus, are well-cropped and are clearly related to the articles they accompany. |
Graphics are in focus and are clearly related to the articles they accompany. |
80-100% of the graphics are clearly related to the articles they accompany. |
More than 20% of the graphics are not clearly related to the articles OR no graphics were used. |
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Use of Primary Sources |
Reading of primary source material was thorough. |
Reading of primary source material was fairly thorough. |
Reading of primary source material was incomplete. |
Reading of primary source material was not done. |
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Articles - Interest |
The articles contain facts, figures, and/or word choices that make the articles exceptionally interesting to readers. |
The articles contain facts, figures, and/or word choices that make the articles interesting to readers. |
The article contains some facts or figures but is marginally interesting to read. |
The article does not contain facts or figures that might make it interesting to read. |
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Conclusion
In your learning journals write a reflection on this project using the questions below as a prompt:
- what did you enjoy the most about this project and why?
- what challenged you and your group?
- how did you overcome those challenges?
- would you do anything differently next time? if so, what would that be and why?
Credits
Credits
Permissions
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This webquest is modified by Casey Gouck from a previous webquest.
Thanks to Becky Murdock for the original webquest!