Ancient Anatolian Civilizations

Introduction

We are all living in Anatolia, but do you know what happened around this area in the past?



With this webquest, we're taking you to the lands in thousand years ago to find out what happened then.



Here is an old map of Anatolia.

Task

Let's learn about Anatolian History!

In this project, you are going to be a guide in a museum. It's time to teach now! You are going to talk about what you learned from resources given in the process section. You can use anything you find on the internet. You can use notes while presenting but it's better if you don't.

There will be a group of 4 and each student should talk to the visitors about one civilization.



Each student in a group has 3 minutes to talk about unique features of Anatolian civilizations. All of the group members should speak. You are also going tell the visitors what archeologist found in excavation work.



The Ancient Civilizations are:

  • Hittites
  • Phrygians
  • Lydians
  • Ionians
  • Urartians

Process

You can learn about cultures, works, handiworks, etc. of Ancient Anatolian Civilizations by using these resources. You are allowed to use

 

Evaluation

Each group member is expected to speak freely and for around 3 minutes.

An interesting presentation is always better than a usual one.



You will be given mark for the following:

  • Speaking
  • Language (correctness)
  • Pronunciation
  • Creativity
  • Speaking Time
  Not Enough

1		 Average

2		 Good

3		 Excellent

4		 Score
Speaking Only read

from notes

Read from notes

a lot, spoke little

 		 Checked notes only

to remember things		 Didn't even have

notes, spoke freely.		  
Language  Made mistakes 

that made the

presentation

incomprehensible		 Had mistakes that

caused to lose attention		 Small mistakes that

have no effect on

comprehension		 Nearly perfect  
Pronunciation Pronounced words

in a way that made them

difficult to understand		 Not good but

understandable		 Very few

mistakes but

quite understandable		 On-point intonations and

almost perfect pronunciation

that made the presentation

easier to understand		  
Creativity   Nothing unusual, just

a standart presentation		 Got attention

from the class

very creative, people

will remember it

  
Speaking Time  <30 secs <1 min <2 mins 2-4 mins  
          max 16