Individual+Ancient+Civilization+Projects

=Handouts with specific directions and information about completing each project will be provided in class.= =__Unit 1__=
 * 1) **__Personal Timeline.__ Due:**
 * 2) __**Job Description:**__ Read about the people who study the past–historians, archaeologists, and geographers. Then, write a job description to include a careerplanning guide. **Due:**
 * 3) __**A Storyboard:**__ Follow steps to create a storyboard that uses images to tell the story of prehistoric humans. Then, summarize your story board in a detailed paragraph. **Due:**

=__Unit 2__=

> Read about the civilization of ancient Egypt. Then, write a riddle. The answer to your riddle will be “Egypt.” **Due:** > action, a climax, and a resolution. Write a short story that tells the tale of the rise and fall of Kush. The > main character in your story will be Kush; other main characters should > include Egypt, Assyria, and Aksum. The conflict in your story will be > Kush’s struggle to dominate the region. **Due:** =__Unit 3__= > illustrations catch the audience’s eye, while short lines or blocks of text > give essential information. Your task is to design a poster illustrating > one aspect of ancient Indian culture. Use captions that explain the > illustrations. **Due:** > presentation you will tell your classmates why the person or event was > important to the history of China. **Due:**
 * 1) __**A Poster:**__ Gather information about ancient Mesopotamia. Then, create a poster to share some of what you've learned with elementary school students. **Due:**
 * 2) __**A Riddle:**__ Read about the civilization of ancient Egypt. Then, write a riddle. The answer to your riddle will be "Egypt".
 * 1) __**A Short Story:**__ The plot of a short story often involves conflict that leads to rising
 * 1) __**An Illustrated Poster:**__ Posters can be a great way to communicate. Bright colors and bold
 * 1) __**Oral Presentation:**__ Choose one person or event from China’s early years. Then, in an oral

=Unit 4= > culture. Follow the steps below to write a description of how you would > present this information on a Web site. **Due:** > the creation of the world to details of everyday life. Use ideas from the > chapter to create your own myth. **Due:** > writers, thinkers, and scientists. Then, choose one person you most > admire and write a five-line poem praising that person. **Due:** =Unit 5= > Follow these steps to create a legend about one of the people or events > you have studied. **Due:** > your job to make note cards about people, places and events for a movie > about the Roman Empire. **Due:** > they write. Before they begin an article, writers must research the > subject. Imagine that you are a writer who has been assigned to write > a short article about religion and early Christianity in the Roman > Empire. **Due:**
 * 1) __**A Web Site:**__ You will learn information about Hebrew history, beliefs, values and
 * 1) __**A Myth:**__ The ancient Greeks used stories called myths to explain everything from
 * 1) **A Poem:** Learn about the accomplishments of Greek and Persian kings, generals,
 * 1) __**A Legend:**__ The ancient Romans created many legends about their early history.
 * 1) **__Note Cards for a Screenplay:__** Movies about history must be researched carefully. Imagine that it is
 * 1) **__Magazine Article:__** Most magazine writers are not experts on all the subjects about which

=Unit 6= > 10 lines to tell the fascinating story of what happened to Rome as it > became weak and lost its power. **Due:** > Americas. Help her by writing part of a brochure advertising her tour. **Due:** > = =
 * 1) __**Narrative Poem:**__ Poets write narrative poems to tell stories. Write a short poem of 8 to
 * 1) __**Travel Brochure:**__ Your aunt is a guide who takes people on historical tours of the early