In many historical sites you can find wax museums. Statues of famous people can be found here, dressed in period clothing, and some even “speak” short pieces about their lives. During our study of Rome, each of you will take the time to study a famous person from Roman history. Each of these figures will be competing against other famous Romans for various titles at an all-sixth grade wax museum on May 15, 2003.
Your famous Roman is listed on the label on the cover of your folder.
Your final product will include:
1. A set of research notes about your character
2. Using Inspiration software, you will create a concept web that will organize your research notes.
3. A presentation to the class using Power Point, telling the class about your character’s life and arguing why your character deserves a superlative award within the Roman Wax Museum.
4. A 45-second animated presentation (memorized) in the character of your famous Roman. This will be practiced in class and performed as part of the museum.
5. A complete bibliography of all sources used.
1. All of the information regarding this project has been compiled into this project folder. You are responsible for keeping this folder, maintaining it in a reasonable condition, bringing it to all classes during this project, and returning it with your final project inside. All papers and notes related to this project should be contained in this folder. At the same time, Latin homework, math quizzes, and science tests should not find their way into this folder. If you lose the folder, you will be responsible for replacing it.
2. Conduct library research into the life of your particular person. You should gain a basic understanding of your person and start to think which “superlative” (bravest, most organized, most artistic) best fits your person. At the end of the fourth day in the library research notes are due.
My dates in the library are:
Monday 4/21/03 Thursday 4/24/03
Tuesday 4/22/03 Friday 4/25/03
Research Notes Due: Friday, April 25, 2003
3. Now, just like we did in our Egypt web projects, you will need to take your source sheet and turn it into a bibliography. Type this assignment, and save it so that you can make any needed changes or print out a clean copy for the final product. We’ll practice this together in class, and I have included the worksheet that will help guide you. Take your time, and be very careful with punctuation. Now that we’ve done this before, bibliographies will be checked even more carefully.
Bibliographies are due: Tuesday, May 6, 2003.
Corrected bibliographies are due with the final presentations on
Thursday, May 15, 2003
4. Creating the concept maps- We will be spending two days in the CALC with Mrs. Siwinski learning how to use Inspiration to create our concept maps. Technical instructions will follow, but think of this as a paper in visual format. You will include all of the details and ideas as in a traditional paper, but you will have to put it in a web design as opposed to written in complete sentences in paragraphs.
5. We will also spend time in the CALC creating power point presentations. You will use these presentations to teach the rest of the class about your famous Roman. Power point presentations will be completed during the week of May 5th and presented to your classmates on May 12th and 13th.
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Date |
What’s due |
Don’t forget |
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Friday, April 25 |
Research notes due |
Don’t forget to mark down page numbers |
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Tuesday, May 6 |
Bibliography |
Check your punctuation carefully with the model sheet |
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Week of May 5 |
Power point presentations |
Make sure to proofread!! |
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Monday, May 12 Tuesday, May 13 |
Presentations |
Smile and make your person come alive! |
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Thursday, May 15 |
Wax Museum |
Don’t forget your costume, make sure your speech is memorized |
Preparation and Research
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Task |
Value |
Points Earned |
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At least three sources are used |
5 |
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All bibliographic information is included on the source sheet |
5 |
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Notes include important details |
10 |
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Time in library is used productively |
10 |
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Subtotal |
30 |
Bibliography
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Task |
Value |
Points Earned |
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Bibliography is completed with all sources included |
10 |
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Correct format is used for the bibliography |
10 |
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Subtotal |
20 |
Concept Web
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Task |
Value |
Points Earned |
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Information is logically organized |
10 |
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The author creates a “superlative” category for his/her famous Roman and explain his/her reasoning |
10 |
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Subtotal |
20 |
Power Point Presentation
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Task |
Value |
Points Earned |
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Presenter explains: |
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à Who this person was |
10 |
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à What this person did |
10 |
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à Why this person is important |
10 |
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à What “superlative” category this person fits into |
10 |
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Presentation is clear, practiced, and interesting |
10 |
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All text is free of grammar, spelling, and mechanical errors |
10 |
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Subtotal |
60 |
Preparation and Research ____________/30 Final grade _____________ 130
Bibliography ____________/20
Concept Web ____________/20
Final Product ____________/60
This project designed and implemented by Lynne O'Hara, history teacher for Germantown Academy Middle School. Web page design and technical assistance furnished by Carol Siwinski, Curricular Technology Specialist.
April, 2003