Assessment Task: Year 7 Ancient Civilisations

You will work as a group to complete a project about one of the following ancient civilisations.

-Ancient Egypt

-Ancient Greece

-Ancient Rome

Each person in the group will create a piece of the 'jigsaw' for their Ancient Society and will report back to the whole class as an oral presentation with posters (on A3 paper) that can be stuck together to create a wall for that ancient civilisation.
C Task:
One person from each group completes a project about a differentaspect of the ancient civilisation.

Daily Life (occupations, family and foods)
Religion, beliefs and burial customs
Education (include systems of writing)
The role of women
Law and justice
Art and Drama

Architecture (buildings)
War and warfare
Myths and Beliefs (ancient Greece)
For each section the person completing it must have..
-framed key research questions to help their discovery (who, what, when, where, why, how)
-compared how that aspect of life was similar and different to life today using a venn diagram.
-Completed the relevant source evaluations
-refer to at least one primary source in their presentation
B Task
Research and analyse the ways that ancient civilisation has influenced our life today. Explain your answer. What might our world be like if that ancient civilisation had not existed?
A Task
Create a diary entry from the point of view of one of the following people living in one of these ancient civilisations. Include their perception of the world around them, what they think of others and how they feel about their own life and future.
-A woman
- A slave
- A person high in the society
- A warrior

Source 1 / Source 2 / Source 3 / Source 4
Name of source
Type of source (e.g. internet, book, documentary, etc.)
Authors name
Date of last update
Author’s credentials/qualifications (if unknown write ‘unknown’).
Does the information appear to be biased? If so, how?
What other sources verify this information?
Notes from this source
(bullet points)

Secondary Source Evaluation Student Name:

Venn Diagram: Please identify at least 4 similarities and differences

Cut out and stick on to poster…

Venn diagram showing the similarities and differences of ______in Ancient ______to the ______in society today.

Framing Your Key Research Questions

Name: ______.

Name of others in your group: ______.

To help you with your task you will need to frame key research questions to guide your study.

On the following table write as many who, what, when, where, why and how questions as you can about your topic to begin gathering information by answering the questions. Then narrow them down to the ones that will find the most relevant information. Don’t forget to record your sources along the way.

For example: If I were studying Religion, beliefs and burial customs of Ancient Egypt I might ask the following questions and then find out the answers:

Question / Answer
Who / Who built the pyramids?
Who were the pyramids built for?
Who did the Ancient Egyptians worship?
What / Whatwas inside the pyramids?
When
Where
Why
How
Your Question / Your Answer
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
Why?
How?
C Task Rubric / 3.75 / 4.00 / 4.25 / 4.5
Historical knowledge and understanding
1: Comparing key aspects of past and present societies: Venn diagram / Your venn diagram showed 2 or less aspects of how life was different or similar between ______of ancient ______and society today. / Your venn diagram clearly showed at least 2 relevant aspects of how life was different and at least 2 similarities between ______of ancient ______and society today. / Your venn diagram clearly showed at least 3 relevant aspects of how life was different and at least 3 similarities between ______of ancient ______and society today. / Your venn diagram clearly showed at least 4 relevant aspects of how life was different and at least 4 similarities between ______of ancient ______and society today.
2: Describe aspects of life in the ancient civilisation / Your poster presentation describes some aspects of life of the ancient civilisation that was designated to you. / Your poster presentation describes some aspects of life of the ancient civilisation that was designated to you using both pictures and information. / Your poster presentation describes the aspect of life of the ancient civilisation that was designated to you using both pictures and information that was gained through the use of research questions. / Your poster presentation clearly describes the aspect of life of the ancient civilisation that was designated to you using pictures and key information that was gained through the use of research questions.
Historical Reasoning and Interpretation
3. Use a range of primary and secondary resources / You used few secondary sources in your investigation and noted some of them in the table.
You also used and referred to 1 primary source in your presentation. / You used some secondary sources in your investigation and noted some of them in the table accurately.
You also used and referred to at least 1 primary source in your presentation. / You used a variety of secondary sources in your investigation and noted most of them in the table accurately.
You also used and referred to at least 1 primary source in your presentation. / You used a variety of secondary sources in your investigation and noted them in the table accurately.
You also used and referred to at least 1 primary source in your presentation.
4. Framing key research questions / Your research questions contributed to your presentation, but more detail was needed to provide a clearer picture of your designated aspect of life in an ancient society. / Some of your research questions were useful and contributed to providing an informative presentation of your designated aspect of life in an ancient society. / Most of your research questions were useful and contributed to providing an informative presentation of your designated aspect of life in an ancient society / Your research questions were well thought out, useful and contributed to providing an informative presentation of your designated aspect of life in an ancient society.
5. Spelling and grammar / Frequent spelling and grammar mistakes in this task. / Some spelling and grammar mistakes in this task. / Few spelling and grammar mistakes in this task. / Correct spelling and grammar throughout this task.
6. Presentation / The poster was untidy and it made it difficult to understand. / The poster was a bit untidy but some information and pictures were visible. / The poster was well presented with some pictures and most key information clearly visible. / The poster was well presented with pictures and key information clearly visible.
4.75 / 5.0