CHW 3M1 World History to the 16th Century

Ancient Egypt & Israel Comic Life Panel Assignment

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Rationale

Students will gain an understanding of important people and events that occurred in Ancient Egypt and Israel. Creating a Comic Life Panel allows students to better analyze and understand people and issues of the time period while expanding both presentation and technological skills.

Task

Students will create a Comic Life Panel examining an individual or event from Ancient Egypt or Israel. The panel should include the following:

1.  IMAGES: collect various pictures of your topic - be sure they are of good quality and relevant

2.  HISTORICAL CONTENT: ensure the panel contains relevant information about the topic - consider the 5Ws and H

3.  DIALOGUE OR COMMENTARY: ensure the dialogue or commentary makes reference to key terms, people or dates

4.  STORYLINE / ANALYSIS: your panel should contain a relevant storyline that depicts the topic (ie. descriptive, analytical, satirical, humourous, historical importance etc.)

TOPIC LIST

Textbook: Echoes from the Past

People
Menes
Tuthmosis III
Tutankhamun
Ramses II
Akenaton
Djoser
Hatshepsut
Imhotep
Khufu (Cheops)
Cleopatra
Abraham
Moses / Events
Nile
Trade
Role of Pharaoh
Daily Life
Social Structure
Role of Women
Skilled Trades
Education
Medicine
Agricultural Production
Old Kingdom
New Kingdom
Mummification
Spirit of the Dead: Ka, Ba, Akh
/ Events
Afterlife (gods, world of afterlife)
Judgment of the Dead
Book of the Dead
Gods and Goddesses
Hieroglyphics
Great Sphinx
Pyramids
Curses
Temples
Art (sculptures, paintings)
Exodus
10 Commandments
Temple of Jerusalem
Diaspora

RUBRIC: Comic Life Panel

Criteria / Level 4 / Level 3 / Level 2 / Level 1
A. Research & Content
Knowledge / Understanding / - Exceptional research / content that is detailed, critical and contains all required criteria / -solid research that is has good details and contains most of the required criteria / - adequate research that is has some detail and gives preliminary information / - research lacks depth. Did not extend past a cursory level of research.
B. Storyline / Theme / Analysis
Thinking Inquiry / - exceptional storyline / theme in comic panel that draws excellent comparisons, analysis and applications to topic and impact on history / - proficient storyline / theme in comic panel that draws solid comparisons, analysis and applications to topic and impact on history
/ - adequate storyline / theme in comic panel that draws some comparisons, analysis and applications to topic and impact on history / - weak storyline / theme in comic panel that makes few comparisons, analysis and applications to topic
C. Communication of Ideas
Communication / - A superb blend of text, narration, dialogue, images and design that intricately tells a story and is exceptionally organized and logical / - A solid blend of text, narration, dialogue, images and design that clearly tells a story and is well organized and logical / - An adequate blend of text, narration, dialogue, images and design that attempts to tells a story and is somewhat organized and logical / - a poor blend of text, narration, dialogue, images and design that is unorganized and fails to tells a story
D. Presentation (panel)
Application / -panel is very creative and effectively showcases the topic and relevance to history / -panel is creative and showcases the topic and relevance to history / -panel is somewhat creative and showcases the topic and relevance to history / -panel lacks creativity and does not properly showcase the topic and relevance to history