Civilizations of Fertile Crescent Assessment

Goal:

To display a thorough understanding of the achievements and legacy left by the ancient civilizations of the Fertile Crescent.

Role:

You are a travel agent for an agency offering trips to ancient civilizations.

Audience:

You want to appeal to all travelers with an interest in history and the ancient world.

Scenario:

Your company is planning to run trips to the earliest civilizations of the Fertile Crescent. You need to create a travel brochure to convince potential customers to visit these amazing civilizations.

Product:

You must create a travel brochure that highlights four of the ancient civilizations of the Fertile Crescent. Your brochure should be professional in appearance and accurate in detail. It should include the most important “sights” from these civilizations. For example, in Sumer travelers might visit a Ziggurat and a scribe’s workshop; in Babylon the trip might stop at Hammurabi’s Palace to learn about his code and a mathematician’s office; in Assyria the visit would probably stop at a library and there might need to be a warning of danger as you visit a battlefield with some of the innovative weapons created by the Assyrians; when in New Babylonia, you wouldn’t want to miss the Hanging Gardens. There should be a detailed description of each site, and your brochure should include pictures. You will make your brochure on Microsoft Publisher using class time. The brochure should include six panels.

1. Cover Panel – Title of brochure with a reference to Mesopotamia or the Fertile Crescent. Include the unique name you created for your travel agency along with a slogan that will entice travelers.

2. Map Panel – Accurately labeled map. This page should also contain your actual full name and core.

3. Four Civilization Panels – Each panel should include: title, detailed descriptions of each stop/points of interest, and a picture.

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Scoring Rubric – Fertile Crescent Travel Brochure

Each of the six pages of your travel brochure will be scored on a point system.

Poor / Satisfactory / Excellent
Cover Page
-Catchy title which
references the region.
-Travel agency name
-Slogan
-Effort. / 0-3 points / 4-7 points / 8-10 points
Map Panel
-Accurate map with
both rivers labeled
and some major
ancient cities labeled.
-Name and Core
included.
-Effort. / 0-3 points / 4-7 points / 8-10 points
Each Civilization Panel
-Written in a travel
agent’s voice
-Accurate descriptions
of key stops
-Descriptions include
relevant vocabulary
-Picture highlights a
key stop
-Effort
(20 points each x 4 civilizations = 80 points total) / 0-6 points / 7-14 points / 15-20 points