Year 7 Ancient Egypt Assessment Task – Oral Presentation
Group Three: Queen Cleopatra of Ancient Egypt
Your group’s challenge is to put together an oral presentation on ‘Queen Cleopatra of Ancient Egypt’’
for the rest of your class. Your must cover the following topics in your presentation.
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The Ptolemy dynasty and Cleopatra’s royal blood line
Personality and achievements of the Queen
Egypt-Rome relations
Circumstances of her death
Please look at the specific detailed tasks or questions below. Your team must cover them in your
presentation. Make sure that all work is presented neatly and includes a wide range of images and
acknowledges sources that have been researched. Your team will receive a group grade for this
assessment task so make sure that everyone is sharing the responsibility of the task and cooperating
as a team.
Introduction
Outline the topic that your group is presenting and what it is that the audience will be learning about
today.
The Ptolemy dynasty and Cleopatra’s royal blood line
1. Explain where the Ptolemies came from, who they were and what they achieved.
2. Identify famous Ptolemy family members
Personality and achievements of the Queen
3. Describe the characteristics of Cleopatra’s personality and some of her achievements as
pharaoh.
Egypt-Rome relations
4. Explain the reason for Cleopatra’s marriage with Roman Leaders. Who did she marry and what
was her motivation for this alliance? Was Cleopatra successful in achieving her goals?
Circumstances of her death
5. Explain the different theories behind the death of Cleopatra.
Presentation
Present all display work neatly and make sure that you are all speaking clearly to the class.
Images/Materials
Include a wide range of images or other materials to interest and engage your audience.
Bibliography
Acknowledge all sources of research used in your presentation.
Year 7 Ancient Egypt Assessment Task – Oral Presentation
Group Three: Queen Cleopatra of Ancient Egypt
Student Name:______________________
Criteria
Very
High
High Medium
Form:_____
Low
US
Introduction
The Ptolemy dynasty
and Cleopatra’s royal
blood line
Personality and
achievements of the
Queen
Egypt-Rome
relations
Circumstances of her
death
Use of historical
evidence and
resources
Presentation
Speaking – clarity
and pace
Bibliography
Comments:
Overall Grade
LATE
NA