GH 2015-16 River Valley Civilization Infographic Project
Objective:
 Create a one-page info graphic that provides the reader a condensed easy-to-understand
overview of important information about the Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Harrapa, and Huang
He river civilizations.
 Provide a source of data for the class to undertake compare/contrast activities.
Skills: Infographics are a visual representation of data. When you create infographics, you are using
information, visuals, and technology literacies.
Sources of Information:
1) Text: Chapter 2 Section 2 & 3; Chapter 3 Sections 1 & 3
2) Oral Sources: Crash Course World History Videos.
a) Indus Valley Civilization
b) Mesopotamia
c) Ancient Egypt
d) 2,000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven & Confucius
3) Primary Sources: Primary source readings as assigned
4) Online sources: Online sources utilized to supplement other sources of information
Data Collection:
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Persian notes will be used for all note taking from the texts. The notes must be taken on a
word document. It will also be used to incorporate information from the oral, online, and
primary sources.
Online sources will be found as needed. All sources will be documented in MLA format.
Notes for the Crash Course video will utilize the Oral note taking method we have gone over
in class.
Primary sources will be analyzed based on the answer of basic questions.
Directions:
Look at the work calendar provided on Moodle. This calendar will show you what we are doingin
class and also g\provide your out-of–class work.
All information obtained through the sources will be input into the PERSAIN notes you are taking.
This chart will be your go-to source of information in creating your infographic and in the writing of
your compare and contrast assessment. Your work should follow the civilization we are looking at in
class.
Content:
River Valley Civilizations
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Mesopotamia
Egypt (Nile)
Harappa (Indus)
Shang
China
(HuangHe/Yellow)
Infographic Instructions:
You will be using text boxes in a Word Document. See examples on Moodle.
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GH 2015-16 River Valley Civilization Infographic Project
Format:
1. One page infographic
2. Incorporates all the info in the above chart
3. Uses visuals to enhance information
Rubric:
CATEGORY
Exemplary
Proficient
Unsatisfactory
Arrangement of Concepts
Main
concept
easily
identified; sub concepts
branch appropriately from
main idea
Main
concept
easily Main concept not clearly
identified;
most
sub identified; sub concepts
concepts branch from don’t consistently branch
main idea.
from main idea.
Graphics
Graphics
used
appropriately;
greatly
enhance the topic and aid
in comprehension; are
clear, crisp and well
situated on the page.
Graphics
used
appropriately most of the
time;
most
graphics
selected enhance the
topic, are of good quality,
and are situated in logical
places on the page.
Graphics
used
inappropriately
and
excessively;
graphics
poorly selected and don’t
enhance the topic; some
graphics are blurry and illplaced.
Content
Reflects
essential
information; is logically
arranged;
concepts
succinctly presented; no
misspellings
or
grammatical errors
Reflects most of the
essential information; is
generally
logically
arranged;
concepts
presented without too
many excess words; fewer
than three misspellings or
grammatical errors.
Contains
extraneous
information;
is
not
logically
arranged;
contains
numerous
spelling and grammatical
errors.
Text
Easy
to
read/
appropriately sized; no
more than three different
fonts; amount of text is
appropriate for intended
audience; boldface used
for emphasis.
Most text is easy to read;
uses no more than four
different fonts; amount of
text
generally
fits
intended audience.
Font too small to read
easily; more than four
different fonts used; text
amount is excessive for
intended audience.
Design
Clean design; high visual
appeal; four or fewer
symbol shapes; fits page
without a lot of scrolling;
color used effectively for
emphasis.
Design is fairly clean, with
a few exceptions; diagram
has visual appeal; four or
fewer symbol shapes; fits
page well; uses color
effectively most of time.
Cluttered design; low in
visual appeal; requires a
lot of scrolling to view
entire diagram; choice of
colors lacks visual appeal
and
impedes
comprehension.