Ancient Civilization Vuvox Timeline
Remember that the
Project Must Include:

Electronic Timeline
o 15 dates or major events from your civilization
 Major event is defined as an event that had a significant effect on the formation
of the culture and it’s people. Major events should not all be war related.
o Description of major events
 All descriptions should be complete and directly related to the photos and help in
understand the history of your civilization
 Descriptions should be accurate and relevant
o 20-30 photos or images
 All images should relate to the major events on the timeline
 Images should all directly relate to the topics discussed
 Images should be accompanied by descriptions/captions
o 10 “Hot Spots”
 hotspots can be links to websites, video or interactive material
 Hotspots should all include titles and details about your
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Spelling and Grammar
o Free of all spelling and grammar errors
o Well Written Text
Research Check-in – 20 points – Due Tuesday December 13th
 Completed research packet with lots of useful historical information about your civilization.
 Much of your research should be done at this point and you should be ready to start creating
the on-line portion.
Rough Draft – 40 - Points - Due Thursday December 15th
 All of the above components of project completed
 Project looks “finished” but needs editing and additions made
Final Project - 100 points – Due Wednesday Dec. 21
Project Checklist
Checklist – use this checklist to help you create your
ancient civilizations timeline on Vuvox.com
 Visit www.vuvox.com
Explore other vuvox presentations. Try to figure out how it
works.
 Set up a free vuvox account
Choose a user name and password you are sure to
remember
 Watch the introductory videos
Check out how to create a collage by following along with
the short instructional films provided by vuvox.
 Research
Look for good websites and information on you r
civilization try these sites for info
 Dates
Based on the information you collect in your research
choose the dates that you consider most pivotal to the
history of your civilization.
 Images
Gather images that will help you tell the story of your
civilization
Begin writing information that you can include as part of
your text for some of your “hot spots”
 Information
 Links
Choose links that you think will be good to include as “hot
spots” for your project
 Presentation Settings
Be sure to set the presentation setting and speeds on
your project so that it runs smoothly.
 Editing/Proofreading
PROOF READ YOUR WORK!! Be sure all links and hot
spots are working!
 Extension Challenges
You may include the items below to earn extra credit on
you project.
 Music
 Video with sound
 Other?