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Student Name
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ncient Feast History Project
Grade 7
Your project can be about any of the ancient civilizations you studied this year. You
may work alone or in a group of up to three. Since you will be working on this project
in class, you will need to bring your materials to school. You may have to do research for your project at
home. Your grade for the project will be based on how well you work in class and the quality of the
project. This assignment is limited only by your imagination!
Timeline: You must choose your topic and partner(s) by Wed, June 4. At that time please hand in a oneparagraph summary of your project, including what materials you will be using. You must bring materials
to class by Friday, June 6. Be ready to start work!! Festival date is Monday, June 16, 2014. Projects must
be completed by June 13 at 11:35 am.
Suggestions for projects are on the back!
Materials to USE!
Some Suggestions:
wood
clay
Popsicle sticks
pipe cleaners
poster board
fabric (sheets, curtains, clothes,
etc.)
cardboard (grocery boxes, shoe
boxes, etc.)
glue gun with lots of glue sticks
paste
markers
stencils
magazines
plaster of Paris
newspaper
You may not use Legos or sugar
cubes or GLITTER!
Italian Food provided by Comella’s in
West Newton! Pizza, Pasta, Meatballs,
Caesar Salad and a beverage!
Cost of $8 will cover
your lunch that day.
Due by June 10.
For extra credit, you can bring in a dessert for
the dessert table! You only get extra points if
it has an ancient history theme to it. For
example, you can make beige colored little
cupcakes with pyramids on them! Or, you can
bake a dessert from ancient times. You will
need to research that.
Make models of ONE of the following:
□ Greek house
□ a Greek theatre
□ a Sumerian ziggurat
□ a famous Greek or Roman temple
□ Pyramids
□ Hanging Gardens of Babylon
□ Ishtar Gate
□ aqueducts
□ a life-size mummy case
□ an Egyptian tomb or tomb painting
□ an Egyptian temple
□ the Roman Forum
□ the Pantheon
□ the Parthenon
□ the Temple of Zeus at Olympia
□ the Circus Maximus
□ Baths of Caracalla or those in Bath, England
□ House of the Vestal Virgins
□ the Ara Pacis
□ Trajan’s Column
□ the Arch of Constantine
□ Sculpture
□ wall paintings from the Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii
□ the Book of the Dead
□ an obelisk.
□ Model of a Carthaginian warship
□ model of a trading ship
□ a model of a Roman army camp
□ a standard for a Roman legion
□ a battle during the Persian Wars or Punic Wars
□ Mosaic Poster
OR..
Maps of (just a few suggestions!! There are lots more!)
□ the Exodus
□ Israel after the split into two kingdoms
□ model of the fortress of Masada
□ A 3-D map/model of the Via Appia (or any Roman road), map of
the siege of Alesia in Gaul, map of Alexander’s route to India.
□ Cave paintings, any early human model you can think of! (See
Chapter 1)
Awards for farthest
tennis ball catapult
launch and best
ancient history
costume!
Projects - Criteria for excellence:
All projects must have a project sheet that includes
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Answers questions: WHO? WHAT? WHEN? WHERE? WHY? HOW?
You should answer 4 out of 6 of the above question asking words
a size 18 Font – on the computer and printed out to be displayed with project.
name or names of the people who did it
Catapult Criteria for Excellence
 A project sheet
 Must be assembled in school
 Wood cuts should be done at home
 Drilling holes must be done in school
 No Lacrosse sticks or bungee cords
Model Projects – Criteria for excellence
The model will
 A project sheet
 Measure at least 12”x12”
 Be neat – no glue marks or sloppy painting for example
 Use the appropriate materials – no legos or sugar cubes
 Have a label on it of what it is (Title)
 Painted
Poster Projects – Criteria for excellence
The poster will
 A project sheet
 be at least 18x24
 be neatly written
 Have drawings
 Realistically colorful
 Painted, or Color pencils
 Have a title
Map Projects – Criteria for excellence
The map will
 A project sheet
 Be at least 18x24
 Be neatly labeled
 Contain a legend/key
 Contain physical features
 Contain political borders and labels
 Have at title
Projects cannot be done
outside of school.
If you are using wood,
all cuts must be done
outside of school – but
the assembling of the
project must be
completed in school.
Doing a costume? it
must be assembled in
school.
Name or Names:
&
Project Proposal Paragraph!
What are you making? How will you make it
(materials you will use)? Who will be
responsible for what materials? Who will be
doing what on the project?