Ancient Civilizations – Educational Project
Throughout the semester students have been studying ancient Greece and the different components of the
civilization. To date we have looked at the people of ancient Greece, the food, the homes, the religion and the education
system.
For their education projects students will be randomly assigned one ancient civilization from the list below that
they will have to research, give a presentation and create a poster board that shows the different aspects of their
civilization.
Students will be assigned one of the following ancient civilizations:
1. Ancient China
2. Ancient Rome
3. Mayans
4. Aztecs
5. Ancient Egypt
6. Vikings
Students will be required to create a written report as well as a poster board that show the following
traditions/beliefs of their ancient civilization:
1. The people
2. Government
3. Religion
4. Food
5. Education
6. Entertainment - Literature and Drama/Sport
The poster board will be comprised of pictures and short descriptions of at least 4 of the 6 traditions/beliefs of
their ancient civilization.
The written report will include further detail of each tradition/belief and should be approximately ¾ to 1 page
per item.
The written component will also detail why the ancient civilization succeeded in it’s location, (why did it do well)
as well as the reason to when and why it perished (what caused it to no longer exist).
Lastly, each student will be responsible for an oral presentation that will be between 4-7 minutes explaining in
detail at least one cultural tradition or belief of their ancient civilization from the list above. Students are free to use a
PowerPoint presentation if they are comfortable doing so to guide them through their presentation.
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Poster board uses no
Poster board uses a few
Poster board uses some
Poster board uses an
Poster Board
written and only a few
visual components to
detail the ancient
civilization
written and visual
components to detail the
ancient civilization
written and visual
components to detail the
ancient civilization
adequate amount of
written and visual
components to detail
the ancient civilization
Tradition or belief is briefly
explained in an oral
presentation only
Tradition or belief is
marginally explained in an
oral presentation only
Tradition or belief is
adequately explained in an
oral presentation only
+/- 31 seconds or more
+/- 21 to 30 seconds
+/- 20 seconds
Tradition or belief is
adequately explained in
words and with visual
examples
Between 4-7 minutes
Written
Component
Written component details
only a few of the expected
traditions and beliefs of
the ancient civilzation
Written component details
some of the expected
traditions and beliefs of the
ancient civilization
Spelling
Significant spelling errors
throughout assignment
that deter from
understanding
Significant grammar errors
throughout assignment
that deter from
understanding
Significant spelling errors
throughout the assignment
that do not deter from
understanding
Significant grammar errors
throughout the assignment
that do not deter from
understanding
Written component details
the some of the expected
traditions and beliefs of the
ancient civilization as well as
why the civilization
succeeded and why it
perished
Some grammar errors
throughout the assignment
Written component
details the expected
traditions and beliefs of
the ancient civilization
as well as why the
civilization succeeded
and why it perished
Few spelling errors
throughout the
assignment
Some grammar errors
throughout the assignment
Few grammar errors
throughout the
assignment
Oral Presentation
Grammar
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/10
/5
/20
/10
/10