Design a “Wanted” Poster:
Famous Historians
(ISK SS Standard Social Organization [Government] 4.1.2)
Student Name: _________________________________ Block: ________ Date:
_____________
Task Introduction:
What are the lasting contributions that historians make
to our understanding of the past?
Investigating who writes history can provide a deeper understanding of
the history we encounter throughout our education. By exploring the
lives of some of the world’s historians, we can familiarize ourselves with
the people that offer a window to the past.
The task:
Design a poster that employs the visual techniques of a “Wanted” poster
(popularized in portrayals of the American wild west) to display critical facts
about a famous historian.
The research guidelines are:
a) include at least 2 sources (avoiding Wikipedia scores higher)
b) list your sources on the back of your poster in the best format you know
The poster guidelines are:
a) use A3 paper
b) design with care so that your ideas are clearly communicated
c) include the following essential ingredients:
a. “Wanted” title [example: WANTED FOR HIS DETAILED HISTORY
OF CHINESE DYNASTIES]
b. Name of historian
c. Image of historian
d. Context of writing (date, place, topics, interesting stuff)
e. Titles of publications
d) Consider the following optional components:
a. Quotations from actual historical writing
b. Quotations about the historian written by other people
c. Colour
Some famous historians to choose from:
Herodotus
Tacitus
Thucydides
Anna Comnena
Thomas Carlyle
Alexis de Tocqueville
Sir Charles Oman
C.H. Firth
Lady Antonia Fraser
Simon Scharma
Niall Ferguson
Carter G. Woodson
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Omran Al-Kaysi
Mary Ritter Beard
Barbara Tuchman
Saul Friedländer
Abu`l-Fazl
Sima Qian
Rubric for “Wanted” Historian Poster
(ISK SS Standard Social Organization [Government] 4.1.2)
Student Name: _________________________________ Block: ________ Date:
_____________
Research Skills
1-2
Achievement
level
Source selection
4
Satisfactory
5
Good
6-7
ExcellentExemplary
Less scholarly
sources
(such as
Wikipedia)
have been
utilized)
One scholarly
source has
been utilized.
One scholarly
source has
been utilized.
Less scholarly
sources (ex.
Wikipedia)
may have also
been utilized)
At least two
scholarly
sources have
been utilized.
3
Insufficient
4
Satisfactory
5
Good
6-7
ExcellentExemplary
Visual
presentation
and
descriptions are
unclear
Visual
presentation
and
descriptions are
sometimes not
clear
Visual
presentation
and
descriptions are
clear
Visual
presentation
and
descriptions are
clear and
effective
Limited Minimal
3
Insufficient
Student has not
handed in work
for assessment
or has not
reached the
standard
Presentation
Achievement
level
Presentation and
expression
Comments:
1-2
Limited Minimal
Student has not
handed in work
for assessment
or has not
reached the
standard