Remember to negotiate another idea if you think you
have a good one. Think outside the square – what
are your skills or what would you like to demonstrate
you can do. Created by Debbie Draper, 2000
ANCIENT
CIVILIZATIONS
Questions I need to ask myself
Design a time line of the different event within a
3000 year period of ancient Egypt. Concentrate
on one aspect i.e.: development or kings.
Design a quiz with a focus on factual information.
i.e. How could I best represent a timeline?
What questions would interest a large
variety of people?
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Summarise key points
Describe / write in your own words …..
Define key terms
Explain ….
Draw …. to show…
Make a flow chart
Make a book / poster / collage/ scrapbook
Act out …
Explain how the pyramids were built.
Make a flow chart of the workers and their position
in the social hierarchy.
What mathematical pattern can you find within
each pyramid which has been built? Can you give
a formula?
i.e. How can I build a number of pyramids
highlighting measurements and
showing the formula to construct each
of them?
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Construct a diorama to illustrate key aspects
Make a map to show …
Write a report about an aspect of the topic
Make a travel brochure
Construct a mobile
Develop a crossword puzzle
Dress dolls in costume to show …
Arrange a display of artefacts
Using the hierarchy of the social system create a
mobile showing the status, dress and distance
they live in relation to the king.
Go to the interactive Egyptian museum at
http://www.virtual-egyptian-museum.org/ Can you
put some of the displays into different categories?
Select some of these and represent 30 artefacts in
a number of categories.
i.e. Where did the river system run?
What was the social hierarchy?
What is art and what is an artefact?
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Create an interactive map with hyperlinks detailing
one or more aspect of ancient Egypt.
Which of the ancient musical instruments have
survived the test of time? How have they changed
and how have they remained the same?
i.e. Where are some important locations
within and around Egypt?
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Do a survey
Use graphic organisers (Venn diagram, comparison grid,
matrix, fishbone, spider map, consequence wheel, concept
layer map etc.) to summarise information
Design an experiment to show ….
Compare with another country / person / thing
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Review …
Do a PMI
Use the Six Thinking Hats to …
Make a rating scale
Evaluate your progress using a learning log / rubric
Rank or rate …
Self assessment using determined criteria
Construct a PMI if the Nile had run out of water in
while Egypt was being established.
Write a journal entry as an archaeologist who
made a discovery highlighting how, where and
what you found.
Explore what Egypt imports and exports to and
from the rest of the world.
i.e. Which of the graphic organisers would
help me represent my information?
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Create a multimedia project
Make a board game
Write a newspaper
Translate into a play / puppet show
Do a possible / probable timeline
Devise your own solution to a problem
Create a new product
Predict future trends
Create a multi media project showing what the
Egyptian beliefs about the “Afterlife” were and
what did they do for burials.
Calculate the distance to travel from Adelaide to
Cairo, “as the crow flies” showing the route on a
world map. Find out what is the time difference.
Write the alphabet in hieroglyphics and then write
5 facts about Egypt using hieroglyphics.
i.e. What are hieroglyphics? Were they
used as single letters or for words?
SYNTHESIS
create
APPLICATION
apply
COMPREHENSIO
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understand
KNOWLEDGE
remember
Make a list of main events
Make a time line
Make a facts chart
List all the important information
Do an written or oral recount
Make a list of true / false statements
Record notes
ANALYSIS
analyse
OUR IDEAS
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EVALUATION
evaluate
ACTIVITIES
(Modified by Bec Jamieson 2009
How will I demonstrate this evidence?
□simulation
□graphic organisers
□oral presentation
□report
□ journal
□multimedia
□interviews
□simulation
□graphic organisers
□oral presentation
□report
□ journal
□multimedia
□interviews
□simulation
□graphic organisers
□oral presentation
□report
□ journal
□multimedia
□interviews
□simulation
□graphic organisers
□oral presentation
□report
□ journal
□multimedia
□interviews
□simulation
□graphic organisers
□oral presentation
□report
□ journal
□multimedia
□interviews
□simulation
□graphic organisers
□oral presentation
□report
□ journal
□multimedia
□interviews
□building
□performance
□quizzes
□blogs
□ video/photos
□ art
□other
□building
□performance
□quizzes
□blogs
□ video/photos
□ art
□other
□building
□performance
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□blogs
□ video/photos
□ art
□other
□building
□performance
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□blogs
□ video/photos
□ art
□other
□building
□performance
□quizzes
□blogs
□ video/photos
□ art
□other
□building
□performance
□quizzes
□blogs
□ video/photos
□ art
□other