Ancient Greece
Double Tic-Tac-Toe
Newspaper and Podcast
Obituary
Comics
Letter to Zeus
(R.A.F.T. format)
Write obituaries on any of these
two famous ancient Greeks:
Aristotle, Socrates, Plato,
Sophocles, Euripides, Herodotus,
Xenophon, Thucydides…or any
other famous Greek you could find
on your own.
Create at least two comics that
provide information about different
aspects of Ancient Greece. Some
ideas could be Government,
Women’s Rights, or relationships
between people in different citystates
Role: God or Goddess
Audience: Zeus
Format: Persuasive Letter
Topic: Persuade Zeus to give you a
new power that will help you do
your job better.
Sports
PODCAST
Science
Create an Olympic event.
Why should it be an Olympic
event?
OR…
What is a marathon? Why should it
be an Olympic event?
Create ONE (3-5 minute) podcasts
as a famous ancient Greek.
Be sure to include these two
major parts.
Part 1: autobiography of the
person.
Part 2: your achievements or
contributions to society.
Choose two Greek scientists and
explain how their accomplishment
is seen in today’s culture.
Hippocrates, Ptolemy, Pythagoras,
Euclid, Aristarchus, or any other
Greek scientists.
Tabloids
The Arts
Classified
Write two tabloids on any two
famous ancient Greeks.
Some examples of these far out
stories would be… “Hercules on
Steroids” or “Aphrodite has a
Facelift”
Be Creative!!
Choose two of the following topics
from Ancient Greece to discuss in
one paragraph.
Art, Architecture, Clothing, Food,
Inventions, Philosophy.
Create at least four ads that deal
with Ancient Greek items to sell,
jobs, or places to rent or buy.
For this assignment you will create an Ancient Greek newspaper with sections from today’s paper. Since this is
Double Tic Tac Toe, you must fill in two rows or columns. YOU MUST GO THROUGH THE MIDDLE.
You will create an Ancient Greek name for you newspaper and be creative in each section you complete. Along
with each of the sections you complete, you will also need some sort of pictures for your articles.
Bonus Section:
Crossword Puzzle
Word Search
Wedding Announcement
Birth Announcement
Where’s Alexander?
You may choose to do any ONE of these bonus sections for 5 extra points. You
must be creative and figure these out on your own.
How will you be graded?
Newspaper Rubric
Sections
Content
Organization
Visuals
5
4
3
2
Four sections
completed fully
Accurate
information on all
areas covered
Everything in a neat
orderly fashion
Three sections
completed fully
All but one section
has accurate
information
Almost everything
in order.
Two sections
completed fully
All but two sections
have accurate
information
Some organization I
shown.
Visuals for every
section. Shows
creativity
Visuals for all but
one section
Visuals for all but
two sections
One section
completed fully
More than tow areas
do not have accurate
information
Little to no
organization, little
effort
Missing visuals for
more than two
sections.
Podcast Rubric
5
4
Some information in
podcast is
inaccurate
Content
Accurate
information podcast
Voice
Voice is clearly
heard
Voice is difficult to
understand at times
Music
Music selection was
creative and at the
correct level
Music gets too loud
at times which
makes the voice
inaudible
3
Most information in
podcast is
inaccurate
Voice can not be
heard or understood
throughout the
recording
Music selection is
inappropriate and
too loud during the
entire recording
2
All Information in
podcast is
inaccurate.
Duration
Podcast is 3-5
minutes long
Podcast is shorter
than 3 minutes
Podcast is shorter
than 2 minutes
Podcast is shorter
than 1 minute
Effort
Student showed a
great deal of effort
to complete the
project.
Student could have
shown more effort
Little effort was
shown
No Effort was
shown
Use of Class Time
Class time was used
wisely
Student misused
some of the class
time in the
computer lab
Student misused
most of the class
time in the
computer lab
Student misused all
of the class time in
the computer lab
Newspaper:
/20
Podcast:
/30
Voice is missing.
Music is missing
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Total Project:
/50