Ancient History Is Everywhere Scavenger Hunt
You can earn extra credit points for history (or a cool prize), express your style, make history
connections, and teach what you’ve learned about history to others by participating in our
Ancient History Is Everywhere Scavenger Hunt!
Here’s how it works:
1) Visit various sites around town that showcase images from the ancient world that we’ve
studied this year.
2) Have your parent or escort take a picture of you at each site with the image in the picture.
3) Explain to your parent/escort the “story” of the image and its significance to the
civilization that it showcases. Use DETAILS based on what you’ve learned, discussed,
and/or read about this year. You will write about your conversations in your reflection.
4) Create a personal tour book. This tour book should be decorated. It should include your
pictures. For each picture you should include two captions: one below the picture and one
on the right side of the picture.
a. The caption below should include sentences that briefly state who is in the picture
(You MUST be in it to get credit!), the date you visited the location, the location
setting (actual address and name of the place), and what the image is. BE SURE
TO HAVE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION FOR EACH AND EVERY
PICTURE OR YOU WILL NOT GET THE FULL CREDIT! You may even
want to make a checklist for yourself…
b. The caption on the side of your picture should be your explanation of what the
image is a representation of from ancient history. Here is where you’ll tell the
story of the image. Include what civilization it is related to, how you can tell that
the image is related to the ancient history of that civilization, what leader or
person it depicts (if any) and how so, and why you think the image was used at
that particular site. Give your mature and intellectual assessment! Then add
details based on what is in your text or your own outside research. (You MUST
look in your textbook.) This caption should be a full paragraph or longer. (^.^)
BE SURE TO HAVE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION FOR EACH AND
EVERY PICTURE OR YOU WILL NOT GET THE FULL CREDIT! You
may even want to make a checklist for yourself…
c. Once you’ve visited a site and had a conversation, jot down some notes for
yourself about the conversation you had with your adult, your impression of the
object, and what you liked or disliked about the experience. Once all of your visits
are complete, you will compose a written reflection. In this reflective essay you
will introduce your project, discuss which location you enjoyed visiting the most
and why. Also discuss the conversations that you had that were most memorable.
What were you able to teach your adult? Lastly, what do you think the value is of
projects like this?
5) Turn your NEAT and beautiful tour book in for history extra credit points. It can be
turned in anytime before the last week of school. This year is must be in by _________.
6) If you and your parent/guardians decide to visit sites over the summer, you can instead do
the project for personal enrichment and a prize. Just do the project to the above
specifications and show it to me during the first two weeks of school this August for your
awesome prize! (^.^)
Your tour book should include a minimum of four (4) and maximum of seven (7) different
sites. Don’t do more than two (2) from any one civilization. I will award up to 15 bonus
points per site up to 105 bonus points maximum. YOU MUST FOLLOW THE
DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY AND HAVE NEAT WORK TO GET CREDIT! Do not
use notebook paper for projects. If you need plain paper, ask me or buy some… The 99
Cent Store has photo albums and scrapbooks for less than a dollar.
Here are some suggested sites, although you are welcome to find your own. Be creative in
your thinking… and be on the “look out” for modern objects that reflect a connection to our
ancient past. We’ve studied the civilizations and cultures of Early Man, Mesopotamia, Egypt,
Canaan, Nubia (Kush), India, Greece, China, and will get to the beginnings of Rome.
The Greek Amphitheater
The Hollywood Bowl
The Egyptian Theater
Mall at Hollywood & Highland
P.F. Chang’s restaurant (statues outside and inside)
Daphne’s restaurant
The Getty Villa (2 max from here)
LACMA (LA County Museum of Art-2 max from here) Natural History Museum
Little Ethiopia (various restautants-esp. Rahel’s Vegan, Messob, Rosalind’s or Nyala)
Various Indian restaurants have sculptures and statues
Statue at the Chase Bank on the corner of Sunset Blvd. and Vine (really cool and related to
Greek myth!)
If you go to Las Vegas on vacation, be sure to visit The Luxor, Caesar’s Palace, and The
Venetian.
Sample Page Format
The obelisk in the background is from the architecture of ancient
Egypt. Obelisks were used in ancient Egypt at monuments and
the tombs of pharaohs. We learned about them while studying
Pharaoh Hatshepsut of the Middle Kingdom. She happened to be
one of the few female pharaohs. One of the earliest obelisks still
in its original location today is at the tomb of Pharaoh Senusret,
another Egyptian ruler we studied. The fact that the obelisk is
here at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., shows us that the
builders of our nation’s capital respected the ideas and
technology of the ancient Egyptians, and they wanted to show
that our own independent and powerful society would be
influenced by both new and ancient principles and ideas.
This is a picture of my daughter, Khiamma and I
at the National Mall in Washington D.C., right
near the Lincoln Memorial in June of 2008. The
historical image is an obelisk.