Free Choice Ancient History Project
Important Dates:
Pick a 10 possible topics you would like and submit them to Mrs. Lofland
□ Monday, October 2 Research and Writing Days: □ October 11, 12, 13, & 16* Paper’s submitted via UtahCompose.com □ Monday, November 6 Visual Element Presentation Days □ Thursday & Friday, November 16 -17 PROJECT GRADING RUBIC
Research (100 points)
□ Four completed research note cards (25 points each) □ Four different sources
Visual Element (100 points) □ Model, Diorama, Poster, PowerPoint, or Prezi. □ Based on research. □ Well constructed. □ Obvious time was spent to create. Paper (100 points) □ Used Graphic Organizer □ Correctly formatted for an information history essay. □ Relatively free of errors. □ Work Cited Page with at least 4 sources in MLA format □ Correct length based on visual element type.
□ Paper’s submitted via UtahCompose.com Presentation (50 Points) □ Stand up in front of the class and present your visual project. |
Instructions:
1. RESEARCH:
2. PAPER:
3. VISUAL ELEMENT :
Build something related to your topic. □ Fantastic Poster (5 paragraph paper) □ PowerPoint or Prezi (5 paragraph paper) You would need to jazz it up with sound, motion, and other fun stuff. □ OTHER??? Have a different idea? Come talk to me! 4. PRESENT:
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Possible Topics – if you want something else talk to me! Any part of the world pre-1400’s
Early People
· Early Hominids · Cro-Magnons · Neolithic Age - Beginning of Agriculture · Neanderthal Mesopotamia · Inventions of the Ancient Mesopotamians · Weapons of an Ancient Mesopotamians · Cuneiform · Mesopotamian Religion & Ziggurats · Sumerian Civilization · Akkadian Civilization · The Kingdom of Ebla · Old Babylon Civilization · Hammurabi and the laws · Assyrians · Sammuramat -Assyrian Queen (History or Myth?) · New Babylonian Civilization · Babylonian Captivity · Phoenician Civilization · Origins of the Western Alphabet Egypt · Weapons of an Ancient Egyptians · Egyptian Religion · Egyptian Mummification · Hieroglyphics · Menes or Narmer – Unified Egypt · Djoser and the Step Pyramid · Khofu & Great Pyramid at Giza · Snefru’s Pyramids · Akhenaten · Tutankhamen · Ramses the Great · Hatshepsut · Thutmose III · The Valley of the Dead · Alexandra, Egypt (ancient city) · Hero of Alexandria · Cleopatra · Rosetta Stone · Nubian Kingdom India · Indus River Valley Civilization · Early Hinduism · the Upanishads · The Rigveda Veda · Jainism & Mahavira · Ancient Indian Caste System · Buddhism · Siddhartha Gautama – the Buddha · Maurya Dynasty · Chandragupta Mauryan · Asoka · Gupta Empire · Khmer Empire with Angkor |
China
· Inventions of the Ancient Chinese · Weapons of an Ancient Chinese · Oracle Bones · Silk Road · Shang Dynasty · Zhou Dynasty · Qin or Ch’in Dynasty · Qin Shi Huang Di · The Great Wall of China · Tomb of the 1st Qin Emperor · Terracotta Warriors · Han Dynasty · Emperor Wudi or Wu Ti · Ming Dynast · Confucius · Mongol Empire · Genghis Khan · Kublai Khan · Attila the Hun Japan · Ancient Japan – Pre-1400’s · Japanese Religion – Shinto · Jomon and Yayoi – Early Japanese cultures · The Yamato State · Early Japanese Buddhism · Japanese Heian period · Japanese Tombs – Kofun · Japanese Prince Shōtoku · Lady Shikibu Murasaki · Kamakura Period · Minamoto no Yoritomo · Nichiren – Buddhist Leader · Ashikaga Shogunate · Genpei War · Early Samurai Mesoamerican · Olmecs · Nazca · Chimú · Maya · Zapotec · Toltecs · The City of Teotihuacan Persian · Weapons of Ancient Persians · Persian Empire · Cyrus the Great · Darius I · The First Persian War · Xerxes · Ester – Persian Queen · The Second Persian War · Artemisia (female Persian navy commander) · The Immortals & Persian Army · Darius III · Zoroastrianism – Persian Religion · Persepolis · Susa |
Greek
· Inventions of the Ancient Greeks · Weapons of an Ancient Greeks · Minoan Civilization · Palace of Knossos · Mycenaean Civilization · Trojan War (real history or myth?) · Homer · 1st Olympics · Greek-City State - Athens · Acropolis · Parthenon · Aristotle - philosopher · Socrates - philosopher · Plato - philosopher · Pythagoras - philosopher · Greek-City State - Sparta · Spartan Woman · Spartan Warriors · Triremes and other early boats · Leonidas · Themistocles · Battle of Marathon (Athens vs Persia) · Battle of Thermopylae (Sparta vs Persia) · Battle of Salamis (Athens vs Persia) · Thucydides –True father of history? · Herodotus – Historian · Peloponnesian War · Pericles · Alexandra the Great · Archimedes · Battle of Gaugamela (Alexander vs Persia) · Ptolemy · Ancient Greek Dramas · Ancient Greek Tragedies · Ancient Greek Theatres · Plutarch – Greek, Roman Historian · Classical Greek Art · Classical Greek Religion |
Roman
· Weapons of an Ancient Romans · Inventions of the Ancient Romans · The city of Rome · Carthage Civilization · Punic Wars (Carthage vs Rome) · Hannibal (Carthaginian General) · The Gracchus Brothers · Gaius Marius – Dictator · Roman Legions or Army · Lucius Cornelius Sulla- Dictator · Marcus Licinius Crassus · Spartacus · Roman Gladiators · General Pompey · Julius Caesar · Vercingetorix (leader of the Gauls against Julius Caesar) · Battle of Alesia (Rome vs Gaul) · Battle of Pharsalus (Julius Caesar vs Pompey) · Mark Antony · Battle of Actium (Octavian vs Antony) · Marcus Tullius Cicero - philosopher, politician, orator · Augustus (Octavian) 1st Roman Emperor · Agrippina the Younger · Livia Drusilla · Emperor Cladius · Emperor Nero · Emperor Vespasian · Pompeii · Herculaneum · Pliny the Elder and Younger · Emperor Hadrian · Emperor Trajan · Emperor Marcus Aurelius · Emperor Commodus · Emperor Diocletian · Constantine the Great · St. Augustine · The Roman Forum · Roman amphitheaters · Roman Villa · Roman roads · Pantheon Building in Rome · Coliseum or Colosseum · Aqueducts · Roman Baths Europe (Pre-1400s) · Byzantine Empire · Byzantine Emperor Justinian · Stonehenge · Ancient Celts · Boudica - Celtic War Queen · Viking Warfare · Viking Society · Viking Religion (historical not just myths) · Rollo the Viking · Alaric the Visigoth · Medieval Castle life · Bayeux Tapestry · Norman Conquest of 1066 · William the Conqueror · Charlemagne · El Cid · Empress Matilda · Thomas Aquinas · Henry II of England · Thomas Becket · Eleanor of Aquitaine · Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor · Richard I – the Lionhearted · Salidan · The 1st Crusade · St. Francis of Assisi · Magna Carta · The 3rd Crusades · William Wallace · Geoffrey Chaucer · Origins of Islam · Muhammad |