DESIGN YOUR OWN HISTORICAL MARKER



DESIGN YOUR OWN HISTORICAL MARKER!

HISTORICAL MARKERS ARE USED TO COMMEMORATE A PARTICULAR EVENT, PERSON/GROUP, OR PLACE. THEY USUALLY EXPLAIN WHO WAS INVOLVED, WHERE SOMETHING HAPPENED, WHEN AN EVENT TOOK PLACE, WHAT HAPPENED TO PEOPLE OR AT A PLACE, WHY SOMETHING OCCURRED, AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EVENT, PLACE, OR PERSON TO HISTORY.

(THINK ABOUT THE 5 W’s FROM YOUR VOCABULARY!)

HISTORICAL MARKERS ARE PLACED BY NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS.

YOU WILL DESIGN YOUR OWN HISTORICAL MARKER!

YOUR MARKER SHOULD DESCRIBE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF ONE OF THE TWO MAJOR PERSIAN EMPIRES

(ACHAEMENID OR PARTHIAN).

IT SHOULD COVER ALL OF THE INFORMATION ABOVE THAT APPLIES

BUT

MUST ALSO INCLUDE AT LEAST TWO EXAMPLES OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING:

POLITICAL ACHIEVEMENTS

SOCIAL ACHIEVEMENTS

ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

THAT ARE EXCLUSIVE TO THE EMPIRE YOU CHOOSE!

ALL WRITING ON YOUR HISTORICAL MARKER MUST BE IN INK—

BLUE OR BLACK INK ARE FINE,

BUT SHARPIES/MARKERS ARE ALSO ACCEPTABLE.

YOUR MARKER MUST BE IN FULL COLOR!

(BLACK AND WHITE DO NOT COUNT AS COLORS FOR THIS ACTIVITY….FULL COLOR REQUIRES THE USE OF AT LEAST FOUR DIFFERENT COLORS!)

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