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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 |Create at least two comics that provide information | |

|Greeks: |about different aspects of Ancient Greece. Some ideas|Role: God or Goddess |

|Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, Sophocles, Euripides, |could be Government, Women’s Rights, or relationships |Audience: Zeus |

|Herodotus, Xenophon, Thucydides…or any other famous |between people in different city-states |Format: Persuasive Letter |

|Greek you could find on your own. | |Topic: Persuade Zeus to give you a new power that will|

| | |help you do your job better. |

|Sports |PODCAST |Science |

| | | |

|Create an Olympic event. |Create ONE (3-5 minute) podcasts as a famous ancient |Choose two Greek scientists and explain how their |

|Why should it be an Olympic event? |Greek. |accomplishment is seen in today’s culture. |

|OR… |Be sure to include these two major parts. |Hippocrates, Ptolemy, Pythagoras, Euclid, Aristarchus,|

|What is a marathon? Why should it be an Olympic event?|Part 1: autobiography of the person. |or any other Greek scientists. |

| |Part 2: your achievements or contributions to society.| |

|Tabloids |The Arts |Classified |

| | | |

|Write two tabloids on any two famous ancient Greeks. |Choose two of the following topics from Ancient Greece|Create at least four ads that deal with Ancient Greek |

|Some examples of these far out stories would be… |to discuss in one paragraph. |items to sell, jobs, or places to rent or buy. |

|“Hercules on Steroids” or “Aphrodite has a Facelift” |Art, Architecture, Clothing, Food, Inventions, | |

|Be Creative!! |Philosophy. | |

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: |You may choose to do any ONE of these bonus sections for 5 extra points. You must be creative and figure these out on |

|Crossword Puzzle |your own. |

|Word Search | |

|Wedding Announcement | |

|Birth Announcement | |

|Where’s Alexander? | |

How will you be graded?

Newspaper Rubric

| |5 |4 |3 |2 |

|Sections |Four sections completed fully |Three sections completed fully |Two sections completed fully |One section completed fully |

|Content |Accurate information on all |All but one section has accurate|All but two sections have |More than tow areas do not have |

| |areas covered |information |accurate information |accurate information |

|Organization |Everything in a neat orderly |Almost everything in order. |Some organization I shown. |Little to no organization, |

| |fashion | | |little effort |

|Visuals |Visuals for every section. Shows|Visuals for all but one section |Visuals for all but two sections|Missing visuals for more than |

| |creativity | | |two sections. |

Podcast Rubric

| |5 |4 |3 |2 |

|Content |Accurate information podcast |Some information in podcast is |Most information in podcast is |All Information in podcast is |

| | |inaccurate |inaccurate |inaccurate. |

|Voice |Voice is clearly heard |Voice is difficult to understand|Voice can not be heard or |Voice is missing. |

| | |at times |understood throughout the | |

| | | |recording | |

|Music |Music selection was creative and|Music gets too loud at times |Music selection is inappropriate|Music is missing |

| |at the correct level |which makes the voice inaudible |and too loud during the entire | |

| | | |recording | |

|Duration | |Podcast is shorter than 3 |Podcast is shorter than 2 |Podcast is shorter than 1 minute|

| |Podcast is 3-5 minutes long |minutes |minutes | |

|Effort |Student showed a great deal of |Student could have shown more |Little effort was shown |No Effort was shown |

| |effort to complete the project. |effort | | |

|Use of Class Time |Class time was used wisely |Student misused some of the |Student misused most of the |Student misused all of the class|

| | |class time in the computer lab |class time in the computer lab |time in the computer lab |

Newspaper: /20

Podcast: /30

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Total Project: /50

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