Project on Ancient Greece

Step 1 Think of what topic you want to do the project on
Step 2 Find information on your topic and record where the information came from and what you found
Step 3 Modify your topic to reflect the facts you were able to find (For example, my topic may have started out as being about Athens but after my research I may slightly alter my topic to be about the Parthenon, the famous building that looks down upon Athens.)
Step 4 Break your topic into logical categories. For example, my project about the Parthenon may have categories such as 1. How it was built  2. Why it was built 3. Famous events through history that occurred at the building, including the present day robbery by the British Museum (though the British Museum has another point of view).

Some possible project topics

Architecture
Theater
Olympic Games
Children
Food
Festivals
Gods/Goddesses
Role of Women
Houses
Ships
Temples/Oracles
Inventions
Medicine
Burial Practices
The Parthenon
Alphabet
Aesop
Art
Minoans
Weapons/Army
Troy
Golden Age of Athens
Clothing/Fashion
Travel/Trade
Famous Philosophers/Scholars
Science
Pottery

The project should have at least 20 facts and be done on your own.

Step 1-Choose a Topic
Step 2-Do some research
Step 3-Blog your SPECIFIC project below. Only 1 project on one topic
Step 4-Record your facts, at least 20 facts, and SOURCES. You must do the heavy lifting and study your facts and understand what you have put down. The teacher provided links at the top of the page are a good source for facts.
Step 5-Organize your facts into  categories around one Topic.  (an example: Topic-Athens, Categories-Location and size, Role in Ancient Greece, Contributions like democracy and philosophy.) Some facts probably won't fit into your categories, so be prepared to throw some facts out at this point.
Step 5-Present your information onto kidblog in a slideshow. The presentation should include your categories, graphics, and SOURCES.

We will come up with a rubric in class

Check List
-Your 20 facts (the minimum, not the maximum)
-Facts organized into categories (about 3 categories?)
-Your Sources
-Your Presentation, include pictures!

Your Myth

In your groups, you will be choosing a myth to make into a movie trailer. See previous blog posting on choosing story.  Use the imovie trailer on the desktop computers. Be creative. Post your finished project on kidblog.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Today in the United States they celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Fifty years ago this March King was involved in a march in Selma to bring attention to voter rights, which was a movie playing in local theatres. One of the participants, John, Lewis, who had his skull crushed, was accused by Trump a few days ago as being all talk, no action.

Read here an overview of the march, why they marched happened, what happened during the march, and the consequences from the march.

Read here a news report from 52 years ago describing what happen at the march.

Read here reflections 52 years later of the march from Mrs Robinson, who was left for dead. The advice of the police sheriff was to leave the bodies “for the buzzards to eat.”  At the bottom of this link is a movie trailer of Selma.






Here is a popular song about the event.

1. In the song above, one of the passages is "saw the face of Jim Crow under a bald eagle." What is meant by that?

2. Another passage from the song is "The biggest weapon is to stay peaceful." What is meant by that? What is your point of view of that approach?

3. In the news report, what comparison is made between the WW2 German troops and the Alabama State Troopers?

4. Why would the Blacks want the vote?

5. Why would the local authorities be resisting Blacks voting?

6. Why would the state troopers' treatment of Mrs Robinson eventually advance the cause of voter rights?

7. Much of the reporting of what happened at the event is by interviews, with few pictures. Why would the local authorities restrict the movement of the journalists and the people with cameras and hamper their ability to give a first hand account of what happened?

8. At the time of this march, as in much of the U.S. history, America was active in promoting freedom and justice in other parts of the world. Linking back to question 1, how would the events at Selma embarrass the United States in promoting justice and freedom?

9. Reading the news reports, people commented that the racist policies that existed in Selma were accepted because that was how things were. People were raised with those racist practices and few thought to question them till the Civil Rights Movement. Looking around at our society, what unjust practices do you see in Canada?

To do list

Things to get accomplished
-Acting with character.
-Finish this assignment 
-Do the readings and answer these questions
-Complete this assignment

Timelines

Using Timeline 3D, start a timeline, include the dates below. Be sure to use a link(or text to describe the date), and picture for each date you add. The dates should already be in your notes, and they can also be found in the links provided by the teacher.


-The oldest  homo sapiens remains dates back to . . .
-Mt. Toba happened . . .
-The Great Leap forward occurred . . .
-The last Ice Age started, ended, was coldest (3 separate dates) . . .
-Agrarian Societies started . . .
-People started to farm in Egypt (settlers)
-Hieroglyphics first appeared . . .
-Great Pyramid of Giza built . . .
-Alexaner the Great conquered Egypt
-Cleopartra, who many considered the last pharaoh, died . . . 

Ancient Egyptian Project

The agreed upon rubric is in the handout box. We decided that presentations weren't due till Wednesday. 

Why did Steve Martin danced that way?

Be prepared to explain the unusual style that ancient Egypt artwork depicted people. More information here