Egypt Research Project

 

   You will be doing the following: make a poster (at least 18 x 24 inches long) and put on an oral presentation for the class. You may have a small model or perform a demonstration as part of the presentation. All presentations should be 3-4 minutes long. You should be prepared to present on your own. You should not read from the poster, but use it as a guide for your presentation. Include a complete bibliography in correct form on your poster. **Printed pictures should be no larger than 4 x 4 inches in size. You may photocopy pictures from books.

 

**At the top of the page, put your name in hieroglyphs. You can print your name at this site: http://www.guardians.net/egypt/hieroglyphs/hiero-translator.htm  . Write your real name beneath the hieroglyphs.

 

 

** The topics are:

Rulers and government

Religion and gods

How the pyramids were built

Food and farming

Hieroglyphics, schools and education

Science & medicine

Mummies and death customs

Family life and houses

Fashions, clothes and jewelry

Music, song and dance

Travel (land and water) and trade

Armies and weapons

Tools and craftsmen

Sports and games

 

Sources of information:

 

Ancient Egypthttp://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html

Daily life in ancient civilizations—Egypt

http://egypt.mrdonn.org/index.html

Life of Ancient Egypthttp://www.sis.gov.eg/En/History/

Odyssey on-line http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EGYPT/homepg.html

Egypt fun guide http://www.seaworld.org/fun%2Dzone/fun%2Dguides/egypt/index.htm

Virtual Egypt http://www.virtual-egypt.com/

Enchantment of ancient Egypthttp://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215618/

Guardian's Egypt http://www.guardians.net/egypt/

Mark Millmore’s ancient Egypt http://www.discoveringegypt.com/

Ancient Egypt site http://www.ancient-egypt.org/

Ancient Egyptian virtual temple http://showcase.netins.net/web/ankh/

Life in ancient Egypt http://carnegiemnh.org/exhibitions/egypt/orientation.htm

 

Use the index and table of contents in the Egypt library books to locate specific information.

Check in the reference set Ancient civilizations

World Book online

Encyclopedia Britannica online (in Badgerlink or Favorites)

 

Grading will be based on:

**Completeness--have as many facts as possible (double credit)

**Neatness, spelling and grammar (no credit if info is copied)

**Creativity and design (the facts are much more important than the pictures!!)

**Written/created in own words/form

**A well-prepared oral presentation that is done without reading from your papers

**Complete bibliography in correct form

 

 

 

 

 

Egypt

Dyreson Teacher: Roenneburg/Dyreson

Date : ___________________ Title of Work: ___________________

Criteria Points                                                   Completeness of information-report DOUBLE POINTS I am missing a lot of information (0 points) I am missing about half of my information (2 points) I am missing a few things (4 pts) My information is complete (6 points) ____ Creativity and design I didn't try very hard to be creative and my design was poor (0 points) I tried just a little to be creative and my design could have been improved a lot (1 point) I was kind of creative and had a fairly good design (2 points) I was really creative and had an excellent design (3 points) ____  Neatness, Spelling and grammar—no credit if work is copied My work is real messy and there are lots of mistakes.(0 points) My work is kind of messy and there are a number of mistakes. (1 point) My work is pretty neat and there are a few mistakes. (2 points) My work is neat and there are no spelling or grammar mistakes.(3 points) ____ Written/created in your own words I copied everything.(0 points) I only changed a few words, so it is mostly copied. (1 point) I tried to write in my own words, but there are a few parts I could have improved(2 points). I wrote it all in my own words.(3 points) ____ Bibliography I don't have a bibliography (0 points) I have a bibliography but it is not complete or has lots of mistakes.(1 point) I have a bibliography but there are a couple of mistakes.(2 points) I have a complete bibliography with no mistakes.(3 points) ____ Well-prepared presentation I mostly read from my poster and/or had too short a presentation (0 points) I read partly from my poster or had too short a presentation (1 point) I read a little from my poster and had some times when I hesitated(2 points) I talked on my own, was well-prepared, and organized (3 points)             Total----> ____

Teacher Comments: Grades: 21—A, 20—A-, 19—B+, 18—B-, 17—C+, 16—C-, 16—D+, 15—D. 14 or below—F, do over Late projects will lose one whole grade for 1-2 days late, 2 grades for more that 2 days late.

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