I&S - Ancient Greece Summative Assessment

Description

During our study of Ancient Greece, you will research a specific topic, complete a research

Organizer (action plan), and create a Google slides presentation. Each research project must have a minimum of 3 sources from which you have found information. You will have a maximum of five minutes to present your Google slide presentation to the class.

Requirements

Each presentation must have a minimum of 7 slides and a maximum of 12 slides. The first slide must be a Title slide with the title of your project, your name, your class, and the month and year in which you completed the project. The second slide must be your research question and your reasons as to why you chose that question. At least 4 of the next slides must present key ideas from your research. You must incorporate at least 3 graphics or photographs into the presentation. The last slide must be a bibliography of the sources you used for your presentation. All information must be properly cited using the Harvard method.

On the day of presentation, you are also required to hand in your action plan or storyboard. This will also need to be shown to your teacher in advance of beginning your slideshow (more details will be given in class).

Possible Research Topics (If you do not like any of these, see me. We’ll work something out.)

Greek city-states
Greek military history/technology
Daily life in Ancient Greece
Slavery in Greece
Greek trade & economics
Greek philosophers
Greek mythology (gods & goddesses, methods of worship, temples, etc.)
Science & technology of Ancient Greece
Political leaders of Ancient Greece (Draco, Solon, Cleisthenes, Pericles, etc.)
Alexander the Great & Hellenistic Greece
Persian Wars
Peloponnesian Wars
Legacy of Ancient Greece
Greek literature - Homer’s Iliad and/or The Odyssey

Criteria	Level
	1-2	3-4	5-6	7-8	Grade Feedback (presentation)
A - Knowledge and Understanding	ii Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors. Subject knowledge appears to be limited.	ii Includes essential information about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be ok.	ii Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good.	ii Covers topic in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent.
B - Investigating	i Write a research question that is not open ended and/or not relevant to the learning task. Gives no reasons why this question was chosen.	i Writes a research question that is somewhat relevant to the learning task. Gives a basic reason why this question was chosen.	i Writes an appropriate research question. It is open ended and relevant to the learning task. Describes why this question was chosen.	i Writes a clear and well thought out research question. It is open ended and relevant to the learning task. Explains why this question was chosen.
	ii Identifies few points of research required to finish the task and formulates a limited plan for the presentation.	ii Identifies some of the research required to finish the task and formulates a basic plan for the presentation.	ii Identifies the research required to finish the task and formulates an appropriately detailed plan for the presentation.	ii Identifies all the main points of research required to finish the task and formulates a clear and detailed plan for the presentation.
	iii Collects and records limited information, not always consistent with the research topic	iii Uses a research method(s) to collect and record mostly relevant information	iii Uses research method(s) to collect and record appropriate, relevant information	iii Uses research methods to collect and record appropriate, varied and relevant information
	iv With guidance, reflects on the research process and results, to a limited extent.	iv With guidance, reflects on the research process and results with some depth	iv Reflects on the research process and results	iv Thoroughly reflects on the research process and results.
C- Communicating	i Delivery not smooth and audience attention often lost.	i Delivery not smooth, but able to maintain interest of the audience most of the time.	i Rehearsed with fairly smooth delivery that holds audience attention most of the time.	i) Well rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds audience attention.
C- Communicating	ii There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts.	ii Content is logically organized in some parts.	ii Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize and is logically organized in most parts.	ii Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material. All information is logically organized.
	iii Very little or no source information was collected.	iii Source information collected for all facts, but not documented in desired format.	iii Source information collected for all facts. Most documented in desired format.	iii Source information collected for all facts. All documented in desired format.