Introduction
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In order to understand our own culture and
society, it is often a good idea to explore the roots of our civilization
in ancient civilizations. Ancient Egypt is a good place to start that
exploration!
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Task
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Your task is to pick a topic on Ancient Egypt.
Then visit three of the websites below that contain information about your
topic and write down 10 important pieces of information you learned from
each of the three websites. You should have a minimum of 30 important pieces of
information when you have completed this task. Then, using the information
you located from the websites, you will prepare a brochure suitable for a
Portfolio Piece. (See the Guidelines for the Brochure below.)
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Resources
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Guidelines for the Brochure
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1. The brochure must be a two-sided, three-column brochure.
2. Your font may be no greater than 12 pnt. and margins should be 0.5
in.
3. The brochure must be a minimum of 90% writing. (Graphics, title,
headings may not exceed 10% of the brochure.)
4. All writing for the brochure must be your original words. You may
not copy & paste text into your brochure (except for citing your
Internet resources.)
5. The backside of the brochure must contain a textbox labeled
"References." The font for the text in this box is to be 8 pnt.
After creating the textbox, return to this webquest, click on whatever
Internet resources you used from the resources above (and any others that
you may have used.) Once you have located the website, click on the URL in
the address bar, right-click and choose copy, open up the brochure, and in
the textbox, right-click and choose paste. Repeat this process for each
Internet resource you used. In this box, you should also cite any other
resources you used in preparing the brochure.
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Evaluation
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The Holistic
Scoring Guide will be used to evaluate the content of your brochure.
This will count 70% of the overall score. The remaining 30% will be
determined by how well you have followed the Guidelines for the Brochure
listed above.
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Worksheet
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Click here to download
the student worksheet on Creating a Brochure.
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Conclusion
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Where did we get the ideas for our current form of government? Where
did many of our current agricultural practices originate? How about our
system of money, our mathematical principals, even our architectural
practices. Many of these practices originated in ancient civilizations. By
now having a better understanding of some of these ancient civilizations,
you will be better prepared to participate in and help form today's
society.
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