Sara Barakat
SLM 521
Webquest

Introduction: Isn’t it amazing to look at pictures or paintings of ancient times? Everything seems make believe! It would be nice to travel back in time to see what history was like. As we conclude our unit on ancient civilizations, we will have fun learning about the specifics of three civilizations. Each group will use the following websites to complete the task to present in front of the class.

Task: Since we can’t travel back in time to an ancient civilization, we will take the time to make a fictional travel service. The class will split into groups with the topics of Byzantine Empire, Ancient Rome, Ancient Egypt, and Ancient China. Your assignment is to make a brochure displaying your group’s civilization containing:

1) Information from the websites about your civilization

2) Find appealing pictures for your brochure and don’t forget it may need to be small

3) Create a brochure that makes traveling back in time to an ancient civilization appealing. Include various facts such as different sites, customs, landscapes, types of people populating the civilization and anything else you find interesting. You have to choose ideas that are appealing because brochures aren’t big! If you want, offer a day-by-day guide for a tour.

4) Be prepared to present your brochure in class. Act like you are trying to get your classmates to take your travel service!

Resources:

Brochures:

http://www.bham.wednet.edu/technology/TechWeb/Desktop_Publishing/PblBrocHow.htm

http://www.digital-women.com/howto6a.htm

Byzantine Empire:

http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Byzantium/byz_1.html

http://www.kids.net.au/encyclopedia-wiki/by/Byzantine_Empire

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/byzantine/heraclius.htm

Ancient Rome:

http://www.crystalinks.com/rome.html

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/

Ancient Egypt:

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html

http://touregypt.net/wildegypt/

http://www.horus.ics.org.eg/en/History/History.aspx

Ancient China:

http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Chinalife.html

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/china/

http://www.gigglepotz.com/china.htm

Rubric:

	Unsatisfactory	Developing	Accomplished
Brochure	Doesn’t include sites, landscapes, people, customs, or pictures. No explanation	Includes some sites, landscapes, people, customs, or pictures. Not explained.	Includes all popular sites, landscapes, information about people/customs, and more than one pictures with explanations and appealing writing.
Websites	Uses only one website for project	Uses only two websites for project	Uses all three websites to their potential in the brochure.
Presentation	Short, just showing brochure/reading from brochure	Showing brochure with brief explanation of tour	Showing brochure with full explanation of the tour. Not reading directly from brochure and being enthusiastic/trying to sell trip to classmates.

Conclusion: This webquest activity is great for students to learn more information about civilizations. This brochure activity gives students a fun way to apply their new information. It is great for any grade level because it is easy to follow and accomplish the activities.