Mesopotamia/Near East Power Point Projects
Sixth Grade Social Studies students will chose one group of ancient
people who lived in Mesopotamia and the Near East region and become experts on
their selected civilation. Working in teams of two, students will use
Internet resources to gather information about their chosen civilization
and create a PowerPoint presentation. Students will present the slideshow they
create to the class.
Choose one of the following civilization:
- Sumerians
- Assyrians
- Babylonians
- Israelites
- Phoenicians
- Persians
Include words and pictures on each slide. You may also include sounds
if you wish. Your presentation should have at least nine
slides, as follows:
1. Title page (include the names of your team members)
2. When did these people live?
3. Where did they live?
4. What were there lives like? What kind of jobs did they do?
5. Who did they worship, and how did they worship them?
6. What inventions can this civilization take credit for?
7. Who were their leaders?
8. Why did this civilization end?
9. List all the Internet resources you used. Include all sources of pictures
and maps, as well as facts. You will list your sources using MLA standards, as
described on the Purdue Online Writing Lab at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/09/.
Here are some links to get you started:
http://historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/welcome.htm
http://www.factmonster.com
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk
http://www.mrdowling.com/603mesopotamia.html
http://www.mrdonn.orgl/ancienthistory.html
http://www.learner.org/interactives/collapse/mesopotamia.html
http://www.historylink101.com/ancient_mesopotamia.htm
Your work will be marked on the following items:
Were you able to save your work in your directory at the end of class, and
retrieve it from your directory at the beginning of class?
Is everything spelled correctly?
Do you have at least nine slides?
Does every page have text and one picture?
Did you rewrite the information you found on the Internet to be in your own
words? Please do not cut and paste text from webpages!
Did you cite every resource you used, for both pictures and facts?
Did you answer the questions listed above in the presentation
description?
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