Rationale

You will show your understanding of important people and events that occurred in Ancient Egypt
by creating a cartoon using the program Comic Life.
Task
Your Comic Life should include the following:
1. IMAGES: collect various pictures of your topic - be sure they are of good quality and are relevant
2. HISTORICAL CONTENT: each panel should contain relevant information about the topic - consider the
5Ws (who, what, when, where, why) and H (how)
3. DIALOGUE OR COMMENTARY: make sure that the dialogue or commentary (speech bubbles in the
comic) make reference to key terms, people or dates.
TOPIC LIST Choose one of these for your topic.
People
Menes
Tuthmosis III
Tutankhamun
Ramses II
Akenaton
Djoser
Hatshepsut
Imhotep
Khufu (Cheops)
Cleopatra
Abraham
Moses
Events
Nile
Trade
Role of Pharaoh
Daily Life
Social Structure
Role of Women
Skilled Trades
Education
Medicine
Agricultural Production
Old Kingdom
New Kingdom
Mummification
Spirit of the Dead: Ka, Ba, Akh
Events
Afterlife (gods, world of afterlife)
Judgment of the Dead
Book of the Dead
Gods and Goddesses
Hieroglyphics
Great Sphinx
Pyramids
Curses
Temples
Art (sculptures, paintings)
Exodus
10 Commandments
Temple of Jerusalem
Diaspora
Assessment Rubric: Ancient Egypt Comic Life
Criteria Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1
A. Research &
Content

Knowledge /
Understanding

- Exceptional
research /
content that is
detailed, critical
and contains all
required criteria
-solid research
that is has good
details and
contains most of
the required
criteria
- adequate
research that is
has some detail
and gives
preliminary
information
- research lacks
depth. Did not
extend past a
cursory level of
research.
B.
Communication
of Ideas

Communication
- A superb blend
of text, narration,
dialogue, images
and design that
intricately tells a
story and is
- A solid blend of
text, narration,
dialogue, images
and design that
clearly tells a
story and is well
- An adequate
blend of text,
narration,
dialogue, images
and design that
attempts to tells
- a poor blend of
text, narration,
dialogue, images
and design that
is unorganized
and fails to tells
exceptionally
organized and
logical
organized and
logical
a story and is
somewhat
organized and
logical
a story
D. Presentation
(panel)

Application
-panel is very
creative and
effectively
showcases the
topic and
relevance to
history
-panel is creative
and showcases
the topic and
relevance to
history
-panel is
somewhat
creative and
showcases the
topic and
relevance to
history
-panel lacks
creativity and
does not
properly
showcase the
topic and
relevance to
history


Project Timeline
*Create an Ancient Egypt folder on your H drive. Save all your photos, your research, and
your Comic Life comic in this folder. Save these directions in the folder.
1. Choose your topic from the list.
2. Open Microsoft Office Word. Type your name at the top. Type the name of your Ancient Egypt topic below it.
3. Click File Save As go to your H drive and save this in your Ancient Egypt folder.
SHOW YOUR ANCIENT EGYPT FOLDER TO MRS. MCD. IT SHOULD CONTAIN TWO THINGS YOUR WORD DOCUMENT
AND THESE DIRECTIONS. DO THIS BEFORE PROCEEDING TO STEP 4.
4. Research your topic and record your information in your Word document. Do not use Google; use this custom Ancient
Egypt search engine:
Go to the BJHS website, click on media center on the right side, then click on Ancient Egypt under Research Websites.
Type your search term(s) in the window.
When you have finished your research, EMAIL YOUR MICROSOFT WORD DOCUMENT TO MRS. COOK. AFTER CHECKING
YOUR RESEARCH, SHE WILL GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO GO TO STEP 5.
5. Go through your research notes and decide what photos or images would work best with your information. Search
for these images online and save them to your Ancient Egypt folder on your H Drive.
6. Now you are ready to start your Comic Life comic about your topic. Save the comic as you work on it to your Ancient
Egypt folder. Mrs. McD will check your work occasionally for spelling and content.
7. When you think you have finished your comic, show it to Mrs. McD. She will approve your final comic and you can
share it with Mrs. Cook and your classmates.