Ancient Egypt Project- Grade 7

Unit: Ancient Egypt

Project: Choose a topic from the ones provided or think of one on your own that will further our understanding of Ancient
Egypt’s civilization. Your project can be a poster board, a model, a video, power point, essay, etc, but must also include a 1.5-2
(minimum)page write up (double spaced) discussing what you learned about your topic. (if you choose to do an essay, write
up must be at least 4 pages).

Learning Outcomes/Curricular Competencies:

-Ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze ideas; and communicate findings and decisions.
-Assess the significance of people, places, events, or developments at particular times and
places (significance)
-Determine which causes most influenced particular decisions, actions, or events, and assess their short- and
long-term consequences
-Explain different perspectives on past or present people, places, issues, or events, and compare the values,
worldviews, and beliefs of human cultures and societies in different times and places

Extending Applying Developing Beginning

 CITING
 Found at least two quality
sources of information from
expert sources and used
them well to convey points.
 Cited properly throughout
and in bibliography
 Has evidence of research and
has clear, articulated ideas
 VISUALS/MEDIUM
 Elaborate, creative, great use
of materials
 Relevant to topic and able to
convey relevance in an
expert way
 Approved by Ms Lee
 FINDINGS
 Shows expert knowledge of
the topic, with facts and
ideas clearly stated.
 Terms and concepts are used
properly to show
understanding.
 COMMUNICATION
 Thoughts are presented
effectively and elaborated on
in write up
 Does a minimum of 3-5
 CITING
 Found two sources of
information, but may not be
from expert sources.
 Evidence of research is clear,
but may be missing some
details.
 Cited in bibliography, but not
throughout
 VISUALS/MEDIUM
 Relevant to topic and can
explain why
 Creative, neat, and good use
of materials
 Approved
 FINDINGS
 Demonstrates knowledge of
topic, but contains some
small errors or confusion.
 COMMUNICATION
 Findings are well presented ,
and somewhat easy to
follow.
 Meets 3-5 paragraph
 CITING
 Found two sources of
information, but does not
convey points well. Sources
lack detail or relevance
 Evidence of research is
present, but isn’t always
explained
 Citing errors
 VISUALS/MEDIUM
 Shows relevancy to topic, but
may be reaching or hard to
follow
 Creative, but may be messy
or disorganized
 Approved
 FINDINGS
 Knowledge is demonstrated,
but either lacks detail or
contains inaccuracies.
 Terms and concepts used,
but not fully explained
 COMMUNICATION
 Findings are presented, but
show some lack of planning
and preparation. Ideas are
scattered.
 Does the minimum 3
 CITING
 Some evidence shown, but
lacks sources.
 Research is not clear and
little evidence of student’s
thinking/work is shown.
 Attempts at citing not shown
 VISUALS/MEDIUM
 Fails to show relevancy to
topic
 Messy and disorganized
 Did not get approved or did
not follow through on what
was approved
 FINDINGS
 Knowledge is not developed
or shown in any details.
 COMMUNICATION
 Findings are not
communicated well. Little
evidence of understanding.
 Does not meet minimum

1
 paragraphs for write up
 Ended presentation with two
engaging/informative
questions with answers for
test.
 Rare grammatical errors
requirement paragraphs requirement
 Ended presentation with 2  Ended presentation with one
relevant questions with or two questions, but may be
answers for test off topic, or not helpful to
 Few grammatical errors our learning
 More than a few grammatical
errors
paragraph requirements
 Did not end with or offer up
questions for the unit test.
 Does not flow and grammar
issues makes it hard to
follow.

PRESENTATION: Describe your topic and how it relates to the medium you used. Loud, confident voice.
Easy to follow by using a powerpoint. Informative. MUST END WITH 2 QUESTIONS FROM YOUR TOPIC
(WITH ANSWERS) THAT COULD BE USED FOR YOUR UNIT TEST.