Final+Project


 * Course**: 7th Grade Ancient History

**Topic**: Ancient Rome- Alexander the Great

**Content Standards**:
 * 7.31 Describe the rise of Alexander the Great and the spread of Greek culture.

**Technology & Literacy Standards**: G6-8: 1.24 Create a multimedia presentation using various media as appropriate (e.g., audio, video, animations, etc.). G6-8: 3.9 Use a variety of telecommunication tools (e.g., e-mail, discussion groups, Web pages, blogs, Web conferences) to collaborate and communicate with peers, experts, and other audiences (at district’s discretion).

**Content Objective**: Students will be able to identify the strategies used by Alexander the Great to conquer and unite his empire. **Technology Objective**: Students will be able to use multimedia tools to collaborate with peers using Voicethread to summarize & discuss Alexander the Great and to use as a pre-writing activity. **Outcomes/Assessment**: Students will produce a persuasive essay explaining why or why not they believe Alexander the Great was a good leader.

**Activities/Strategies**:

__** //DAY 1:// **__
 * //Activity 1: Warm Up//: **
 * 1) ** Look at the Word Splah about Alexander the Great. [[file:alexander the great wordle.bmp]] **
 * 2) ** Write three predictions about why you think he was called "Great." **
 * 3) ** The class will then discuss some of the possibilities. **

**//Activity 2: Reading & Notetaking//**:
 * 1) ** With your partner read sections 30.2-30.3 in your History Alive! textbook. **
 * 2) ** Complete the following note organizer. [[file:Chapter 30.doc]] **
 * 3) List the importan events that happened in the first section in the right column.
 * 4) Answer the discussion questions in the left coloumn.
 * 5) Class discussion of the events and our thoughts in discussion.
 * 6) We will repeat these step for sections 30.4-30.9.

Homework: Complete a key term sheet for the words for this chapter: empire, ally, appoint.

__** //DAY 2:// **__ media type="custom" key="8822826"
 * //Activity 1: Warm Up// **
 * 1) ** //Frame: This video is from the History Channel. It summarizes its content by stating, "//In this Decisive Battles video, discover how both Alexander the Great and Darius III had the ambition to rule the known world; therefore, on the 1st of October in 331 B.C., a war was fought where the winner would take all." **
 * 2) **// Focus: While watching this video look for reasons why Alexander had ambition to conquer more land. //**
 * 3) **// Follow Up: After the video, we will discuss what we saw and discovered about Alexander the Great. //**

media type="custom" key="8823238" Homwork: Write the five paragraph essay based on your notes and prewriting.
 * // Activity 2: Voicethread //**
 * 1) Log onto Voicethread to make comments and discuss the strategies Alexander the Great used to follow his ambitions.
 * 2) On slides 1-4 make one comment on how Alexander used this strategy and one comment with your opinion/thoughts on this strategy. Is is a good idea? bad idea? Did it work well or not?
 * 3) On slide 5 comment on how good of a leader you think Alexander was. Make sure to support your answer with evidence!
 * // Activity 3: Closure //**
 * 1) Read through the directions for the writing assignment. Any questions?
 * 2) Complete the prewriting organizer. [[file:alexander the great.doc]]