Collegiate seminar

Dunia Tomé

SOCIAL STUDIES 7TH

PROJECT GUIDELINES FOR EACH OF THE MONUMENTS ASSIGNED, YOU SHOULD FIND THE PICTURES THAT BEST DESCRIBE EACH ONE AND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

1. Location, where at the archaeological park.

2. When it was found 3. Date of construction/ when was it made 4. Who had it built, name of king 5. What materials is it made of, and size.

6. Describe historical importance of the monument, what information reveals, and what do we learn from it?  Ball Game: Rules of the game, purpose, number of players, describe uniform, when did they play; describe the ball (material, size and weight.  Ball Court: how many in Copan, what is it made of, size, describe each feature on the court, did every Mayan city have a ball court? 

Bibliography MLA form.

These are your topics: 1. Acropolis or Gran Plaza 2. Altar Q 3. Ball Court 4. Ball Game 5. Rosalila Temple 6. Stairway 7. Stela A 8. Stela B and C 9. Stela D 10. Stela F 11. Stela H

OPTIONS TO PRESENT FINAL PROJECT Links to the sites and tutorials for each on google site.

Glogster and Thinglink Category

4

3

2

1

Required elements

The glog includes all the required elements from the checklist and some beyond

The glog is missing one of the required elements from the checklist

The glog is missing two required elements from the checklist

The glog is missing three or more required elements from the checklist

Use of media

Student has incorporated at least one video, sound effect, text box, and pictures related to their topic.

Student has not incorporated one of the following: Video, sound effect, text box, and pictures.

Student has not incorporated 2 of the following: video, sound effect, text box, and pictures.

Student has not incorporated more than 3 of the media options into their poster.

Attractiveness

Poster is unique and attractive while representing the student’s original thoughts and creativity.

Poster shows some creativity and is visually appealing.

Poster is rather plain and shows little to no creativity on behalf of the student.

Poster expresses no creativity and/or original thought on behalf of the student

Color choices

Colors of background, fonts, do not take away from the content.

Colors of background, and /or fonts make it a little difficult to read.

Colors of background, and/or fonts make it difficult to read.

Colors of background, and/or fonts were not considered when designing poster.

On task behavior

The student stayed on task throughout all of work station time.

The student stayed on task throughout most of the work station time but needed a reminder to attend to work.

The student stayed on task throughout most of the work station time but needed more than one reminder to attend to work.

The student had difficulty staying on task and needed routine teacher direction to return to work

RUBRIC FOR AURASMA

Category

4

3

2

1

Audio Recording was of High Quality and Loud Enough to be Heard Clearly. No or few mistakes.

The project contains excellent high-quality audio recording that can be clearly heard and understood.

The project contains good quality audio recording that can be clearly heard and understood.

There are a few mistakes and practice is evident.

The project contains fair quality audio recording that could be improved with additional effort. It is evident the review needed to be practiced more prior to recording.

The project contains poor quality audio recording that need a significant amount of additional effort.

There are many mistakes

Project Demonstrates an Understanding of the Aurasma App and How to Use it to Create an Engaging tool for learning.

The images and video used in the project demonstrate excellent ability using Aurasma to create an Aura.

The images and video used in the project demonstrate good ability using Aurasma to create a decent Aura.

The images and video used in the project demonstrate average ability using Aurasma.

Final Aura clearly needed more effort

The images and video used in the project demonstrate poor ability in using Aurasma. Project may need to be redone.

Required elements

It includes all the required elements from the checklist and some beyond.

It’s missing one of the required elements from the checklist.

It’s missing two required elements from the checklist.

It’s missing three or more required elements from the checklist.

On task behavior

The student stayed on task throughout all of work station time.

The student stayed on task throughout most of the work station time but needed a reminder to attend to work.

The student stayed on task throughout most of the work station time but needed more than one reminder to attend to work.

The student had difficulty staying on task and needed routine teacher direction to return to work.

Voki Rubric/ Social Studies Project

Activity

Exemplary

Proficient

Partially Proficient

Incomplete

Voki Script

4 points

3 points

2 points

1 point 0 points

Voki script is complete with all requirements.

Voki script is complete, but a few requirements are missing.

Voki script has several missing requirements.

Voki script is incomplete or was never turned in.

4 points

3 points

2 points

1 point 0 points

Voki character is complete with a customized background, clothing accessories, and a name. High level of creativity.

Voki character is mostly complete, but shows some lack of creativity.

Voki character is mostly complete, but lacks creativity.

Voki character is incomplete or was not created. Little or no creativity shown.

4 points

3 points

2 points

1 point 0 points

Student voice was recorded successfully.

Excellent sound quality.

Student voice was recorded successfully.

Sound quality may be lacking some clarity.

Student voice was recorded successfully.

Sound quality may be lacking some clarity.

Student voice was not recorded or is very difficult to understand.

4 points

3 points

2 points

1 point 0 points

The student stayed on task throughout all of work station time.

The student stayed on task throughout most of the work station

The student stayed on task throughout most of the work station

time but needed a reminder to attend to work

time but needed more than one reminder to attend to work

The student had difficulty staying on task and needed routine teacher direction to return to work.

Voki Character

Sound/Voice Quality

On task behavior

Social Studies Class

7th grade ______

Name: ____________________________

THE MAYA

Date: _______________

Mayan Agriculture 1. What were two agriculture methods used by the Maya? _________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 2. Name 3 crops the Maya planted and how these were used. _________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Mayan Religion 3. What did the Maya believe of Earth? _________________________________________________________ 4. What was the name of the sun god? ______________________ 5. What is so interesting about Ix Chel god? _____________________________________________________________ 6. According to the Maya, humans were made from _________ Mayan Cities 7. Where is Tikal located? _________________________ 8. What’s so interesting about Tikal? _________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 9. What are two of the most important pieces found at Copan? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________ 10. How big is Copan? ______________________