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Learners will create a travel journal or log of a real or imagined historical figure from a period, region, and culture studied during this course to assess students’ ability to describe the cultural significance of and finite era of Western Civilizations.
Students will create a travel journal about a real or imagined historical figure's travels around one of the cultures or societies studied in the course and write about the sites and events visited. The journal must be presented in a publicly accessible digital format such as a website, blog, or storyboard.
Important: Travel Logs created using Word or PowerPoint will not be accepted for grading. See media options below.
1. Students must submit a 150-200
word project proposal in the first third of the course
(see schedule)
2. Students must submit an annotated
bibliography in the last third of the course (see
schedule)
Final submission
3. Students must use at least 10 sources
(5 primary, 5 secondary) to research how the sites were
used by the societies, what events took place at these
locations, and the significance of these events and monuments
for the culture visited.
5. Students must choose a minimum of 5 sites and/or events from a single culture or society.
6. Descriptions of the 5 sites or events must be 300-400 words for each site or event presented. The descriptions should accurately demonstrate the cultural achievements and significance of the society studied and presented.
- Use photos of the site or an event to help illustrate your narrative
- The narrator/character must introduce him/her self at the beginning of the Travel log.
7. The Travel narrative with with
accompanying images (properly labeled and cited) must be
presented on a publicly accessible digital platform of their
choice such as:
-Each site/event
must be on a separate web-page or entry.
-Important: Whatever
format you use is made publicly accessible or the instructor
will not be able to access and grade it. Do not make
it
private or require a password for access. Some sites, such
as Wix, require you to “publish” your site to be viewed.
(Remember to “publish” after all of your edits, no matter
how minor.)
-To use another site or application, please get approval
from the instructor.
NOTE: A Bibliography, unlike
a "Work Cited page" includes all sources used, including that
of images.
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