Based on your readings in your text book and the resources given to you, your task is to prepare the following sections on your poster. This poster should take the form of a three dimensional model, a series of cartoon frames, pictures, or maps or famous people’s quotes or stories or a combination of these.

1.      Location. Draw a series of maps to show important events and places in the Empire. Be sure to elaborate on these places and events and discuss their importance. 20 marks

2.      Time line. Choose a minimum of ten and a maximum of 15 time line events you consider important to understand the Empire. Elaborate on these events.20 marks

3.      Daily Life. Family Life, work, entertainment, architecture, achievements, art.20 marks

4.      Important people: Writers, Historians, Emperors. 20 marks

5.      Politics. Causes of political tensions, expansion, power struggle. 20 marks

This project can be done alone or in groups of no more than four students. For this project to be successful, you must do the following:

1.      Form a group and plan out what you want to do and who will be doing it.

2.      Take notes based on your research and write the ideas in your own words.

3.      Do not copy and pretend the work you have plagiarized is yours. You and your entire group will receive a zero (0) mark.

4.      Each member of the group is directly responsible for the success of the whole group. If you do not contribute, your group mark will be lowered.

5.      If you miss class time while your group is preparing or you are not present during the presentation, your group mark will be lowered. Medical reasons will be excused.

6.      In any case, if you know you will not be there on presentation day, you must give your materials to another student who can present your part for you.

7.      Marks for each section will be awarded as follows: 1. Oral presentation, based on an introduction, main facts, and conclusion (10 marks). 2. Written work, done neatly and with effort, focussing on a clear theme (10 marks).

100 MARKS TOTAL

Please download the course outline here:

If you have any questions, please send an email to tom.sha@franklinschool.ca. Thanks!

Please download the word file and complete the self-assessment individually. If you have any questions, feel free to ask Mr. Sha. We will be conducting semester end exit interviews on Jan 16-17.