Learning+from+the+Past...Improving+Today’s+Civilizations


 * Project Title: ** Learning from the Past: Improving Today’s Civilizations


 * Grade Level: ** 6th


 * Name: ** Jesse James


 * Project Idea: ** During the learning of Mesopotamia, students will use their new knowledge about the characteristics of successful civilizations and apply those characteristics to a civilization in today’s world.


 * Driving Question: ** What are the characteristics of a successful civilization and how can we apply those to improve a civilization in today's world?


 * Content: ** Students will use a variety of social studies standards including but not limited to:
 * Identifying key steps of successful civilizations through research/discussion
 * Integration of visual information such as maps and videos
 * Analyzing the relationship between successful civilizations and unsuccessful ones
 * Citing evidence and support for choices


 * Major Student Products: **
 * Video: explains how a civilization in today's world would be improved using the characteristics of past, successful civilizations
 * Letters: written to leaders of a civilization in today's world attempting to persuade them to adjust based on successful characteristics
 * Before/After Pictures: a visual representation of a civilization in today's world before successful characteristic changes and after
 * Digital Story: explains the evolution of a civilization in today's world using the newly implemented characteristics
 * Persuasive writing that answers the driving question