2010 Diocesan Institute
Activities for World Language Classes
- Lukes
PaulVICatholicHigh School
Timeline
Due Date ______
This project has two parts for two separate grades: mini-timeline and class timeline.
MINI-TIMELINE
Mini-timeline (Quiz) Personal Grade: You personally will be responsible for the following items:
- Your worksheet
- Your own mini-timeline
- Your written description (1 page typed double-spaced) of how your
group worked together and your role in the group
Your mini-timeline grade will be a quiz in which you will examine events or persons crucial to understanding the long history of Rome. Several topics do not directly involve the Romans, but were important to their development. The topics are outlined on the attached worksheet.
1. We will have a period in the library to research.
2. Approximately a week later your completed worksheet and a mini-timeline are due as a
HOMEWORK grade. If not turned in by homework due date, you automatically lose 10 points on the overall quiz grade.
3. Shortly after the homework due date, the fates will choose a group for you as you further
develop one aspect of the giant class timeline.
4. During the period of the project, you may add, subtract, correct, or redo information on your
personal worksheet and your personal timeline. These are your working draft copies.
5. On the day of your group's presentation, you will turn in your mini-timeline worksheet, your
mini-timeline, and your typed description of how your group worked together as well as your
role in the group.
Grading for mini-timeline:
Timeline Worksheet10
Mini-Timeline20
Typed Summary10
On time turn-in10
(over for group project information)
CLASS TIMELINE
Project (Test) Group Grade: Your group is responsible for the following items on your topic:
- A title for your topic
- The important date(s) of your topic for our giant class timeline
- A picture (drawing) or symbol representing the event for our giant class timeline
- A brief written summary (1 page typed double-spaced) and bibliography
- A short oral presentation to the class on your person/event
- A tableau vivant ("living picture") of the defining moment
Your project grade will be a project in which each group will examine one event or person crucial to understanding the long history of Rome. Several topics do not directly involve the Romans, but were important to their development. The fates choose your group; I assign topic. The topics are:
Trojan WarJulius Caesar
Golden Age of GreeceAugustus Caesar
Alexander the GreatNero
Romulus and RemusPompeii
Monarchy Ends/Republic BeginsTrajan
Punic WarsConstantine the Great
Marcus Tullius CiceroFall of Rome
1. We will have a period in class to coordinate the material previously researched in the library.
Your group* will also identify the items requiring additional research, assign the additional
research, draft summary, script tableau vivant, write the bibliography, etc.
2. Approximately a week later your group* will have a period to coordinate the work
assigned and to finalize the group's presentation. Materials can be brought from home.
Date card and picture drawing paper will be supplied in class.
3. On the day of your group's presentation*, you will turn in your own mini-timeline
materials (see reverse). Corrections may be made up until end of class period.
4. On due date, your group* will turn in the date card, picture (drawing), typed summary, and
bibliography. Group* will give oral presentation to the class AND portray the tableau vivant.
Grading Rubric for Group Presentation:
Date(s) & Title10
Picture15
Typed Summary20*All must participate or
Bibliography5group grade will be
Tableau vivant*15affected.
Creativity (incl. props, costumes, "extras")5
Accuracy of oral report15
Overall clarity of presentation 15
Notes
Timeline
I use this in whatever class is doing a review of Roman history.
A similar timeline may be develop and researched for time periods of Latin literature (i.e., Golden Age, Silver Age)
Mini-timelines are used so all students do research, are familiar with topics, and have something
to contribute to the group effort.
Groups should have 4 people.
Groups must make effective use of the 2 class periods assigned. Homework for one or two nights should also be related to group work.
Groups may have to be rearranged if there are absentees. (If student misses both group meetings, then that person must be removed from assigned group and given a separate project on a separate date (e.g., building of Hadrian's Wall, sack of Jerusalem). The separate project will include everything EXCEPT tableau vivant. These extras can be scheduled for presentation a week after the others.
All date cards, title cards, and drawing paper should be identical so that final timeline can be put up in classroom and have consistency in it.
Dates, titles, and drawings should be made with magic markers so they could be seen from anywhere in the classroom.
Give bonus points to those who stay after school to put up timeline OR spend time during class to hang it up.
Suggestions for Adaptation by Other Target Languages
Make the timeline dates appropriate to your target culture.
Make timeline events appropriate to your target culture.
Match timeline events in various parts of the world with what is happening at the same time in your target culture.
Suggestions for Interdisciplinary Activity
Pair up with History teacher (e.g., history class is focusing on Mayan culture, Spanish class is focusing on events in Spain during the same time period).
Have Tech person or Tech classes develop a timeline template for your classes to use.