THE MIDDLE AGES PROJECT

Students will complete a project on some aspect of the Middle Ages ( 500 - 1500AD)
You can choose to present in class or create a video/voice record over your presentation.
DUE DATE: This project is due 5th/6th April 2021.

Ways in which you can choose to present:

•Video presentation in seesaw

•Poster (information + at least 5 pictures)
• Scrapbook (pictures and captions in a book format)
• Model (make something and write a summary about it)
• Artifact (make something that looks like an item from the Middle Ages + written summary)
• Musical Presentation (record or perform music from the Middle Ages or musically present)
• Write a Story eBook (write/illustrate a creative tale to describe some aspect of Medieval life)
• Write/Illustrate a Graphic Story about Middle Ages (comic book style)
•News Article or News Report on an Event (written like news with pictures)
•Other: if you have a project idea that is different than those above.

Countries to choose between: You can look at any other country that has some information relating to
medieval times.
1. Medieval England
2. Japan in the middle ages.
3. Constantinople in the middle ages/Justinian period
4. Mongolia in the middle ages
5. Myanmar in the middle ages
6. Scandinavia in the middle ages I.e. Vikings
7. Africa during the middle ages e.g. Empire of Mali, Great Zimbabwe.
Here are some ideas on aspects which you can highlight. Choose no more than 5. You can
choose others not listed here.
• Inventions •Castles •Tournaments
•Health/Medicine •Food •Knights and Armor
•Clothing/Fashion •Famines • Religion
•Hunting/Falconry •Transportation • Laws, crime and punishment
•Heraldry (Coats of Arms; •Paper Making •Music and Entertainment
Banners and Flags)
•Writing •Architecture
•Housing
•Weaponry

 
 
RUBRIC: All projects will be scored using the following  
 
CRITERIA  4  3  2  1 
ADVANCED  PROFICIENT  PARTIALLY  UNSATISFACTORY 
  PROFICIENT  CONTENT 

Content  Project meets all of the Info includes at least 5 facts Info includes less than 5 but more Info includes 2 or  fewer facts
content criteria for a 3,   about the chosen topic. All info is than 5 facts about the chosen topic.  about  the chosen topic; or 
Plus it demonstrates written in the student’s own Info is written in student’s own All or most of the  info is
advanced thinking   words. Info is understandable words,   plagiarized. 
and/or strong creativity.   and clear.  But Info is unclear and hard to Or Info is
It is apparent that the Project provides quality understand.  not  understandable or Studen
student put extra thought, information about the topic Project information  is of poor quality t did not  attempt to
effort, and time into chosen and is appropriate for or  some is inappropriate  for a present  information about  the
making  their 7  graders 
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7  grader 
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chosen topic, or 
project outstanding  All information is inappropriate 
VISUALS  · Project   ·Project visuals  ·Project visuals/sounds are   ·Project lacks visuals  
visuals/sounds are    /sounds are neat,   difficult to read, see, hear or or sound to support  
(Pictures, very appealing and   clear and organized  understand.  the topic. 
models,   interesting  ·Posters have at least   ·Visuals are not colorful/less than 5  
dioramas,   ·They are explained in   5 color pictures.  pictures on posters. 
scrapbooks)   detail using captions   ·Models, dioramas or   ·Project is  
or a summary.  scrapbooks are   disorganized. 
OR  
  well constructed and   ·Pictures, models,  
SOUNDS  are explained using   diorama or sounds  
  written captions or a   lack written captions or summary
summary.  info. 
 
CONVENTIONS  ·Project information is ·Project information   ·Project information is not written ·Project is full of  
written clearly and neatly is written neatly with   neatly   errors in spelling,  
& QUALITY  and is free of errors in less than 5 errors in   ·More than 5 errors in grammar,  
  spelling, spelling, grammar, capitalization spelling, grammar,   capitalization and  
grammar, capitalization or or   Capitalization or   punctuation 
punctuation.  punctuation.  punctuation  ·Disorganization and  
·It is obvious that the   ·Project is neat,   ·Project is messy or   lack of neatness get  
student went to great  organized, and easy   disorganized, or hard   in the way of this  
effort to make the project to understand.  to understand.  project effectively  
neat, organized, creative     communicating  
and easy to understand.  information. 
   
SOURCES Student correctly  ·Student correctly   ·Student does not   Student failed to  
cited sources using   cited  correctly cite   cite sources of  
CITED  APA format.  sources  sources  information. 
  ·Student used 4 or   using   ·Only one type of    
more sources   APA format.  source used. 
·   
At least 2  
Internet sources  
used.