Travel Commercial Presentation

Grade 4: Strand A: Heritage and Identity- Early Societies- 3000

BCE-1500CE
Task: As a group, you will research an Early society and present it to the
rest of the class in the form of a travel commercial based on the following 4
topics:
What are the..
1: Social/Political/Religious Systems: How is your Society governed/
Run? What type of religions exist in your society?
2: Ways of Life: What kind of jobs/food/clothes/housing/education exist in
your society?
3: Relationships with the Environment: What does the farming/fishing
hunting/gathering/climate and geography(mountains/fields/oceans/
volcanoes?) look like?
4: Arts and Culture: Sports/Games/Events? Music/painting/sculpting/
acting?
Like every good travel commercial you will also be responsible for writing
and performing a song, as well as creating a poster that hi-lights the
main ideas of your presentation. Not to worry, your teachers are here to
help you!
You will be marked both individually and as a group based on your own
contributions as well as the quality of your groups presentation.
!!!Have fun and be Creative!!!

Early Civilizations: Research

Midieval Times

Greece

Starting Point: www.historyforkids.net/

middle-ages.html

Starting Point: www.historyforkids.net/

ancient-greece.html

Social/Religious Systems:
http://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/
nobility.html

Social/Religious Systems:
www.historyforkids.net/ancient-greekgods.html

Environment:
http://historylink101.com/lessons/farmcity/middle-ages.htm

Environment:
http://greece.mrdonn.org/geography.html

Arts and Culture:

http://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/
music.html
Ways of Life:
http://www.historyforkids.net/medievaldaily-life.html

China

Arts and Culture:

www.historyforkids.net/ancient-greekart.html
Ways of Life:
http://www.historyforkids.net/greek-dailylife.html

Egypt

Starting Point: www.historyforkids.net/

ancient-china.html

Starting Point: www.historyforkids.net/

ancient-egypt.html

Social/Religious:
http://www.historyforkids.net/ancientchinese-religion.html

Social/Religious Systems:
http://www.historyforkids.net/egyptianreligion.html

Environment:
http://china.mrdonn.org/geography.html

Environment:
http://egypt.mrdonn.org/geography.html

Arts and Culture:

http://www.historyforkids.net/ancientchinese-art.html

Arts and Culture:

http://www.historyforkids.net/egyptianmusic.html

Ways of Life:
http://www.historyforkids.net/ancientchinese-daily-life.html

Ways of Life:
http://egypt.mrdonn.org/dailylife.html

Arts and CULTURE

Ways of Life:

-Sports/Games/Events?
-Arts (music/painting/sculpting/acting)?

Environment:
-Climate/Weather/Region/
Farming/Food?

-Jobs/Housing/Meals/Clothes/School?

Early
Civilizations
Sloppy Copy

Social/Religious
Systems:
Government/Religions/
Gods/Godesses/Beliefs?

Task: Song Creation

Land of the ______1______, home of the________2_______,
where still the _______3_______ are ____4___ and ____5___,
_____6_____ and____7_____, _____8_______ and ____9____,
come and visit _______10________.
Fill in the blanks using the following ideas from your research.

1: Early Civilization Ex: Medieval times

2: Social/political organization Ex: Monarchy
3: Ways of life Ex: Knights
4/5: Adjectives Ex: Strong and Brave
6/7: Relationship with Environment Ex: Gold Fields and Castles
8/9: Arts and Culture Ex: Songs and Battles
10: Early Civilization Ex: Medieval Times

Presentation Rubric
Skill

Accuracy/Research

The groups research was

The groups research was
executed in a precise order executed in a somewhat
with no errors.
precise order with few
errors.

The groups research was

executed in a somewhat
precise order with many
errors.

Oral Presentation
(Content and Song)

The group consistently

The group usually spoke/
spoke/sang with clarity and sang with clarity and
conviction.
conviction.

The group sometimes

The group rarely spoke/
spoke/sang with clarity and sang with clarity and
conviction.
conviction.

Visual Aid (Poster)

The groups visual aids

The groups visual aids
The groups visual aids
were extremely helpful and were helpful and engaging. were somewhat helpful
engaging.
and engaging.

The groups visual aids

were not helpful and
engaging.

Creativity and
Enthusiasm

The Groups presentation

was very enthusiastic and
highly creative.

The Groups presentation

was enthusiastic and
creative.

The Groups presentation

was not enthusiastic using
no creativity

Preparedness

The group executed their

presentation with
precision.

The group usually

The group sometimes
The group did not execute
executed their presentation executed their presentation their presentation with
with precision.
with precision.
precision.

The Groups presentation

was somewhat
enthusiastic using little
creativity

The groups research was

executed in no precise
order with many errors.