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Museum Project

Driving Question: How did ancient societies contribute to our world today?

Time to create the best museum in history, right in your own classroom. Develop an exhibit that illustrates one of the societies you learned about in this unit.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Compare early societies.
  2. Conduct research using multiple sources to formulate and answer questions about early societies.
  3. Create arguments using historical evidence to support claims and communicate conclusions through individual or shared writing, speaking, and other formats.

Vocab Terms:

  • artifact
  • civilization
  • culture
  • empire
  • society
  • trade
STEP 1

Opener: Museum Project

Teaching Tools

To teach this lesson step, refer to page X of the Lesson 5.6 Teaching Guide Locked .

Our Openers and Closers Guide will provide more information about these short, but important, activities at the beginning and end of each lesson.

Check out this blog post External link to read about the legacies of the ancient world that are still used today.

Museums contain tons of ancient objects, descriptions from scholars, re-creations of monuments, and more. Now it’s your turn to create your own museum exhibit based on everything you’ve learned.

STEP 2

Choosing Your Society

Teaching Tools

To teach this lesson step, refer to page X of the Lesson 5.6 Teaching Guide Locked .

Check out the OER Project Activities Guide for a review of the various activities that help students engage with Big History.

While it’s not nice to play favorites, you’ll have to decide on the society you like the most. Let’s find out who you’ll be focusing on for this project.

STEP 4

Closer: Museum Project

Teaching Tools

To teach this lesson step, refer to page X of the Lesson 5.6 Teaching Guide Locked .

Well, you’re finished being a curator for now, but you did a lot of thinking and exploring in the process. Let’s bring it all together.