Empires+Encyclopedia+Assignment



Assignment:

 Together with your group, you will help create an online wiki encyclopedia article about the rise, fall and important characteristics of an empire. The article won’t be organized by time (it won’t be just a history of the empire from year to year), but by the categories listed below.

Step 1: Research using the texts we have in class and online. Divide up the following sections of information to research. Each member of your group should be responsible for 4-5 of these, and save at least two sources you used for each section (some sources can be used for more than one section):
 * 1) great leaders / “golden ages”
 * 2) other great individuals (generals, writers, philosophers, poets, explorers, inventors, artists, etc.)
 * 3) urban centers (cities) and important features
 * 4) artistic or architectural monuments or achievements
 * 5) religion / religious tolerance / religious violence or tension
 * 6) nationality & culture / tolerance / diversity / racial or cultural violence or tension
 * 7) natural resources and how they were used
 * 8) economy / trade
 * 9) security / warfare / crime
 * 10) growth / change in borders over time
 * 11) administration / government
 * 12) law / justice / citizenship
 * 13) infrastructure (roads, canals, plumbing etc.) / transport / communication
 * 14) language
 * 15) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">exploitation / slavery / forced labor
 * 16) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">independence / nationalism
 * 17) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">stagnation (a period of no action, causing decline or loss of power)
 * 18) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">outside pressures that could lead to collapse
 * 19) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">internal pressures that could lead to collapse
 * 20) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Traces or remains or influences in today’s world

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Step 2: In your group, rewrite ALL of your information from your sources in your own words (this is important - no sentences or paragraphs can be copied from other sites). Combine all of your research into a wiki page (or pages) to create one big article, with a separate page of sources. During this step, you should mainly work on your sections of the article. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Step 3: Add at least 3-5 images, video links, maps etc. to make your article more interesting. Save your image sources and either add them to the source page or put them next to the image. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Step 4: Add at least two thoughtful questions or ideas for improvement to the "discussion" tabs of **other groups'** pages. Step 5: edit and proofread your group’s article to improve it. During this step, everyone should work together to suggest ways to make the whole article better. Step 6: Individual reflection (as Google Document shared with me): 1) Short essay: What were the advantages and disadvantages of being a citizen of this empire?2) Detailed paragraph: What effect did this empire have on the world? Time: ~1 week Assessment: Criteria A, B, C, D (rubrics to follow)

Roman Empire Jobs List

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