Section outline

  • EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING how innovations have impacted on people, places and environments.


    • We are EXPLORING how innovations have impacted on people, places and environments.

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • formed a group and - as a group - assigned roles
    • selected an invention or innovation from an ancient civilization
    • started to research this innovation and its impact on people, places and environments

    Activities:


    Task: Your task is to research  and present the innovations made by one Ancient culture of your choice. Also,  explore how these innovations have purpose in today’s society.

    Instructions:

    • Work in a team to identify one ancient culture that was responsible for the design and creation of innovations that are useful today.

    • Your collaborative work should showcase equal distribution of duties. Keep a log- book to identify your task researched and completed

    • Use this outline as a guide to support you: 

      1. Introduction to Ancient Culture

      2. Location with map

      3. cultural identity (who were they? Explore their identity and some traditions)

      4. Identify 2 innovations from your chosen culture. Discuss each innovation in detail: what is it, how does it work, its purpose? How has this transformed over time and how is it used in today's modern world? (include images/ diagrams)

      5. Your views on these innovations: what would life be today if these have not been innovated?

    • Create a visual that you would present to the class. This can be a slideshow or movie (if you know how to create one)

    • Your presentation must be interesting and creative.

    • Your presentation should not be more than 8 mins per team.

    • Due date: Week 9.


    Resources: see google classroom.


    Homework:
    None this week.