Extra Credit Options for History

Here are some more project options for those of you who have already completed the poster:

* Build a model of any of the following: (If done well, these projects can be worth 20 xtra credit points spread out on your choice of 4 exams).

1. A Mayan pyramid (Rice crispies and melted marshmallow make for good material if you want to make it edible)

2. The map of mexico; sugar cookie dough works very well. Bring your cookie and different colors of frosting to class for a decorating session!

3. Pick any of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and create a model of it (NOT EDIBLE):

The seven wonders included:

• Great Pyramid of Giza
• Hanging Gardens of Babylon
• Statue of Zeus at Olympia
• Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
• Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus
• Colossus of Rhodes
• Lighthouse of Alexandria

4. Create a model of any of the New Wonders of the World: (NOT EDIBLE)

* Great Wall of China

* Machu Pichu

*Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro

*Stonehenge

* Taj Mahal

* Leaning Tower of Pisa

* Create a pop-up book of any topic we have discussed in either history or geography. There are all SORTS of websites with instructions on how to make different kinds of pop-ups. (If done well, this project can be worth 15 xtra credit points spread out on your choice of 4 exams).

*Create a comic book of any event we've discussed in history. Must contain at least 10 scene frames and must tell the complete story of the event. (If done well, this project can be worth 20 xtra credit points spread out on your choice of 4 exams).

*Make a set of paper dolls from any culture we have discussed in either history or geography. Dolls MUST be made from cardstock or tagboard (really thick kinds of paper, so they'll stand up). Pictures from the internet can be downloaded and used as inspiration. (If done well, this project can be worth 10 xtra credit points spread out on your choice of 2 exams).

Science Test

For the digestive system, you need to know the large intestine, the small intestine, the stomach, and the liver.

Here are some of the things I promised for the science test. I will add more later.

For this skeleton, you DO NOT need to memorize the illium, the sacrum, or the pubis. You are not in medical school. :p

Extra Credit opportunity for History

If you complete the following project, its grade will replace your lowest exam grade.

1. Choose one of the following dates in Mexican or world history.
2. Get your teacher’s approval for the date you picked.
3. Create a visual presentation that represents the date you chose. The presentation must be visible from half of a meter away and must be no larger than a sheet of posterboard (cartulina).
4. Essays, outlines, note cards, powerpoints, or any other form of written material will NOT be accepted for this project. The idea is to be creative!
5. Should you like to get extra credit twice, you may choose a second date upon completion of the first project. Your teacher must approve the second date, and you must use a different type of presentation the second time.

Ideas:

• Commemorative stamp
• Collage (pictures/graphics collected and pasted in a creative fashion)
• Newspaper headlines with black-and-white photos
• Mural-style hand-drawn pictures
• Whatever else you can come up with (as long as it sticks on paper and doesn’t involve paragraphs)!

List of Dates:

3200 BC – Invention of writing in Mesopotamia (Sumer)

486 BC Birth of Buddha

3 BC Birth of Jesus Christ

AD 476 Fall of the Roman Empire

AD 570 Birth of Muhammad

1325-1350 – The Aztecs founded Tenochtitlan

1492 Christopher Columbus discovers the New World

1519-1521 -Hernán Cortés conquered the Aztec empire for Spain.

1455 First book printed with moveable type: Johannes Gutenberg

1821 -Mexico won independence.

1910- Revolution of Mexico