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ANCIENT TRAVEL BROCHURE
The purpose of this project is to have each student travel back in time to ancient China,
ancient Korea, and ancient Japan.This ancient travel brochure will help you to develop
a better and more complete understanding of these ancient civilizations.You will have to
research certain areas of ancient China, Korea, and Japan and will be given choices to
research in other areas.Overall,each student is their own tour guide of these ancient
civilizations.You are looking to be as creative with your brochure as you can.Remember,
you are trying to persuade us to take a trip back in time to ancient China, ancient Korea,
and ancient Japan.
The ancient travel brochure must include the following criteria:
1.) The front page must have a title, picture, name and class on the
lower left hand side, date and period on the lower right hand side
of the page.
2.) Geography-major bodies of water, mountains, neighboring civilization’s,
and any major landforms.(a picture and sentence that describe the
physical feature.)
3.) The brochure must be created on a tri-fold.You can use any template that
works for you.
4.) When placing the information on the brochure,you have a choice of bulleting
information,writing sentences, or short paragraphs.You should use a
combination of all of three to make the brochure interesting and
understandable.
5.) The brochure must include the eight features of civilization for ancient China,
ancient Korea, and ancient Japan.( Example; ancient China-GovernementAbsolute Monarchy/dynasty)
6.) Places to experience. Must have a minimum of two places to experience
with a picture and sentence explanation for each civilization.
7.) You have a choice of including what you believe are the most important
contributions/achievements and the most important people of ancient China,
ancient Korea, and ancient Japan.
You must include at least three ancient achievements/contributions and three
famous ancient people for each civilization in your brochure.
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Student Name: ________________________________________
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Writing Organization
Each section in the
brochure has a clear
beginning, middle,
and end.
Almost all sections
of the brochure have
a clear beginning,
middle and end.
Most sections of the
brochure have a
clear beginning,
middle and end.
Less than half of the
sections of the
brochure have a
clear beginning,
middle and end.
Writing Grammar
There are no
grammatical
mistakes in the
brochure.
There are no
grammatical
mistakes in the
brochure after
feedback from an
adult.
There are 1-2
grammatical
mistakes in the
brochure even after
feedback from an
adult.
There are several
grammatical
mistakes in the
brochure even after
feedback from an
adult.
Content Accuracy
All facts in the
brochure are
accurate.
99-90% of the facts
in the brochure are
accurate.
89-80% of the facts
in the brochure are
accurate.
Fewer than 80% of
the facts in the
brochure are
accurate.
Attractiveness &
Organization
The brochure has
exceptionally
attractive formatting
and well-organized
information.
The brochure has
The brochure has
attractive formatting well-organized
and well-organized information.
information.
CATEGORY
Graphics/Pictures Graphics go well
Writing Mechanics
The brochure\'s
formatting and
organization of
material are
confusing to the
reader.
Graphics go well
with the text and
with the text, but
there is a good mix there are so many
of text and graphics. that they distract
from the text.
Graphics go well
with the text, but
there are too few
and the brochure
seems \"textheavy\".
Graphics do not go
with the
accompanying text
or appear to be
randomly chosen.
Capitalization and
punctuation are
correct throughout
the brochure.
There are 1-2
capitalization and/or
punctuation errors in
the brochure even
after feedback from
an adult.
There are several
capitalization or
punctuation errors in
the brochure even
after feedback from
an adult.
Capitalization and
punctuation are
correct throughout
the brochure after
feedback from an
adult.