Year 8 Domain Humanities Date Assigned Due Date Assessment Task Title: Mongolian Empire Assignment Student’s Name Assessment Task For this assignment you must work individually. Task 1 According to your two preferred multiple intelligences, choose three of the activities to complete. Task 2 Complete a written bibliography of the sources you used for your research Multiple Intelligence Activities VERBAL-LINGUISTIC: * Create a crossword using 20 words relating to the Mongolian Empire. For the clues, give a definition for each word in your own words. + Read and summarise a story about the Mongolian Empire (about 500 words) ‘Write a newspaper article about an important event of the Mongolian Empire (about 500 words) LOGICAL-MATHEMATICAL: ‘* Construct a time line showing eight important events that occurred in Mongolia. Include writing and a picture for each event. Don't forget to use CLATS, + Show on a hand drawn map how the Mongolian Empire spread over Europe. Don't forget to use BOLTSS, * Organise ten events from the most important to the least important. Include a brief description and a picture for each. VISUAL-SPATIAL. * Create a mind map showing what you know about the beginning of the Mongolian Empire. ‘+ Draw a Mongol yurt. Annotate the key features. ‘+ Create a poster based on the nomadic life of Mongolia. You must have no more than 50 words of written information, but use pictures, maps and or diagrams. BODILY KINESTHETIC Make a model of a yurt ‘+ Make a prop and use it to introduce a person from the Mongolian Empire (short oral presentation to the class)MUSICAL-RHYTHMIC: + Record a song based on music from the Mongolian Empire and explain its origins. ‘+ Write a song based on a story from the Mongolian Empire INTERPERSONAL: * Imagine Genghis Khan has travelled in time to the present and is interviewed on radio about their way of life. Work with a partner to prepare the interview and tape it. * Create a board game about life in the Mongolian Empire. Write a set of rules. You must play this game with someone and record how successful the game was. «Interview four people (not students from Mackillop) about their knowledge about the Mongolian Empire and record their answers (at last 8-10 questions for each person). Write a short summary on how the interview went and whether or not you were surprised on how little or much the participants knew about Mongolian history. INTRAPERSONAL: * Write three diary entries (150 words each) of a person from the Mongolian Empire. First write a paragraph introducing the person — their name, their ‘occupation, where they live, etc. ‘+ Make a list of the positive things and a list of the negative things about living in the Mongolia Empire. * Write a poem based on the Mongolian Empire NATURALIST: + Find out which natural resources were used to make Yurts. + Write a report on how essential horses were to the Mongolian Empire. + Create a poster highlighting an environmental issue during the Mongolian EmpireRubric for Assessing your work Progression Points Rubric Description Below Expectations Meets Expectations Meets Expectations Above Expectations ‘Completion of Tasks T task has been completed 3 tasks have been completed toa basic standard 3 tasks have been completed in detail “4 tasks have been completed in detail 8 points 12 points 15 points 20 points Bibliography Uses less than 3 or only Uses 3 resources, including | Uses 4 resources, including | Uses 5 resources, including . Internet resources, 1 non electronic 1 non electronic 2 non electronic Historical Reasoning 1 points. 2 points 3 points 5 points and Interpretation Bibliography is missing 4 or more details of the MacKillop Bibliography is missing 2-3 details of the Mackillop Bibliography is correcting cited, following the MackKillop Bibliography is correcting cited, following the MacKillop Formats and Conventions Formats and Conventions Formats and Conventions Formats and Conventions and is annotated with descriptions of what each resource contributes 4 points 2 points 3 points 5 points Use of Class Time Inefficient use of class time. _| Class time used efficiently Class time used efficiently Class time was always very most of the time. nearly all the time. efficiently used. 1 points 2 points 3 points 5 points Originality and ‘Shows little originality and ‘Shows some originality and | Shows some originality and | Shows a high level of Presentation uniqueness. uniqueness, uniqueness, originality and uniqueness. Little time and effort is | Planning unclear. ‘Shows evidence of planning | A lot of time and effort is evident. and a clear set out. evident. 4 points 6 points 8 points 10 points 145 % Score S/N Result Comments