Exploring+the+Trojan+War 

**7th grade Social Studies**
==**Learning Objective #1:** each student will be able to explain how the Greek legacy of language and literature affected later societies, including the United States. == ==**Learning Objective #2:** each student will be able to support a position with evidence gathered from various sources. 1) Brainstorming activity- each student will begin the unit by brainstorming the key events from the Trojan War and the research conducted by Heinrich Schliemann. Each student will create a == == brainstorming web on Bubbl.us that organizes his/her thoughts on the two stories and the historical evidence. The guidelines for the brainstorming web are outlined below: ==

==Please click here to view my example brainstorming web. The completed brainstorming webs will be submitted to the class Wiki. ==

==2) Creation tool #1- each student will create an Animoto video that highlights the major events leading up and during the Trojan War. The video can include photographs, video clips, text or a == ==combination of all three! The brainstorming web created earlier should be a starting place when deciding what to include in the Animoto video. The finished video needs to be at least 30 seconds == ==long, have background music, and include relevant pictures and/or video clips. Please click here to watch my example video. The completed videos will be submitted to the class Wiki. ==

==3) Creation tool #2- each student will create a comic strip explaining what happened when the Trojans found the wooden horse outside their fortified city. The comic strip should explain how the == == Trojans reacted to finding a giant wooden horse and what eventually convinced them to wheel the horse in the city. The comic must follow the guidelines listed below: ==

- the comic must contain at least four frames with dialogue
==Please view the example comic below (you will need to extend to full screen to see all five frames). The finished comics will be submitted to class Wiki. ==

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==4) Creation tool #3- each student will create a voicethread that explains, in greater detail, what happened in your comic strip. The voicethread should explain what happens in each frame of your == == comic. Please click here to listen to my example voicethread. The completed voicethreads will be submitted on the class Wiki.  ==

**Student Access and Publishing:** all of the creation tools in this learning unit will be posted on the class Wiki. Please click here to access our class Wiki.
== **Grading:** The brainstorming activity explained in step #1 will be worth 10 points and weighted in the homework and effort category (10% of total grade). The Animoto video explained in step #2 will be worth 20 points and weighted in the project category (30% of total grade). Click here to view the Animoto video grading rubric. The Pixton comic strip and the voicethread, explained in steps #3-4, will be worth 30 points and weighted in the project category (30% of total grade). Click here to view the grading rubric. ==