Mississippians

Mississippian

BROCHURE PROJECT EVALUATION   //Imagine you work for the Mississippian Preservation Society which preserves and promotes the history of the Mississippian culture and the ancient sites. The MPS offers travel packages to the great Mississippian Mound sites throughout the Southeastern United States. As a member of this society, you will create a travel brochure advertising a visit to one of the ancient Mississippian mound sites. The brochure should provide travelers with information on the location of the site, interesting facts about the site itself, and information on the culture of the ancient Mississippians. Create a colorful, informative brochure to entice your customers to travel to one of the Mississippian Mound sites.// Finished brochure due Weds. 5/18 Checkpoints · Slogan and picture/caption for front cover; source of picture homework - due Fri. 5/13
 * __Mississippian Travel Brochure - You will create a brochure in Publisher that highlights one specific Mississippian Mound site and the Mississippian culture.__**

· Location information and map; source of map – this is due by the end of class _

 - Summary of Mississippian Culture 5/13

- 5 interesting facts about your mound site 5/16

 - List of nearby mound sites and all sources listed on back - - Polish up layout and format of all sections - Print out brochure - in class 5/17 and homework 5/17
 * Final Checkpoint! **

//**- finished brochure due by end of class Weds. 5/18**//

__**Come up with a catchy slogan/title and a picture for the front of your brochure. Remember, you are advertising your mound site. You can sketch out your slogan, or, if you have Publisher, you may put it on a brochure template and save to your flash drive. Find a picture of your assigned mound and save it to your template in Publisher, or save it as a jpeg to your flash drive.**__

 __http://www.bensozia.com/benhist/mississippi.html __

__[|Hop Project Sign up]__ __**PROJECT** - Work with your group. Re-read the article for your topic and research online for__ //**more information**// __. Create a presentation for the class to__ //**teach**// __them about your topic. Your presentation may be digital or paper, and must contain information from the article as well as new information found online. You will begin the project at school, but will be required to do much of the work at home. You may not copy anything from the article or the internet. Use your own words!__

//** Requirements for project **//__ You will receive a grade for your participation in the group, your contribution to your completed project, and your presentation. Use the websites below to get started. **Final project due Monday, May 9th.**
 * Title, by line
 * **at least 3 - 4 images - with captions**
 * Short summary - no more than $8 - with good punctuation, capitalization, grammar, spelling, and content. A writing grade will be taken from your summary AND your captions
 * **Neat, orderly, and interesting**

Weds. 5/4 - IN CLASS - choose project format, reread article, find NEW info; HOMEWORK - find one picture and caption to add to your project. Mon. 5/9 - In Class - finish project. See requirements above and review the evaluation sheet. Go over presentation. Complete the Project Evaluation below.
 * Thurs. 5/5 - IN CLASS - begin writing summary of information on your topic. Remember - you need to have info from the article given in class AND new info found on the internet. Write in your own words! Everyone in group should check the summary for content and mechanics! This is a writing grade for all group members! **
 * Thurs. 5/5 - HOMEWORK - polish your project. Gather and add any more pictures. Edit and refine captions. **

Websites [] [] [] [|http://www.cabrillo.edu/~crsmith/mississ.html] [] [] []

[|Mississippian Warfare]

Info on several mound sites [|Spiro, Etowah, Cahokia,and Moundville,]

General info about mounds [] Emerald Mound [] Cahokia Mounds []

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Shell-tempered pottery

[|Chunkey] - a Mississippian game

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Arrowheads used by the Mississippians []

More about the Mississippians - a general history

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