This unit is assessed in a variety of ways. The biography is judged for accuracy and writing proficiency related to goals for each grade level and the art projects are assessed based on student's efforts to identify and capture the style of the selected artist. Depending on the artist chosen, unit may include Ancient Civilizations Web Pack. This unit provides you with the opportunity to create your own front end Web site, a resource for your students to use that helps them quickly, efficiently and safely find information on the Web. If you have no intranet, you can create the files and place them in a folder which you'll copy onto each computer being used for the project.
Students write biographical reports using a word processor.
Their artwork may be digitized by taking a snapshot of it using a video camera and the Clearphone software. If you have access to a digital camera, use it to photograph the students artwork. Once the materials are ready, they can be converted to HTML using Myrmidon.