Choose one of the following ancient monuments and write a brief report (250-300 words – that’s roughly a page in length), that includes the following information:
  • Where is it (please include a map as one of your powerpoint slides)
  • its origin
  • purpose
  • how it was built (physically, how was it paid for, and what materials were used).
  • how long it took
  • what social, political and economic elements are represented in this monument?
- You will also give a short 2-3 minute powerpoint presentation in class on Friday, Dec. 18th when the paper is due.
- All papers are to have 1” margins on all sides.  12 pt. Times font, left justified. 
- You must use at least two sources; NONE of them can be Wikipedia or any other Encyclopedia-like resource.
- Please use Chicago style citations in your paper and include a Bibliography page in your paper (that does not count towards your word count).
- The paper is worth a quiz grade and the presentation will count as a quiz grade.
 
Only one student may work on any one monument. I have posted a google doc here. Please sign up for a monument – it is first come first serve. Integrity counts! DO NOT erase someone else’s name if they have picked that monument first.

1) Taj Mahal (India)
2) Teohuacan Temple of the Sun
3) Stonehenge
4) African Tiwanaku
5) Statues of Easter Island
6) Hagia Sophia (Turkey)
7) American Pyramids (plains)
8) Shi Huangdi’s Tomb
9) Giant stelae of Aksum
10) Red Fortress of India
11) Angkor Wat (Cambodia)
12) Macchu Picchu (Peru)
13) Mound City (St. Louis)
14) The Kaaba (Saudi Arabia)
15) The Great Wall of China
16) Temple of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza (Mexico)
17) Ta Prohm (Siem Reap, Cambodia)
18) Longmen Grottoes (China)
19) Temple of Ba’al/Palmyra (Syria)
20) Yonaguni Monument (Japan)
21) Wat Phra Si Sanphet (Thailand)
Rubric

General:
Did you stay focused on the assignment when working in class? (5 points applied to each part of the grade)

Presentation:
- Was your presentation clearly rehearsed? (Did you speak with authority and confidence on your subject? (5)
- Was your visual appropriate? Could the audience clearly see the subject? (5)
- Did you answer all of the questions from the prompt in a clear and concise manner? (10)
- Was your information accurate? (5)

Paper:
- Did your paper answer all of the questions from the prompt? (5)
- Was the information accurate? (5)
- Did you stay within the word limit? (5)
- Did you use Chicago-style footnotes? (5)
- Did you follow the standard conventions of the English language? (5)

Chicago Style

The following is taken from the Purdue OWL website, which is a go-to source for understanding citation styles.
The first note for each source should include all relevant information about the source: author’s full name, source title, and facts of publication. If you cite the same source again, the note need only include the surname of the author, a shortened form of the title (if more than four words), and page number(s).
If you cite the same source and page number(s) from a single source two or more times consecutively, the corresponding note should use the word “Ibid.,”  an abbreviated form of the Latin ibidem,  which means “in the same place.” If you use the same source but a different page number, the corresponding note should use “Ibid.” followed by a comma and the new page number(s).1
1.  "Chicago Manual of Style 16th Edition." Purdue Online Writing Lab. February 7, 2014. Accessed December 17, 2015. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/01/.