Name: _____________________________________ Date: _____________________

Sparta or Athens: Where Would You Rather Live?

You are to choose whether you would rather live in Sparta or Athens. You must set up a campaign to enlist as many new people as possible to join your city-state. Create a visual display that persuades others, including arguments with supporting evidence, as to why they should live in your city-state and not in the other. Requirements/Checklist: _____ 1. You must include a creative slogan on the front of the display _____ 2. You must include at least 10 different accurate reasons as to why newcomers should choose your city-state and not the other. Yo ur reasons should serve as evidence showing the contrast between the concepts of both c ity-states. (Example: You should go to Wegman’s instead of Giant because Wegman’s has a variety of food choices in their numerous hot and cold bars whereas Giant just has a salad bar with a couple hot items.) _____ 3. You must include at least 10 different relevant pictures with captions (Your captions can be your reasons). (Pictures may be dra wn, cut out of magazines, or printed from the Internet). *If you print pictures from a credible, appropriate website, then you MUST cite the exact website from which you found the picture(s). You m ay not just use “google images” as your citation since that is just a search engine; n ot a website. _____ 4. You must include color in at least half of the poster. _____ 5. You must have your rubric when submitting your completed project. (It will be a deduction of one point if you don’t have it.) *If you either have a reason that is inaccurate or is a fact that does not serve as evidence to support your campaign (arguments), then it will be minus 1 point for each inaccurate reason or fact that is not evidence. Resources: Sparta vs. Athens compare/contrast notes ; Chapter 10 guided notes; green Sparta and Athens definition packet; and Chapter 10 in the textbook. (Sparta vs. Athens compare/contrast notes are avail able on Moodle; hard copies available in the classr oom) The space below can be used for brainstorming. The scoring rubric is on the back.

Scoring:

3 2 1 Reasons / Evidence

Includes at least 10 different reasons why newcomers should choose your city-state

Includes at least 7-9 different reasons why newcomers should choose your city-state

Includes at least 1-6 different reasons why newcomers should choose your city-state

Contrast ALL evidence shows the contrast between the concepts of both city-states.

At least one piece of evidence is missing the contrast between the concepts of both city-states.

Two or more pieces of evidence are missing contrasts between the concepts of both city-states.

Accuracy ALL evidence is accurate At least one error in accuracy of evidence

Two or more errors in accuracy of evidence

Pictures/ Drawings

Includes at least 5 different relevant pictures or drawings

Includes at least 3-4 different relevant pictures or drawings

Includes 1-2 different relevant pictures or drawings

Captions ------------------

ALL pictures include a relevant caption.

1 or more pictures are missing captions and/or have one or more errors in relevancy

Slogan ------------------

Creative slogan

Title states just “Athens” or just “Sparta” and/or the slogan/title is irrelevant

Color ------------------

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At least half of the poster includes color

Column totals: _____ _____ _____

TOTAL SCORE: ______ X 5 =____ /85