Introduction
Literature Through Film Web Quest: December 4th 2015
Time Safari Inc. 2.0
Welcome Time Travelers! Time Safari 2.0 is recruiting new explorers to go on an exciting journey to whenever and where ever you want (within reason). Imagine the possibilities that await you. Imagine the fame and glory that you will experience as a soldier storming the beaches of Normandy or as the new inventor if electricity.
Time Safari 2.0 will let you travel anytime between 2000B.C. and 1980AD (our computer calibrations will not let anyone time jump to a time period outside those parameters.)
While on your journey, you will see amazing things and be party to some of the most important events in history!
Task
The Task
You will create a Keynote or Google slides presentation that details the adventures that you had on your time safari. In order to acomplish this, you need to have sufficient research that determines the important events of the time period AND explore the changes that might happen to your future if you disturb the past.
You will be assesses on the folowing aspects:
1. The effort that you put into your research.
2. Your creatice analysis when looking at potential butterly effects of your involvement in past events.
3. Your ability to communicate your findings and research to the class.
Process
Process
1. Choose one of the following hyperlinks to help you narrow down an event in history.
2. Create a Keynote or Google Slides presentation that evaluates and analyzes the following themes:
- The important cultural, economical, political, and humanitarian events that happened during the time
- The important people or figures and how they shaped our future
- The important inventions that were created and how they changed our lives today
- The realistic outcome if you disturbed the past by creating a small change
It is time to TIME JUMP!
2000 B.C - 1000 B.C.
999 B.C. - 1 B.C.
0 A.D. - 1000 A.D.
1001 A.D. - 2000