Capstone — Author a 44-page bound class Classical World and Late Antiquity Inquiry Exhibit storybook (Foxfire methodology, 3-copy distribution: self / school library / one descendant-community partner) covering all 8 civilizations + apply at least 3 primary sources from the unit, AND author a 5-paragraph Civic-Action Letter to a UNESCO World Heritage Centre official, museum director, or national antiquities ministry on a contemporary world-heritage issue
Exercise Difficulty 5 ~40 min hist.g6.s.ex_43

Capstone Storybook Contribution

MG-7 Interactive Physical / non-image

8.5x11 inch laminated double-sided card. FRONT: 'MG-7 Ancient-and-Classical Source Card' header; 6 numbered questions: (1) SOURCING — Who created this source? When? Where? Why? (Wineburg Move 1); (2) CONTEXTUALIZATION — What was happening at the time and place this source was created? What had just happened? What was about to happen? (Wineburg Move 2); (3) CORROBORATION — Does another source from the same time and place agree or disagree? Is the creator a partisan? (Wineburg Move 3); (4) CLOSE READING — What does the source literally say in its words? What does it leave unsaid? (Wineburg Move 4); (5) LIVING DESCENDANTS — Who today is a living descendant of the people who created or were addressed by this source? How do they treat this source as a living heritage? (NMAI Essential Understanding 5 extended); (6) WHOSE TRANSLATION? WHOSE SILENCES? — Who translated this source into English and when? What perspective is MISSING from this source (e.g., the slave perspective on Diocletian's edicts, the dasi/dasa perspective on Ashoka's edicts)? (WHA / SHEG move). BACK: scaffolded sentence frames for each question; a short-form version (4 Wineburg-only questions) for students still building source-analysis stamina.

Prompt

Author your 2-3 page storybook contribution on ONE of the 8 unit civilizations. Include: chronology + governance + economy + culture-and-religion + at least 1 primary source analyzed via MG-7 6-Question Source Card + modern living-descendant community. Self-reflection 3-star rubric required.

How it's presented
mode mixed mode handwritten word processed
Answer criteria
type rubric scored
rubric
Civilization clearly identified; 5 content elements present; at least 1 primary source with MG-7 analysis; modern living-descendant community named with present-tense framing; 3-star self-reflection rubric completed
Hints
  1. Choose the civilization you've engaged most deeply with this term.
  2. Use MG-7 for the primary-source section.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Missing modern living-descendant section
  • Missing primary-source MG-7 analysis