Capstone — Medieval World Inquiry Exhibit storybook (Foxfire 3-copy distribution) + civic-action letter (Banks Level-4 social-action) integrating all unit skills, applying MG-7 SEVEN-QUESTION SOURCE CARD + MG-8 four-perspective Crusades protocol + ibn Khaldun's Muqaddimah lens + Abu-Lughod's world-systems lens, with each student contributing one civilization-profile chapter + one civic-action letter mailed to a contemporary descendant-community institution
Exercise Difficulty 5 ~30 min hist.g7.f.ex_50

Performance

MG-9 Diagram
MG-9 Living-Descendant Promise poster (continued from G6-Spring). 18x24 inch wall poster. Black-and-white photo plate of

MG-9 Living-Descendant Promise poster (continued from G6-Spring). 18x24 inch wall poster. Black-and-white photo plate of descendant-tradition communities from each medieval-world civilization studied: (a) modern Iraqi family; (b) modern Andalusian Spanish family + Sephardic-descendant family; (c) modern Chinese family; (d) modern Malian family; (e) modern Mongolian family; (f) modern Nahua family; (g) modern Greek family + modern Turkish family + modern Coptic family; (h) modern Persian Iranian family + modern Parsi family. Caption: 'These civilizations have living descendants. We speak about their ancestors in the present tense whenever the descendants of that civilization continue today.'

Prompt

Write your civic-action letter to ONE of FIVE descendant-community institutions: Mamma Haidara Library Timbuktu/Bamako; Hagia Sophia Foundation Istanbul; INAH Templo Mayor Museum Mexico City; Mongolian National Museum; Sankore Educational Foundation. 250-400 words. Voice: MG-9 Living-Descendant Promise voice — NOT charity-from-above. Name SPECIFIC knowledge + ONE SPECIFIC question or thanks.

How it's presented
mode text
Answer criteria
type performance rubric
rubric
40 pts: voice + tone 10 pts; specific knowledge from a Lesson 10 pts; specific question or thanks 10 pts; word count + formal-friendly format 5 pts; mailed at end of session 5 pts.
Hints
  1. NOT 'I want to help you' voice. INSTEAD 'I am learning about [civilization]. I want to thank you for [specific work].'
  2. Mail at end of session.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Charity-from-above tone
  • Missing specific-knowledge naming
Used in lessons