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Imagine that the city of Athens has decided to build a new museum to share and celebrate Greece’s past. You have been hired to create an exhibit for the new museum, celebrating the Ancient Greece Civilization.

Assignment:

Your museum exhibit must highlight six Ancient Greek Artifacts—one for each of the six S. P.R. I.T. E. categories. Each of the artifacts must include an image or sketch of the artifact. Your exhibit must also include a written explanation of why each artifact should be included in the museum and how the artifact was important to the people of Ancient Greece.

Your completed project should include the following:

six artifacts from Ancient Greece—one for each of the six S. P.R. I.T. E. categories
a three to four sentence explanation for each of the S. P.R. I.T. E. artifacts, telling why the artifact should be included and how it was important to the people of Ancient Greece
one image or sketch for each of the six artifacts
Research: Choose typical examples from ancient Greek cities such as Athens, Sparta, and Corinth.

Examples of Sprite Elements: Each artifact in your exhibit should represent an Ancient Greek item, person, place, or event to illustrate these six S. P.R. I.T. E. categories. Below are examples to guide you:

social—map of the city or article of clothing
political—government document
religious—a temple or religious festival
intellectual—sculpture, artwork, or writings
technological—tool or other piece of technology
economical—goods for sale or coins

Apurging of emotions, specially pity and fear

Today, you will begin a project that asks you to investigate some of those agencies in our own government, and how they have provided aid during either a recent or historical crisis. you will conduct research to identify how government crisis agencies intervened and provided aid during a specific emergency. examples of these government agencies may include the cdc, emergency alert system, the center for infectious disease, the national center for emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases, or the national center for immunization and respiratory diseases. you may choose to research a historical crisis or a more recent event, such as hurricane katrina. in order to make sure your research is from valid sites, study at least five government (.gov), non-profit organization (.org), research (.net) and/or military(.mil) web sites. other places to check would be your local health office, the local police crisis intervention teams, and your nearest library or fire station. keep a list of all the sources you have found. take detailed notes on each of the agencies. select the most significant and relevant facts, extended definitions, and/or concrete details. as you conduct your research, you will need to be able to determine whether each is a primary source or a secondary source. you should incorporate at least one example of each in your research. primary sources are first-hand accounts of an event--original sources of information that were created at the time an event occurred. primary sources may include diaries, letters, treaties, speeches, song lyrics, poems, photographs, recordings, and newspaper articles. secondary sources contain the analysis and evaluation of a collection of information; secondary sources use a variety of information to draw a conclusion about a historical event. secondary sources are often written by people who have studied primary sources and wish to share their conclusions. examples of secondary sources include books, journal articles, and models based on evidence collected. directions for this project, you are writing a formal essay, educating fellow students on two government crisis agencies that have assisted during a time of emergency. after finalizing your essay, you will create a short presentation to share with others. the essay must be at least five hundred words in length. the first paragraph should introduce the importance of having a prepared crisis response plan, and the specific crisis event you will be discussing. the two body paragraphs must inform your audience of the history of the government agencies that intervened in the specific crisis you are writing about, and how exactly they provided support and aid to people. cite specific textual evidence from your sources that will support the development of these paragraphs. the conclusion paragraph needs to address a claim or counterclaim for the future funding of governmental aid agencies. include any discrepancies you may have encountered in your research. you may create your own graphics to display, or you can refer to those you found in your research. finally, you must edit your paper and prepare to publish your findings. if you want others to read your paper, you must first be willing to reread and change information that is not clearly stated. the following checklist may you as you edit and clarify your writing: go back and add detailed and precise language in each paragraph. for this type of mini-research project, you will need to use transitions to you link the main paragraphs with one another and the conclusion. effective transitions will create cohesion and clarify the relationships among the ideas that you have included. make sure you have used several transitions. check for varied sentences. if all your sentences are simple, try using a complex or compound sentence. ask a friend or classmate to read your paper and point to sections that may need to be rewritten for clarity. reread the expectations for your project. did you include all the information? does your introduction and conclusion meet the requirement of this assignment? prompt write a formal essay educating fellow students on two government crisis agencies that have assisted during a time of emergency. after finalizing your essay, you will create a short presentation to share with others.

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