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Introduction: As noted in the curriculum alignment, it is important for upper primary school students to learn about Mediterranean culture and history. More specifically students need to gain knowledge on the areas of Rome, Greece, and Egypt. As a teacher it is your role to facilitate this learning in an authentic way. This can be done through the use of the authentic task as described in the Authentic Task page, and a series of scheduled lessons on the subject in class, as outlined below. This topic falls under the subject area of history. The chosen authentic task of creating a power point presentation is only one way of creating an authentic task. Other ideas include creating an artwork (such as a sculptural diagram or painting) with a write up to explain one important aspect of history relating to the Mediterranean, creating an informational website, or creating an entertaining video.

=LESSON SCHEDULE= __Lesson Time-__1-1.5 hours (3 lessons throughout the week) __Resources-__ Word document (for students to record their understandings of the topic), Mediterranean overview handout and task sheet handout (see resources page), interactive whiteboard. __Lesson Content-__ Teacher should provide general understanding of task. The students should have a general understanding of the ancient Mediterranean by the end of the week. They also should be shown how to use google documents before the end of the week.
 * Week 1- **Background information on Ancient Mediterranean history, including details such as the geography, lifestyle and society. A brief overview of what the Mediterranean is, and then outline the task the students will be doing over the next few weeks with an outline of how to use google documents included towards the end of the week.

__ Lesson Time- __ 1 hour each day to work on their assignment __ Resources- __ Computers with internet, google docs, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Powerpoint.
 * Weeks 2 and 3- **Students form groups of 3-4 and begin research on their chosen area of study (Egypt, Rome or Greece). They should begin and continue research throughout the 2 weeks, with the main focus of the first week being research and in the last half of the second week on organising presentations. Students should use Google documents to share information within their group and word document to record their own findings and reflections.

**Week 4-** Students will present their research to the class in the form of a power point. Students will fill out peer review sheets and give constructive feedback to each group. __Resources-__Computer, projector.