THE PUNIC WARS GROUP MAGAZINE PROJECT From 264-146 B.C., a series of wars was fought between Rome and their Mediterranean rival, Carthage. By the end of the third Punic War, Carthage was left in ruins and Rome had established itself as the dominant force in the Mediterranean world. Your group’s task is to detail these three history altering wars in the form of a historical magazine. Below is a list of requirements for this magazine. Individuals within the groups must share the workload evenly. Teamwork is IMPERATIVE!! Projects are due on Monday, April 11th. REQUIREMENTS Cover Page o Magazine Title o Focus Picture with a caption o Individuals names from the group o Inside front cover should be a magazine table of contents 3 Main Articles o Cause/War/Effect of the First Punic War o Cause/War/Effect of the Second Punic War o Cause/War/Effect of the Third Punic War . Articles should include factual information about dates, important people, major battles, and how these wars affected BOTH Rome and Carthage. 1 Interview o You will interview one of the important people from any of the Punic Wars. Interviews must include a minimum of 5 thought provoking questions and detailed responses. Responses are to include factual information and written from the personal perspective/opinion of the person. Groups can interview any of the following. Scipio Africanus . Cato the Elder . Hamilcar Barca . Hannibal Barca . Hasdrubal . A separate person of the group’s choice that played a major role in the Punic Wars 1 Biography o You will create a biography of an important person from the Punic Wars. YOUR BIOGRAPHY CANNOT BE ON THE SAME PERSON YOU INTERVIEWED. o The biography should detail the life of the chosen individual and give specific explanations as to why this person was an important figure from the Punic Wars. o Focus on the whole life, not just what the person did during the war. 2 Battle Recaps o Describe in detail two of the major battles that was fought during the Punic Wars. Some battle ideas include: . Battle of Egadi Islands (First Punic War) . Battle of Panormus (First Punic War) . Battle of Cannae (Second Punic War)* . Battle of Zama (Second Punic War)* . Siege of Carthage (Third Punic War)* . A separate battle not listed Include a map/diagram of the battle Include troop numbers from both sides and casualties Include pictures/images 1 Paragraph Summary of the battle At least 1 of the starred battles must be presented 1 Comic Strip o Choose an aspect of the Punic Wars that has not been discussed and create a short comic real of at least 5 slides. Bring an aspect of the Punic Wars to life with humor! Group Decision Section o Groups decide on something extra to be included within the magazine that is not listed above. Look through magazines at home to gather ideas. BE CREATIVE! THE MORE PICTURES YOU USE…..THE BETTER THIS MAGAZINE WILL BE All pages SHOULD include images/pictures depicting the topic of the page Grading Groups will be given class time during the week of 3/28-4/1. Groups will have MINIMAL class time during the week of 4/4-4/8 because of AZ Merit. It is HIGHLY recommended that individuals work on their parts at home, and that groups have a shared GoogleDoc to help one another with peer editing, as well as formulate a plan of getting things printed and pages put together. I CANNOT GUARANTEE YOU BEING ABLE TO PRINT AT SCHOOL. SECTION OF MAGAZINE 1 3 5 SCORE COVER PAGE The cover page is either missing necessary The cover page includes a title that fits the The cover page includes a creative elements or is greatly lacking in creativity theme of the Punic Wars and is written in magazine title that fits the theme of the and effort. The inside cover’s table of BIG/BOLD lettering. The focus picture Punic Wars and is written in BIG/BOLD contents is either incomplete or depicts an element of the Punic Wars and lettering with a unique font. The focus disorganized. Many spelling/grammar all group members’ names are shown. picture stands out and depicts an important errors. Little to no effort is shown. The inside cover’s table of contents is element of the Punic Wars, along with a organized. Some spelling/grammar caption explaining what the image is errors. depicting. Each group members’ name is shown on the front cover, but is done in a way that doesn’t take away from the main cover elements. The inside cover’s table of contents is organized and put together in a creative way. Spelling/Grammar is appropriate. MAIN ARTICLE #1 The article is missing necessary information The article contains information that The article is written using a voice that is to adequately describe the details the cause, the war, and the effect commonly seen throughout cause/war/effect of the first Punic War. of the war on both Rome and Carthage, informational/historical writing. This article The First Punic War Personal opinion is seen throughout and but may be missing some important provides the factual information that the article either does not have a title, or elements of that time period. The author details the cause of the war, the war itself, has a title that doesn’t fit with the topic. does a good job of not using personal and the effect of the war on both Rome and Many spelling/grammar errors. There are opinion, but minimal opinion writing is Carthage. The article is void of personal zero images. Little to no effort is shown. used. An appropriate title is given and the opinion and is three thorough and detailed article is 2-3 detailed paragraphs in length. paragraphs in length. The article also Some spelling/grammar errors. A few contains an appropriate title. images are on the page. Spelling/Grammar is appropriate. It is evident that the author has put forth the effort adequately research this war. Multiple images are on the page. MAIN ARTICLE #2 The article contains information that The article is written using a voice that is The article is missing necessary information details the cause, the war, and the effect commonly seen throughout to adequately describe the of the war on both Rome and Carthage, informational/historical writing. This article The Second Punic War cause/war/effect of the second Punic War. but may be missing some important provides the factual information that Personal opinion is seen throughout and elements of that time period. The author details the cause of the war, the war itself, the article either does not have a title, or does a good job of not using personal and the effect of the war on both Rome and has a title that doesn’t fit with the topic. opinion, but minimal opinion writing is Carthage. The article is void of personal Many spelling/grammar errors. There are used. An appropriate title is given and the opinion and is three thorough and detailed zero images. Little to no effort is shown. article is 2-3 detailed paragraphs in length. paragraphs in length. The article also Some spelling/grammar errors. A few contains an appropriate title. images are on the page. Spelling/Grammar is appropriate. It is evident that the author has put forth the effort adequately research this war. Multiple images are on the page. MAIN ARTICLE #3 The article contains information that The article is written using a voice that is The article is missing necessary information details the cause, the war, and the effect commonly seen throughout to adequately describe the of the war on both Rome and Carthage, informational/historical writing. This article The Third Punic War cause/war/effect of the third Punic War. but may be missing some important provides the factual information that Personal opinion is seen throughout and elements of that time period. The author details the cause of the war, the war itself, the article either does not have a title, or does a good job of not using personal and the effect of the war on both Rome and has a title that doesn’t fit with the topic. opinion, but minimal opinion writing is Carthage. The article is void of personal Many spelling/grammar errors. There are used. An appropriate title is given and the opinion and is three thorough and detailed zero images. Little to no effort is shown. article is 2-3 detailed paragraphs in length. paragraphs in length. The article also Some spelling/grammar errors. A few contains an appropriate title. images are on the page. Spelling/Grammar is appropriate. It is evident that the author has put forth the effort adequately research this war. Multiple images are on the page. INTERVIEW The interview only contains one adequate The interview contains less than five The interview contains a minimum of five thought question, or multiple questions that don’t thought provoking questions. Questions provoking questions. Questions asked incite deep fit with the topic. The questions are not incite detailed responses in which the meaningful answers, and are questions in which information for the answers can be found using thought provoking and incite short answers information for answers is found using historical research. Answers given by the that need no historical research to write. research. The answers stated contain individual are detailed, contain factual information Lack of effort with this page in terms of factual information but lack in personal about what was being asked, but also uses content/layout is evident.