Art History

Overview:
In this assignment, you will construct a timeline, placing the cultures covered in this
week’s reading in the appropriate place on a chronological timeline and global map.
Instructions:
You will use the Timeline template throughout the course. You will submit your progress
at the end of each unit.
There are several steps to completing this assignment:
• Select an appropriate piece of art to represent each of this week’s civilizations.
• Place images representing Byzantine and Islamic World art in the appropriate
places on the timeline and add corresponding dates for each culture.
• On the slide devoted to each culture:
o Drag the star to the corresponding part of the world map.
o Provide three sentences in your own words describing three ‘big-picture’
ideas, or significant traits of Byzantine and Islamic World art.
Requirements:
• Use the Timeline template.
• Choose an appropriate picture that represents ancient Byzantine and Islamic
World art.
• Write three complete sentences in your own words describing three ‘big-picture’
ideas of Byzantine and Islamic World art.
Be sure to read the criteria below by which your work will be evaluated before
you write and again after you write.
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Evaluation Rubric for Timeline Assignment
CRITERIA Deficient Needs
Improvement
Proficient Exemplary
0 points 1 – 9 points 10 points
Picture
Depicting
Cultures
No pictures
were provided.
Inaccurate or inappropriate
choice of pictures to represent
cultures.
Accurate and
appropriate
choice of
pictures to
represent
cultures.
Dates for the
Cultures
Doesn’t move
the stars or has
the incorrect
locations and
has many
errors for the
dates on the
timeline and
slides specific
for cultures.
Moves the stars to locations on
the map and may have an error
for the dates on the timeline and
slides specific for cultures.
Moves the
stars to the
correct
locations on
the map and
has accurate
dates on the
timeline and
slides specific
for cultures.
0 – 19 points 20 – 35 points 36 – 53 points 54 – 60 points
Big-Picture
Ideas/Traits
Doesn’t
provide any
big-picture
ideas or
provides
inaccurate bigpicture
ideas/traits of
the cultures.
Provides some
accurate bigpicture
idea/trait that
represents the
cultures. May
be missing key
ideas/traits of
the cultures.
Provides
almost all
accurate bigpicture
ideas/traits that
represent the
cultures. May
be missing key
ideas/traits of
the cultures.
Provides all
necessary
accurate and
well-written
big-picture
ideas/traits that
represent the
cultures.
0 points 5 points 10 points
Written
Length
Doesn’t have
any writing on
the slides.
More or less than three
sentences or incomplete
sentences per culture.
Writes three
sentences per
culture.
0 – 5 points 6 – 7 points 8 – 9 points 10 points
Clear and
Professional
Writing
Errors impede
professional
presentation.
Significant
errors that do
not impede
professional
presentation.
Few errors that
do not impede
professional
presentation.
Writing and
format are
clear,
professional,
and error-free.