September 17, 2014

Happy Humpday!

Yesterday you were asked to chart the growth of the Roman Empire, today you are going to learn how to write a great blog for history class.

What do you think makes a great blog? Below are a few elements that will get you started.

1.  Organized.  Does it make sense organizationally?  
2.  Do you make it both interesting and reflective?  Reflective means that you are connecting this knowledge with something you know.  
3.  Is it well written?  Do you use proper punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar.  Did you proofread your work? Better yet, did someone else proofread your work.
4.  Do you use outside links or pictures?  If so, do you give credit to the source?

Here is the blog topic: Rome grew from the Italian Peninsula to an empire on 3 continents.  Describe the geographic borders at it height.  What problems might the Romans have faced with governing such a large empire?  How did they overcome these problems?

How would one start this piece you ask?  Well, break down the question into two parts.  The first part starts with "describe."  How would you tackle this?  I would start with a great attention grabbing sentence.  Then I would hit every border from North to the South.
I would be informative, that means I would find out how far it is from the eastern border to the western border, or from the northern border to the southern.

Be descriptive, but not boring.  Have fun.

On Friday, you will be asked to submit a link to me.

Mr. A.