CLASSICAL VALUES –Character Speech

I. ASSIGNMENT

A. Research the life of ancient Greek or Roman to determine how well they lived up to the classical

     values.

B. You will be assigned one of the following individuals to research:

  1. Agrippina the Younger                                 19. Gnaeus Pompey

  2. Alcibiades                                                   20. Hadrian

  3. Alexander the Great                                                21. Herodotus                          

  4. Archimedes                                                 22. Hippocrates

  5. Aristotle                                                      23. Livia Drusilla

  6. Augustus                                                     24. Lucius Sulla

  7. Cato                                                           25. Marcus Aurelius

  8. Cicero                                                         26. Marcus Brutus

  9. Claudius                                                      27. Mark Antony

10. Cleisthenes                                                  28. Nero

11. Commodus                                                  29. Pericles

12. Constantine                                                 30. Plato

13. Diocletian                                                    31. Seneca

14. Diogenes                                                     32. Solon

15. Epicurus                                                      33. Tiberius

16. Euclid                                                          34. Trajan

17. Galen                                                          35. Zeno

18. Sapho                                                          36. Livy           

C.  Once you have your individual, focus your research around the following questions:

            1. Why are they famous?

            2. How well did they live up to the classical values?

II. PRESENTATION

A. Organize your information into a 2-3 minute presentation to the class.

B. The purpose of the presentation is to explain which classical value they best or least reflect.  Do

     not attempt to cover more than one value or both sides of the same value.

C. Instead, your presentation should be tightly focused around one classical value, how well your

     individual lived up to that standard, and the specific evidence that supports your assessment.

D. A word-processed topic outline of your presentation must be turned-in prior to your presentation.

    Included on your outline should be a list of the sources you used in proper MLA form. 

III. ASSESSMENT

A. Evaluation will be based on the rubric labeled Classical Character Speech on my website.

B. Please staple the rubric to the top of your outline.

IV. DUE DATE: