Great Works Assignment 4: Chuang Tzu


Objectives:
* Students will investigate the great work and analyze information in order to find answers to the crossword clues.
* Students will apply their new knowledge of the historical work by creating their own unique crossword puzzle using the words and clues given.


Clues:
* The author of Chuang Tzu (9 letters, two words)
* Country that work was written in (5 letters)
* Author was a minor government official of the ____ Dynasty (4 letters)
* Number of chapters that remain of the Chuang Tzu (11 letters, 2 words)
* Author said one can do more by doing _____ (7 letters)
* Author argued that humanity should seek to live at one with _____ (6 letters)
* Author was a leading _____ philosopher (6 letters)
* Basic writings include _____ inner chapters (5 letters)
* Title of Book 8 (10 letters, 2 words)
* Title of Book 15 (14 letters, 2 words)
* Title of Book 18 (16 letters, 2 words)

Procedure:
For this Great Works assignment students will take the clues provided and find the appropriate words for each blank using reliable Internet sources. Once students have found the correct terms for each clue, they will create their own crossword puzzle fitting the words together. This repeated work with the words and clues will help students learn and remember facts about the historical work.


Grading:
5 points Correctly identified terms with an effective crossword puzzle and a clear understanding of the work.
4 points One error in identified terms with an otherwise effective crossword puzzle and a clear understanding of the work.
3 points At least two errors with a partially completed crossword puzzle and partial understanding of the work.
2 points At least five errors with a partially completed crossword and poor understanding of the work.
1 point Five or more errors with an uncompleted crossword and barely any or no understanding of the work.










Across
o 3. Title of Book 8 (10 letters, 2 words) WEBBED TOES
o 5. Author said one can do more by doing _____ (7 letters) NOTHING
o 9. Number of chapters that remain of the Chuang Tzu (11 letters, 2 words) THIRTY THREE
o 10. Country that work was written in (5 letters) CHINA
o 11. Author was a minor government official of the ____ Dynasty (4 letters) CHOU

Down
o Author argued that humanity should seek to live at one with _____ (6 letters) NATURE
o Basic writings include _____ inner chapters (5 letters) SEVEN
o Author was a leading _____ philosopher (6 letters) TAOIST
o 6. Title of Book 15 (14 letters, 2 words) INGRAINED IDEAS
o 7. The author of Chuang Tzu (9 letters, two words) CHUANG TZU
o 8. Title of Book 18 (16 letters, 2 words) PERFECT ENJOYMENT

Objectives:
* Students will investigate the key term and analyze information in order to find answers to the crossword clues.
* Then students will apply the historical term to a modern day puzzle by creating a unique crossword puzzle using the words and clues given.


Clues:
* Means "the three roads" (7 letters)
* Means "the four roads" (10 letters)
* Period in which liberal truths design (8 letters)
* Number of liberal truths (5 letters)
* Liberal truth concerned with how to speak and write a language (7 letters)
* Liberal truth concerned with debates between people (8 letters)
* Liberal truth concerned with persuading people through language (8 letters)
* Liberal truth concerned with numbers (10 letters)
* Liberal truth concerned with size, shape, and position of things (8 letters)
* Liberal truth concerned with outer space (9 letters)
* Liberal truth concerned with sound (5 letters)


Procedure:
For this Key Terms assignment students will take the clues provided and find the appropriate words for each blank using Internet sources. Once students have found the correct answers for each clue, they will create their own crossword puzzle fitting the words together. This repeated work with the words and clues will help students learn and remember facts about the key term.


Grading:
5 points Correctly identified terms with an effective crossword puzzle and a clear understanding of the term.
4 points One error in identified terms with an otherwise effective crossword puzzle and a clear understanding of the term.
3 points At least two errors with a partially completed crossword puzzle and partial understanding of the term.
2 points At least five errors with a partially completed crossword and poor understanding of the term.
1 point Five or more errors with an uncompleted crossword and barely any or no understanding of the term.

Great Works Assignment: Almagest


Objectives:
* Students will investigate the great work and analyze information in order to find answers to the crossword clues.
* Students will create a their own unique crossword puzzle using the words and clues given.


Clues:
* Almagest focuses on _______ main points of cosmology (4 letters)
* Original language work written in (5 letters)
* City that author lived in (10 letters)
* Author of Almagest (7 letters)
* Sections of Almagest are actually called _______ (5 letters)
* Field of science that benefited most from this work (9 letters)
* Original name of Almagest (19 letters)
* Amount of sections within the Almagest (9 letters)
* Country that author lived in (5 letters)
* Book 1 is about _________ (12 letters)
* Book 3 is about ________ (3 letters)
* Book 4 and 5 are about _________ (4 letters)
* Book 6 is about _________ (8 letters)
* Book 7 and 8 are about ________ (5 letters)
* Books 9-13 are about ________ (7 letters)


Procedure:
For this Great Works assignment students will take the clues provided and find the appropriate words for each blank using Internet sources. Once students have found the correct terms for each clue, they will create their own crossword puzzle fitting the words together. This repeated work with the words and clues will help students learn and remember facts about the historical work.


Grading:
5 points Correctly identified terms with an effective crossword puzzle and a clear understanding of the work.
4 points One error in identified terms with an otherwise effective crossword puzzle and a clear understanding of the work.
3 points At least two errors with a partially completed crossword puzzle and partial understanding of the work.
2 points At least five errors with a partially completed crossword and poor understanding of the work.
1 point Five or more errors with an uncompleted crossword and barely any or no understanding of the work.







Across
3. Almagest focuses on FIVE main points of cosmology (4 letters)
5. Original language work written in GREEK (5 letters)
7. City that author lived in ALEXANDRIA (10 letters)
10. Author of Almagest PTOLEMY (7 letters)
11. Sections of Almagest are actually called BOOKS (5 letters)
12. Field of science that benefited most from this work ASTRONOMY (9 letters)
13. Book 6 is about _________ ECLIPSES (8 letters)
15. Book 7 and 8 are about ________ STARS (5 letters)

Down
1. Original name of Almagest MATHEMATIKE SYNTAXIS (19 letters)
2. Amount of sections within the Almagest THIRTEEN (9 letters)
4. Books 9-13 are about ________ PLANETS (7 letters)
6. Book 1 is about _________ TRIGONOMETRY (12 letters)
8. Country that author lived in EGYPT (5 letters)
9. Book 4 and 5 are about _________ MOON (4 letters)
14. Book 3 is about ________ SUN (3 letters)

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