1. 3rd Quarter Engineering Project
Designing a monument like those in Ancient Egypt
The project is due on December 3rd and 4th 2015

2. What makes a monument different from other architecture?
Guiding questions:
What makes a monument different from other architecture?
What is the purpose of monuments?
Do you think the purpose of monuments today is different than in the time of Ramses?

3. What is the difference between memorializing and aggrandizing?
Why does the word aggrandizing have negative connotations?

4. Mount Rushmore

5. THE VIETNAM war MEMORIAL

6. THE Korean War Memorial

7. KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL

8. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial

9. Big Tree Park

10. Holocaust Memorial Museum

11. Holocaust Memorial Museum

12. Oklahoma City Memorial

13. Create a plaque or flyer that will appear on or near the monument.
As a designer
You are to make a monument or memorial of an event, thing, or person you think should be honored.
You may make a model, a painting, sculpture, an architecture plan (detailed and to scale).
Create a plaque or flyer that will appear on or near the monument.

14. Answer these questions In writing , using your own words ..
1. What do you want viewers to think about or feel when they see the monument?
2. Should the monument be realistic (such as the Lincoln memorial) or abstract (such as the Washington Monuments)?
3. Should the monument be positioned indoors or outdoors?
4. Out of what material(s) should the monument be made?

15. In your own words
5. How big or small should the monument be? 6. Should the monument consist of one structure (or piece) or several structures (or pieces)? 7. Should the monument encourage viewers to touch it or walk through it, or should the monument be roped off or made unreachable in some other way? 8. What, if anything, should a plaque on or near the monument say?

16. The project is due on December 3rd and 4th for Presentation
Due date
The project is due on December 3rd and 4th for Presentation

17. Rubric 1 point 2 points 3 points
Student shows weak responses to the questions about their monument.
Students shows on-grade responses to the questions about their monument.
Students shows strong responses to the questions about their monument.
Creates a confused, unclear model or drawing.
Creates a satisfactory model or drawing.
Creates an original thoughtful model or drawing.
Writes an incomplete vague plaque or flyer for their monument.
Writes an adequate plaque or flyer for their monument.
Writes a clear, complete plaque or flyer for their monument.