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Peacock Middle > Sixth Grade > Mr. Peel > Ancient Blabberize Directions

Sample Videos

  1. You will need an internet connection, a microphone, and a quiet room to start this project.
    (If you are using a laptop, it may have a built-in microphone).
  2. GOOGLE -> Images -> your chosen/assigned ancient person.
  3. Choose a statue/painting of the person’s head -> copy and paste to a word document.
  4. Insert a textbox with the person’s NAME & DATES at the bottom of the picture -> format picture to the back -> GROUP picture and textbox.
  5. Copy and Paste Picture to “PAINT” and save as a JPEG to “My Pictures”.
  6. Google -> web -> your ancient person QUOTES. (example: “Hammurabi Quotes”).
  7. Chose a quote -> copy and paste quote to a word document -> save -> print -> practice saying your quote (it will only be 5-20 seconds long).
  8. Go to www.blabberize.com and open a new account (“roomXXX” and your first and last initial).
    (XXX = Our Room Number) Password could be your school password so that you can remember it!
    (DO NOT USE YOUR EMAIL PASSWORD!)
  9. Pick an image -> Crop Image -> Place Mouth -> ADJUST THE SIZE & SHAPE OF MOUTH
  10. Pick a sound -> Microphone
  11. Click the record button and record your quote.
     Click the Start button to Stop recording and hear your recording! 
  12. YOU CAN GO BACK and RE-RECORD or RE-ADJUST YOUR MOVING MOUTH!
  13. CLICK “OK” WHEN YOU ARE HAPPY WITH YOUR RESULTS.
  14. SAVE -> Log In again -> TITLE -> your person ->
     DESCRIPTION “Ancient Blabberize (Your person)”  -> TAGS -> Your Person -> SAVE
  15. Click on “I want this Video” -> Click on “Yes, convert now!” -> “Click here to download” ->
    SAVE TO YOUR THUMB DRIVE AND BRING TO SCHOOL.
  16. We’ll Combine your Video with other Ancient Blabberize Videos to make one video for the entire class.
  17. You can also “SHARE” Your Video by sending the URL to your teacher and others!

Hammurabi - Use one of the quotes on page 73 of our textbook or GOOGLE -> web -> “Hammurabi quotes”.

Remember to put a textbox with the person’s name AND DATES at the bottom of the picture!

YOU CAN GET THE DATES FROM PAGES R26-R35 IN THE BACK OF OUR TEXTBOOK or from an internet encyclopedia!

 

SARGON

ABRAHAM

HAMMURABI

QUEEN HATSHEPSUT

SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA

CONFUCIUS

ALEXANDER THE GREAT

PERICLES

SHI HUANGDI

AUGUSTUS

JESUS OF NAZARETH

CHARLEMAGNE

LADY MURASAKI SHIKIBU

KUBLAI KHAN

MANSA MUSA

JOHANN GUTENBERG

LEONARDO DA VINCI

SIR ISAAC NEWTON

 

Additional Ancient People: 

Aesop

Socrates

Plato

Aristotle

Julius Caesar

Cicero

Cleisthenes

Cleopatra

Constantine

Cyrus the Great

Euclid

Genghis Khan

Gilgamesh

Hadrian

Hannibal 

Hippocrates 

Homer

Justinian

Khufu

Michelangelo

Moses

Nebuchadnezzar

Ramses the Great

Solomon

Spartacus

Thucydides

Tutankhamen (King Tut)

Wu (Empress of China)

Zheng He

If you can’t find a quote for your person, see Mr. Peel.

If all else fails, choose another ancient person that has not already been picked!

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Last modified: Saturday, September 3, 2011


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