Queen Cleopatra Project Storyboard: HIST 390
Subject: Cleopatra, The First Queen of Egypt to Rule without a King, her life and legacy to create and encourage today’s society of women.
Menu:
- Home Page/Introduction
- Her Childhood
- Her Influences in her education/ability to study as a woman
- Her leadership/Ruling of Egypt, Her Relationships/Her Children’s Relationships with Powerful Empires
- Her Legacy/ How She Influences Women Today
Header:
- Title: Queen Cleopatra: The Last Ruler of Egypt
- Menu
*Put images of her/that pertain to her under the menu.
Page 1: Intro
Talk about:
- Where she was born
- Her parents
- Her family
- Short paragraph talking about her life.
*Insert images of her and her family
Page 2:
Talk about:
- Where she grew up
- What she was like as a young child
- Her interests/hobbies
- Her siblings and her relationships with them
- Her father’s death impacting her life.
*Insert images of her and her siblings, ceremony of her and her brother becoming King and Queen of Egypt,
Page 3:
Talk about:
- Her education, where she was educated as a child/teen/and young adult.
- Where she studied
- What she studied
- Who she studied with/who taught her.
- Her knowledge of certain subjects
- The Library of Alexandria
*Insert images of the library, scrolls, etc.
Page 4:
Talk about:
- When she became Queen
- Who she became Queen alongside.
- How she came to be the first sole female ruler of Egypt
- Her alliances/battles she fought.
- How she impacted her people, how they looked at/saw her
- How she was viewed by outsiders as a female leader
- Her relationships with the women around her
- Relationships with powerful empires
- How other rulers viewed her.
- How those relationships impacted her country/her life and death.
- How her children went on to influence powerful countries/empires
*Insert images of her children, her partners, maps/locations of battles in which she fought,
Page 5:
Talk about:
- Her legacy on the impact of female rulers
- How her influence impacted the country of Egypt
- Traditions that may have been started by her or created in honor of her that are still practiced today.
- How her impact of being an independent woman has influenced today’s women in pursuing education, going after positions mostly dominated by men, the differences in how we as women vs men view her today, and how she has inspired women today.
*Insert images of female rulers that came after her and were influenced by her or influenced their countries due to similar ideals/morals/goals, traditions created by her or in honor of her that are still practiced today around the world, and how she’s influenced today’s society of women.
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