Final Project: Interviewing a Historical Figure
Use the following topics and links to help you decide who you would like to choose to write your mock interview for. You may choose any individual from the options linked below from the Reformation, Renaissance or Enlightenment. Once you have chosen your individual, you will need to reference 3 sources of information from valid sites. You may not use: yahoo answers, wikipedia or other sites that are not academically valid. Be sure to complete a Works Cited page that notes what your sources were.
Your interview must include a minimum of 8 questions that focus on the historic contributions of the individual.
Questions like- What year were you born? Will not count as one of your 8 questions, as they generate one word responses and have little significance.
A better question- What was life like in the city you lived in as a young adult? Allow for thoughtful detailed valuable responses that tells us about the period and the person.
Here are tips for a great interview:
Links:
Reformation
Renaissance
Enlightenment
Your interview must include a minimum of 8 questions that focus on the historic contributions of the individual.
Questions like- What year were you born? Will not count as one of your 8 questions, as they generate one word responses and have little significance.
A better question- What was life like in the city you lived in as a young adult? Allow for thoughtful detailed valuable responses that tells us about the period and the person.
Here are tips for a great interview:
- Avoid a lot of content that relates to their childhood and early life, unless it is relevant, interesting, or otherwise significant.
- Focus questions on a variety of events, interactions or contributions from the period they are known for.
- Develop thoughtful questions that generate responses that are specific and detailed.
- Avoid questions that can be answered in a quick phrase or one word.
- Use follow up questions to the responses to dig deeper.
Links:
Reformation
Renaissance
Enlightenment
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Medieval Japan
Use the following link to research and outline a stage or period of Japanese history in class.
http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/bender4/eall131/EAHReadings/module02/m02japanese.html
Directions: You are responsible for meeting all requirements listed below. Please be sure to read through each section and take active reading notes with your group as you use the website.
Summary: You are responsible for generating a summary of the highlights of your period. The summary should be a minimum of 2 paragraphs, and must include all necessary facts that highlight the significance and influence this period had on Japanese History.
Vocabulary: As you read, find 2 words that you can include in your summary that will serve as vocabulary terms. Define them on your poster.
Sequence of Events/Important Individuals or Groups: Choose 4 items to research further-possibly a specific individual, family or clan, a major event, or a transfer of power. Be sure to choose from the most interesting stories and be sure write the narrative of the subject in detail in your own words.
Works Cited: Any additional sites you may have used to research your topic.
Quiz Questions: Creatively develop 2 quiz questions related to your topic. At least one of these will be used to quiz the class as they walk around and assess the posters while taking their quiz.
Visuals: You must have at least 3-5 Visuals. Consider maps, diagrams, useful graphs or charts. These can be hand drawn or printed form a computer at home, do not ask me to print them for you.
Periods of Japanese History: 1) Early Kingdoms /Classical Age, 2) Age of Reform, 3) Nara Period, 4) Heian Period, 5) Kamakura Period, 6) Kemmu Restoration and Ashikaga Period (together combined), 7) Tokugawa Period, 8) Meiji Period to 21st Century.
http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/bender4/eall131/EAHReadings/module02/m02japanese.html
Directions: You are responsible for meeting all requirements listed below. Please be sure to read through each section and take active reading notes with your group as you use the website.
Summary: You are responsible for generating a summary of the highlights of your period. The summary should be a minimum of 2 paragraphs, and must include all necessary facts that highlight the significance and influence this period had on Japanese History.
Vocabulary: As you read, find 2 words that you can include in your summary that will serve as vocabulary terms. Define them on your poster.
Sequence of Events/Important Individuals or Groups: Choose 4 items to research further-possibly a specific individual, family or clan, a major event, or a transfer of power. Be sure to choose from the most interesting stories and be sure write the narrative of the subject in detail in your own words.
Works Cited: Any additional sites you may have used to research your topic.
Quiz Questions: Creatively develop 2 quiz questions related to your topic. At least one of these will be used to quiz the class as they walk around and assess the posters while taking their quiz.
Visuals: You must have at least 3-5 Visuals. Consider maps, diagrams, useful graphs or charts. These can be hand drawn or printed form a computer at home, do not ask me to print them for you.
Periods of Japanese History: 1) Early Kingdoms /Classical Age, 2) Age of Reform, 3) Nara Period, 4) Heian Period, 5) Kamakura Period, 6) Kemmu Restoration and Ashikaga Period (together combined), 7) Tokugawa Period, 8) Meiji Period to 21st Century.
Link to Heian Women Images: http://asianhistory.about.com/od/japan/ig/Beauties-of-Heian-Japan/Tale-of-Genji-Beauties-I.htm
Link to Survey
The Continent of Africa and its History
Watch the intro Video
New Researching Tools!!! Use the following username and passwords to access documents at home or in class as you research. Follow the instructions below to use the site most effectively.
Link to Site:
http://dcportal.sdcoe.net/
username: [email protected]
password: HXKDn2D
Click on Open Access Library on the left.
Use the options from the drop down at the top of the page to select the Student library by following the sequence bellow.
Educator>Library>Student
From the student options on the left, select EBSCO, and then scroll to the second row of options on the right where you will see a Blue Circle for "EBSCO Host (Complete Grades 6-12)"
Check off the following filters to limit your search so that you do not have tens of thousands of articles pop up as results for your later search:
Click Continue below.
Type in key words for your search: DO NOT ASK A QUESTION! Search engines search all words you enter into the search bar, so by asking questions like: What was Ghana like in the Middle Ages? It will search for each of those words, when really, all you needed was the key words- Ghana Middle Ages
Once you have logged in with the password, you may use any of the icons; however, Ebscohost (located on the top right of the student library) grades 6-12 is most useful and provides the largest amount of periodicals and valuable sources. Search your topic or any subtopic within the broader topic to see what articles you can use to expand on your understanding of the time period, culture or events that relate to your topic. Be sure to use the search options as well to limit your search.
Use the Folder feature to create a group folder with your groups topic as the title. This will allow you to share documents with your group members. Dividing up the work will be much easier if you all have access the information.
Project Outline
Presentation Topics- You will be assigned partners and a topic from either a specific era or an Ancient Empire that contributed to the growth of Africa prior to industrialization or European Imperialism. Use the links and Documents below to help you develop an understanding of where to begin with your research.
Timeline: After you have completed the timeline in class, it will serve as the "mini" version of what you are presenting to the class.
Each of you will be given a period from African History from that timeline and you will be working to focus on your topic and create a visually stunning presentation that describes the following-
Significant Events- Consider which events marked transformations, changes, had impacts or influences with significance. Notable struggles or challenges of the period.
Important People- A mention of multiple notable individuals or groups related to the period or topic.
Visual- A poster or presentation with important facts, summaries and images (hand drawn, digital or printed images). Avoid writing an entire essay on the poster or digital presentations. A few bullet points or relevant facts are sufficient and more useful that a 3 paragraph biography!
Map- Your poster or digital presentation must include a map.
Presentation- A balanced 3-5 minute presentation including each person in your group.
Empires: A few groups will be assigned a specific Empire from the period of African Trade Empires that is separate from the Timeline. These groups will also use similar research tools, and must include the above elements in their presentation, but also must address the following "Big 3 Questions."
What allowed for this Empire to flourish?
What was unique, special or different about this Empire compared to other civilizations and Empires?
What ultimately caused the empires decline?
Timeline Era
Bantu Migration -
Map
Details
Rise of Islam
Simplified
Information
Details
West African Trading Empires
Text
Basic Overview
Extension
Swahili Trading States
Overview
Text
Turkish Empire In Africa
Intro
Details
African Slave Trade
Details
Story of Equiano
Details
European Colonialism in Africa
Ghana Perspective
Details
African Independence
Overview
Apartheid
Mandela
Empire Project - Use power point file below in addition to links.
Ghana
Basic Text
Mali
Overview
Songhay
Overview
New Researching Tools!!! Use the following username and passwords to access documents at home or in class as you research. Follow the instructions below to use the site most effectively.
Link to Site:
http://dcportal.sdcoe.net/
username: [email protected]
password: HXKDn2D
Click on Open Access Library on the left.
Use the options from the drop down at the top of the page to select the Student library by following the sequence bellow.
Educator>Library>Student
From the student options on the left, select EBSCO, and then scroll to the second row of options on the right where you will see a Blue Circle for "EBSCO Host (Complete Grades 6-12)"
Check off the following filters to limit your search so that you do not have tens of thousands of articles pop up as results for your later search:
- Academic Search Premier
- Education Research Complete
- History Reference Center
- Humanities International Complete
- Primary Search
Click Continue below.
Type in key words for your search: DO NOT ASK A QUESTION! Search engines search all words you enter into the search bar, so by asking questions like: What was Ghana like in the Middle Ages? It will search for each of those words, when really, all you needed was the key words- Ghana Middle Ages
Once you have logged in with the password, you may use any of the icons; however, Ebscohost (located on the top right of the student library) grades 6-12 is most useful and provides the largest amount of periodicals and valuable sources. Search your topic or any subtopic within the broader topic to see what articles you can use to expand on your understanding of the time period, culture or events that relate to your topic. Be sure to use the search options as well to limit your search.
Use the Folder feature to create a group folder with your groups topic as the title. This will allow you to share documents with your group members. Dividing up the work will be much easier if you all have access the information.
Project Outline
Presentation Topics- You will be assigned partners and a topic from either a specific era or an Ancient Empire that contributed to the growth of Africa prior to industrialization or European Imperialism. Use the links and Documents below to help you develop an understanding of where to begin with your research.
Timeline: After you have completed the timeline in class, it will serve as the "mini" version of what you are presenting to the class.
Each of you will be given a period from African History from that timeline and you will be working to focus on your topic and create a visually stunning presentation that describes the following-
Significant Events- Consider which events marked transformations, changes, had impacts or influences with significance. Notable struggles or challenges of the period.
Important People- A mention of multiple notable individuals or groups related to the period or topic.
Visual- A poster or presentation with important facts, summaries and images (hand drawn, digital or printed images). Avoid writing an entire essay on the poster or digital presentations. A few bullet points or relevant facts are sufficient and more useful that a 3 paragraph biography!
Map- Your poster or digital presentation must include a map.
Presentation- A balanced 3-5 minute presentation including each person in your group.
Empires: A few groups will be assigned a specific Empire from the period of African Trade Empires that is separate from the Timeline. These groups will also use similar research tools, and must include the above elements in their presentation, but also must address the following "Big 3 Questions."
What allowed for this Empire to flourish?
What was unique, special or different about this Empire compared to other civilizations and Empires?
What ultimately caused the empires decline?
Timeline Era
Bantu Migration -
Map
Details
Rise of Islam
Simplified
Information
Details
West African Trading Empires
Text
Basic Overview
Extension
Swahili Trading States
Overview
Text
Turkish Empire In Africa
Intro
Details
African Slave Trade
Details
Story of Equiano
Details
European Colonialism in Africa
Ghana Perspective
Details
African Independence
Overview
Apartheid
Mandela
Empire Project - Use power point file below in addition to links.
Ghana
Basic Text
Mali
Overview
Songhay
Overview
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Choose Your Own Adventure
You are being given the opportunity to showcase your research on any teacher approved historical period, location, or person. Your showcase presentation will be completed both in class and at home, either individually or with a partner or group no larger than 4 people. As you develop your research, you will keep a notebook of all content researched that must be submitted with your presentation. All headings, dates and content must be completed as shown in the handout example. Be sure for each section of notes you take, you are adding in the following:
You must use a minimum of 5 Sources to effectively master the content you are presenting. These sources can be Books, Documentaries, Credible Online Sources, Artifacts, or other forms of Documentation. Bring this with you to class each day, and add to it each week as homework!!!
Standard Presentation Formats
Poster
Interview
Butcher Paper Timeline
Brochure
Puppet Show
Dramatic Performance
Digital Presentation Formats (A gmail account is strongly advised for ease with transferring work to and from school)
Powerpoint or Google Presentation
Moviemaker
http://www.meograph.com/
http://www.toondoo.com/
Ask teacher for approval on other forms of Presentation.
Guidelines and Advice
Requirements- These are the categories you are being graded on (240 Points), each category is worth 40 points.
How well does the student...
Focus on a specific enough topic for students in class to gain knowledge they did not have.
Present numerous facts that are interesting and engaging (it should not sound like a list of facts, you are telling a factual story).
Use visuals to aid in the presentation and expand on student understanding.
Demonstrate mastery of the topic as opposed to just reading about it while presenting.
Clearly and completely present the topic.
Prepare through extensive research (your research notebook, formatted as specified in the example) Up to 60 points of Extra Credit!!!
You are being given the opportunity to showcase your research on any teacher approved historical period, location, or person. Your showcase presentation will be completed both in class and at home, either individually or with a partner or group no larger than 4 people. As you develop your research, you will keep a notebook of all content researched that must be submitted with your presentation. All headings, dates and content must be completed as shown in the handout example. Be sure for each section of notes you take, you are adding in the following:
- Content Topic
- Date Recorded
- Source (be fairly specific)
- Source Evaluations (Explain why the source should be considered valuable in one sentence)
- Your Bullet Notes (In your own words, does not need to be complete sentences)
You must use a minimum of 5 Sources to effectively master the content you are presenting. These sources can be Books, Documentaries, Credible Online Sources, Artifacts, or other forms of Documentation. Bring this with you to class each day, and add to it each week as homework!!!
Standard Presentation Formats
Poster
Interview
Butcher Paper Timeline
Brochure
Puppet Show
Dramatic Performance
Digital Presentation Formats (A gmail account is strongly advised for ease with transferring work to and from school)
Powerpoint or Google Presentation
Moviemaker
http://www.meograph.com/
http://www.toondoo.com/
Ask teacher for approval on other forms of Presentation.
Guidelines and Advice
- Choose a topic that we have already covered if you do not feel like Historical Research is familiar or easy for you. This way you will already have an understanding of the topic and can expand without starting from scratch.
- Be fairly specific with your research! You will want to focus on a topic that allows you to present research that blows peoples minds. Stray away from common knowledge topics and facts they already learned about in previous years (George Washington was the First President).
- Use a Presentation Tool you have not used before to expand your skill set as a presenter, but know your limitations! Remember, the content is what you are being graded on, not fancy colors or effects in some presentation program.
- Creativity and Professionalism always make a presentation stronger.
Requirements- These are the categories you are being graded on (240 Points), each category is worth 40 points.
How well does the student...
Focus on a specific enough topic for students in class to gain knowledge they did not have.
Present numerous facts that are interesting and engaging (it should not sound like a list of facts, you are telling a factual story).
Use visuals to aid in the presentation and expand on student understanding.
Demonstrate mastery of the topic as opposed to just reading about it while presenting.
Clearly and completely present the topic.
Prepare through extensive research (your research notebook, formatted as specified in the example) Up to 60 points of Extra Credit!!!
Islam: Empire of Faith
Islam in the Middle Ages: Video-The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain
The Middle Ages
Medieval Lives
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg3YDN5gTX0&list=PLB1EC2E7324C16927#t=12Religions of the
Middle Ages: Religion
http://video.pbs.org/video/1825311011/
Middle Ages
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/overview_middleages_01.shtml
Weapons
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/race.htmlhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/weapons-that-made-britain/
Arches
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_ani_build_arch.shtml
Vikings: Use the link to navigate through each page of the exhibit. Each new page is aligned with a corresponding number. Use the next feature to navigate to the next section.
http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/start.html
Castleshttp://www.medieval-castle.com/
http://visual.merriam-webster.com/arts-architecture/architecture/castle.phphttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnMkvwmgfE8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg3YDN5gTX0&list=PLB1EC2E7324C16927#t=12Religions of the
Middle Ages: Religion
http://video.pbs.org/video/1825311011/
Middle Ages
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/overview_middleages_01.shtml
Weapons
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/race.htmlhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/weapons-that-made-britain/
Arches
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_ani_build_arch.shtml
Vikings: Use the link to navigate through each page of the exhibit. Each new page is aligned with a corresponding number. Use the next feature to navigate to the next section.
http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/start.html
Castleshttp://www.medieval-castle.com/
http://visual.merriam-webster.com/arts-architecture/architecture/castle.phphttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnMkvwmgfE8
Sequential Summary of Ancient Greece and Rome
As you are deciding which topic to focus your project presentation on, you will be asked to complete a presentation explaining the sequence of events related to your specific topic. These events could span a very short period of time, less than a month in some cases, or may extend to a century or more. Here are the criteria for you presentation.
Use your notes, knowledge from homework and class assignments, online resources, even youtube videos to help gain a masterful understanding of the content your group is presenting. You will be required to provide a visual in the way of a poster, powerpoint, brochure, online slide presentation or creative performance. In addition, each group member will be required to present information. You will be graded based on presentation preparation, in class participation, external resource use and amount of content presented. The presentation should be between 3-5 minutes and must address all of the elements below.
Content Links for Greek-Roman information. For specific information, only use wikipedia as a guide to resources (see bottom of wikipedia page for links), not as a content specific factual information. Google searches are very useful, but avoid asking questions for searches, it yields poor results.
Greece
http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Main_Page/
http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/http://www.ancient-greece.org/resources/timeline.html
Rome
http://www.exovedate.com/ancient_timeline_one.html
http://www.roman-empire.net/children/famous.html
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/a_history_of_ancient_rome.htm
http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/
Options for digital presentation - Beware, if you choose to use a digital presentation form, you may run into issues of file transportation, very slow uploads, and bandwidth issues. Therefore, be prepared to add and edit content at home to a digital video, this will mean additional work!
Standard Presentation Formats
Poster
Butcher Paper
Brochure
Puppet Show
Dramatic Performance
Digital Presentation Formats
powerpoint
Moviemaker
http://www.meograph.com/
http://www.toondoo.com/
Use your notes, knowledge from homework and class assignments, online resources, even youtube videos to help gain a masterful understanding of the content your group is presenting. You will be required to provide a visual in the way of a poster, powerpoint, brochure, online slide presentation or creative performance. In addition, each group member will be required to present information. You will be graded based on presentation preparation, in class participation, external resource use and amount of content presented. The presentation should be between 3-5 minutes and must address all of the elements below.
- A timeline that describes at least 5 specific events in chronological order (the order that they happened) related to your topic.
- A mention of multiple notable individuals or groups related to the period or topic.
- Visual poster or presentation with important facts, summaries and images (hand drawn, digital or printed images)
- A balanced 3-5 minute presentation including each person in your group.
Content Links for Greek-Roman information. For specific information, only use wikipedia as a guide to resources (see bottom of wikipedia page for links), not as a content specific factual information. Google searches are very useful, but avoid asking questions for searches, it yields poor results.
Greece
http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Main_Page/
http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/http://www.ancient-greece.org/resources/timeline.html
Rome
http://www.exovedate.com/ancient_timeline_one.html
http://www.roman-empire.net/children/famous.html
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/a_history_of_ancient_rome.htm
http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/
Options for digital presentation - Beware, if you choose to use a digital presentation form, you may run into issues of file transportation, very slow uploads, and bandwidth issues. Therefore, be prepared to add and edit content at home to a digital video, this will mean additional work!
Standard Presentation Formats
Poster
Butcher Paper
Brochure
Puppet Show
Dramatic Performance
Digital Presentation Formats
powerpoint
Moviemaker
http://www.meograph.com/
http://www.toondoo.com/
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