NEWSCAST

PROJECT Title: The NEWS ROOM
(PLEASE, THIS IS A VERY LARGE PROJECT. TAKE IT ONE PART AT A TIME)

  • Part 1 - Renaissance April 15th,17th,22nd,24th (Faire 25th) April 29, May 1

    Part 2 - Reformation (May 6, 8 13, 15)

    Part 3 - Scientific Revolution (20th, 22nd 27th, 29th, June 3rd, 5th

    PROJECT Description:
    You are going to do a
    NEWCAST to present on each part of this project

    Will you use music? Re-enactments? Interviews? Poetry? Will you use cartoons? Man in the field? Man on the scene? Point/Counterpoint?

    In groups of 3-4 students you will present. Each group will have 2 LEAD ANCHORS. 1 INTERVIEWER. 1 INTERVIEWEE. (Be Creative: Add a sports anchor, a weather person, an Entertainment analysis, etc)


  • Task List
    1. Propose in Project Foundry (Log Hours Daily)
    2. Choose Team.

    3. Gather research and resources and visuals (for each part)
    4. Organize research using graphic organizers or notes
    5. Create a Time Line (for each part).
    6. Use research to answer all questions and complete writing requirements. (For each part)
    8. Present (For each part)
    9. Complete Project Reflection and Project Rubric


  • Once you have your team, your topics and you have selected the ways you want to present your information you need to follow the steps listed below.

  • Look at the questions you need to research on your topic. You will need to list your research questions on a separate piece of paper so you can use them when ever you need them.

  • You will need to collect information from the internet and our classroom to answer the questions and to learn all that you can about your topic.

  • As you collect this information you need to take notes on it. Your notes need to be in your own words. Notes need to be organized by the question they answer or the topic they cover.

  • You need to keep a bibliography of all the sources that you use to collect information.

  • Once you have finished collecting information, you need to create your final products.

  • Each team will present their results to the class.


    Each project will be assessed according to the appropriate rubric. All rubrics can be found in the section below. Your team will receive 3 team project grades.

  • 100 points for Renaissance

  • 100 points for Reformation

  • 100 points for Scientific Revolution

  • Project Requirements
    Project Proposal Form and Daily Hours Log 10 points
    Time Line of Events for EACH SECTION 10 points
    Research (Notes/Organizers) 10 points
    Bibliography 10 points
    Writing Requirements 30 points
    Reflection & Rubrics 10 points
    Presentation 20 points

  • Your team will also have to report to the class on your progress with the project. This report is an informal check-in which should last for a few minutes. You will need to talk about what you have done, what you are working on and two things you have learned so far from this project.

Although all of you are skilled project based learners, here are a few tips which will make the project go more smoothly.

1. Assign jobs to each member of your group. The projects will be completed much more rapidly if everyone has their own topic to research and you share the work.
2. Help your teammates! Remember this isn't an individual assignment. Your team needs to work together to complete all three projects.
3. Check the rubrics often to remind yourselves of what you need to include in each project.
4. Save everything! Keep everything in your social studies folders. Don't throw anything away. You never know when you might need it.
5. Use your checklist to keep track of where you are.
6. Have fun on your trip back in time!

RUBRICS - click to see!

  • 1. The Renaissance - You will report on the time period known as The Renaissance.

  • The first part of this project involves research into the Renaissance period. You will find as much background information on the time period, answering the following questions:

  1. What years did the time period involve?

  2. How did the time period come about? (cause)

  3. In what area of the world did the movement begin?

  4. Who were the major people involved with the time period?

  5. What major events took place that shaped the time period?

  6. What time period did the Renaissance give way to?

  • Next, you will research a famous artist and his role in the Renaissance. Your research must address the following:

    1. What makes art such as essential aspect of the Renaissance?

    2. Any background information, including place of birth, years active, major influences, and any other historical references.

    3. A description of the artist's style, showing how this artist's work is valuable both aesthetically as well as how it represents the Renaissance.

    4. What is the importance of the work or place associated with the artist?

    5 Questions for the ARTIST: What are the characteristics of your art? Does your work reflect or shape society? Explain.


  • GROUP 1 Michelangelo & The Sistine Chapel

  • GROUP 2 Shakespeare & The Old Globe Theatre

  • GROUP 3 Rembrandt & Florence, Italy

  • GROUP 4 Chaucer & The Canterbury Tales

  • GROUP 5 Thomas Moore & The Tower of London

    Group 6 Leonardo Davinci & The Mona Lisa/The Last Supper

    2. The Reformation You will report on the Reformation.

    Report on a famous Reformer, answering the following questions:

          Why was this person important? How did he affect the world?

          What changes was this person looking for in the Catholic Church?

  • What are the practices and beliefs of this particular group? What did you view to be wrong with the Catholic Church? What did you do to change it? What impact did your ideas and action have on history?

  • Group 1 Martin Luther

  • Group 2 John Calvin

  • Group 3 Henry VIII

  • Group 4 Ignatius Loyola

  • Group 5 John Knox

  • Group 6 Philip Melanchthon

  • 3. The Scientific Revolution

    The first part of this project involves research into the Scientific Revolution. You will find as much background information on the time period, answering the following questions:

    1. What was the Scientific Revolution?

2. Why was it called a Revolution?

3. When did the Scientific Revolution occur?

4. What kinds of things did the Scientific Revolution produce?

5. How did the Scientific Revolution affect the people of the times?

6. How did the Church react to the Scientific Revolution?


  • Explain the lasting impact the following people and events had on the world as we know it. Questions for this part of the project will be found at
    http://www.madera.k12.ca.us/webquestweb/scientificrevolution.htm

  • Group 1 Galileo http://www.madera.k12.ca.us/webquestweb/Scientific%20Revolution/galileo.htm

  • Group 2 Kepler http://www.madera.k12.ca.us/webquestweb/Scientific%20Revolution/johanneskelper.htm

  • Group 3 Robert Hooke http://www.madera.k12.ca.us/webquestweb/Scientific%20Revolution/roberthooke.htm

  • Group 4 Isaac Newton http://www.madera.k12.ca.us/webquestweb/Scientific%20Revolution/newton.htm

  • Group 5 Copernicus http://www.madera.k12.ca.us/webquestweb/Scientific%20Revolution/copernicus.htm

  • Group 6 Francis Bacon

    Questions for BACON: What was your discovery/invention? How original is your work? Did a previous discovery contribute to yours? What personal sacrifices did you make to achieve your goals? How has your scientific discovery changed man's view of the world?




Medieval Africa Project

PROJECT Title: Medieval Africa BLOG

PROJECT Length: March 11 - April 1

PROJECT Description:
Our cohort will design a BLOG on Medieval Africa to be used as a resource for all future students.
You will work with a partner to find information on the culture.
You will EACH design a BLOG page.

PROJECT Goals - To educate. To inform. To inspire.

PROJECT Requirements: YOUR BLOG PAGE SHOULD:
Include your 5 questions 'what I want to know/learn' with answers.
Include a 100-200 word (your own words) description for each topic.
Include a Visual for each topic.
Include a Time Line
Include 3 Web Links (Bibliography)
Include a Reflection

Standard - 7.4 The civilizations of Ghana and Mali in Medieval Africa.

Task List
1. Propose in Project Foundry (Log Hours Daily)
2. Choose 2 Topics (you can propose a new topic if you don't see it listed here)
Cities
Vocabulary
Geography
Rulers
Government
Economics
Products
Architecture
Contributions
Language
Rivers
Trade Routes
Traditions
Daily Life
Crops
Industry
Interesting Facts
Climate
Celebrations
Landmarks
Natural Resources
Importance of family
Oral Traditions


3. Gather research and resources and visuals
4. Organize research using graphic organizers or notes
5. Create a Time Line
6. Write 100-200 word descriptions
7. Create Blog page
8. Present Blog page
9. Complete Project Reflection and post on blog.

Grading - Our project is worth 100 points.
Project Proposal Form 10 points
Hours Log 10 points
Time Line 10 points
Research (Notes/Organizers) 20 points
Bibliography 10 points
Presentation 10 points
Descriptions 25 points
Reflection 5 points
The following Rubric will be used to grade your blog page content/format.

Rubric

Medieval Islam SCRAPBOOK - PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Project Title:

MEDIEVAL ISLAM SCRAPBOOK

LENGTH: Feb 14 - March 7

Standard(s):

7.2 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of civilizations of Islam in the Middle Ages. (see below for sub standards)


DRIVING QUESTION(S)

1. How do beliefs, practice, and law influence daily life?

2. What are the contributions Muslim scholars made to later civilizations in the areas of science, geography, mathematics, philosophy, medicine, art, and literature.

Why should we care about this?

Goals

By the end of this project you will have:

  • gathered information on Medieval Islam culture, religion, politics and identified lasting impacts.

  • created projects that are educational, informative and thought provoking.

  • learned more through making projects on the period.

  • improved your research skills, organization skills, note taking skills, reading comprehension skills, paraphrasing skills, presenting skills, and time management skills.

Tasks/Activities (Groups of no more than 3)

You are going to travel back in time to Medieval Islam - You must teach people about your experience!
You must gather data that will help you understand and appreciate the Islamic way of life, and educate others about it.
You will be expected to keep a scrapbook of your experience.
You will present your scrapbook to the class at the conclusion of this project.

Scrapbook Requirement
3 pages minimum (each page must include a visual)

1 page on Islamic Beliefs and Practices

1 page on Scientific Contributions

1 page on Daily Life

Requirements

1. Propose your project in project foundry. Log hours daily.

2. Research your Medieval Islam topics. (keep research notes or graphic organizers, as well as a Bibliography)

3. Create a Time Line and 3 pages for your scrapbook.

4. Present your scrapbook.

5. Reflect using a Project Reflection form.

Your PRESENTATION must answer the DRIVING QUESTIONS

Remember our goals! We want to teach, to inform, to learn and have fun along the way!

Resources/Materials

http://historystandard72.blogspot.com/ - Medieval Islam

PROJECT TIMELINE - 7 SESSIONS

February 14th – March 7

Each session we will also have a seminar assignment to help you gather, organize, create and present.

** no seminar assignments on presentation days


GRADING

The PROJECT is worth 100 POINTS

Proposal form and hours logged (10 points)

Time Line (5 points)

Graphic Organizers & Bibliography (Notes) 10 points)

Descriptions - (Scrapbook) (50 points)

Presentation (20 points)

Reflections (5 points)

Seminar assignments are 5 points each –

a total of 30 POINTS will be possible

STUDY ISLAND - Medieval Review - 20 points


BONUS points will be given each session for participation, leadership and going above and beyond

Standard(s): (sub standards)

7.2 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of civilizations of Islam in the Middle Ages.

.2 Trace the origins of Islam and the life and teachings of Muhammad, including Islamic teachings on the connection with Judaism and Christianity.

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CHAPAN Project Description

Project Title:

MEDIEVAL CHINA/JAPAN



Driving Question(s)

What was the influence or impact on society?

Was there a lasting influence or impact on the world and what was it?

Why should we care about this?



Goals

By the end of this project you will have:

  • gathered information on Japanese and Chinese medieval culture, religion, politics, etc.

  • created projects that are educational, informative and thought provoking.

  • learned more through making projects on the period.

  • improved your research skills, organization skills, note taking skills, reading comprehension skills, paraphrasing skills, presenting skills, and time management skills.



Tasks/Activities

Each student will propose, research, create, present and reflect on ONE aspect from EACH of these Categories - A TOTAL OF THREE TOPICS


CATEGORY #1 RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY

Confuscious Taosim Buddha* Gods & Goddesses Creational Myths*

CATEGORY #2 POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

Tang Dynasty(China) Mongols* Opium Wars(China) Samurai and Shogun(Japan) Military Technology*

CATEGORY #3 CULTURE & SOCIETY

Silk Road* Art & Architecture* Invention* Music & Dance* Food & Clothing*

* = both Medieval China and Medieval Japan counts for two!!



Requirements

  1. Proposal Form 2. Timeline 3. Graphic Organizer 4. Description

5. Presentation 6. Reflection 7. Bibliography

PRESENTATION!!

GET CREATIVE! A Magazine? A Newspaper? A brochure? A skit? A live demonstration? A Power Point?

Your PRESENTATION must answer the DRIVING QUESTIONS

Remember our goals! We want to teach, to inform, to learn and have fun along the way!

Resources/Materials

I have compiled websites for both Medieval China and Japan listed at the following blog pages.

http://historystandard75.blogspot.com/ - Medieval Japan

http://historystandard73.blogspot.com/ - Medieval China


PROJECT TIMELINE - 10 SESSIONS

January 8th – PROPOSE ////January 10 / 15 / 17 – RESEARCH

January 22/24/29/31 – CREATE ///February 5/ 7 – PRESENT/REFLECT **


Each session we will also have a class assignment to help you gather, organize, create and present.

** no in class assignments on presentation days


GRADING

The PROJECT is worth 100 POINTS

IN CLASS assignments are 5 points each – a total of 40 POINTS

BONUS points will be given each session for participation, leadership and going above and beyond


ALL work is due no later than February 7!

EXTRA CREDIT for those who turn in PORTFOLIOS early.

ANY work not included in the PORTFOLIO by Feb 7 will not be accepted.


Any questions or concerns email tomhyatt@aveson.org


LET'S LEARN! LET'S EXPLORE! LET'S HAVE SOME FUN!!

Project Update (Chapan!) Jan. 7 - Jan 11

Students have affectionately named our current 5 week project "CHAPAN" (since we are studying both Medieval Japan and China)(see below for a detailed look at the project requirements.

Tuesday, January 8th assignment
Confucius Questions - 5 points
We read about Confucius as a class. Some of the questions were tough, but remember, it is your opinion that I'm interested in.

Thursday, January 10th assignment
3 Doctrines Reading - 5 points
As a class we read about the three doctrines of Medieval China and Japan and completed a graphic organizer of key words, phrases, famous quotes and thoughts on each.
(Students who did not finish can turn in during our next session)

Next WEEK

If you have not yet, please propose your project in project foundry! GET CREATIVE with what form your PRESENTATION will take.

Don't forget, EACH STUDENT must choose 3 topics and for EACH TOPIC complete:

A Timeline (roughly 400A.D - 1400A.D.)
A Graphic Organizer
A 200-500 Word Description
(Those 3 things are 50% of your Project Grade

Students will also need to complete:
A Project Proposal Form
A Project Reflection
A Bibliography

3 Doctrines Assignment - 10 points
DUE Thursday, January 17th.
We worked through question #1 together and cut the "legalists" aspect.
I also emailed the questions to students.

We will start researching Invention, namely as it pertained to China(paper, gun powder, porcelain, and more.
-----And Military Technology, namely as it pertained to Japan (the shogun and samurai!!)

P.S - STUDY ISLAND
Study Island is due Thursday, Feb 6th.

Project Update - Late MIddle Ages

This past week I could not have been more impressed by the work ethic, commitment and dedication demonstrated by the Medieval Times History Seminars.

Cohort A / Cohort B / Cohort C

You absolutely rock!

Thursday, December 18th we will be presenting our "LATE MIDDLE AGES CHALLENGE" Projects.

Make sure your PORTFOLIO is up to date with all requirements.

Parents and friends are welcome to attend the presentations! They will be held in B-1 all day long.

If anybody needs extra assistance or has a questions please email me at tomhyatt@aveson.org


Project Update -Late Middle Ages

Late Middle Ages Challenge

(Remember to bring a FOLDER for your Portfolio and to have your parents sign your copy of our project! -

Go to Medieval Europe to see the Project Proposal)

This week we started work on our Middle Ages Challenge. We proposed the project in project foundry and got to work on our research.


There are three skills we will be working on.


  1. Graphic Organizers (and other organizational skills)

  2. Bibliographies

  3. Presentation Skills


Students are divided up into groups of 2-4 students, and have chosen tasks or activities to complete as a team.

Each student is responsible for a different task or activity which must include a Graphic Organizer and a 200-500 description.


Also, the group must submit a Timeline and a Bibliography.


On Thursday students were given a Chapter Summary of key events during the late middle ages. Topics included:


Popes and Kings

The Crusades

Christianity

Political and Social Change

The Hundred Years War

Joan of Arc

The Black Plague


Each group was assigned a different section. They were to read the section, complete a graphic organizer and present their findings to the class.

During each presentation, the rest of the group took notes. Each group was asked to come up with Questions, Clarifications and Predictions based on the presentations.


This helped us reach two of our goals: Graphic Organization and Presentation Skills.


NEXT WEEK


We will finish our Timelines, and work on Bibliographies, as we continue to gather research.

Students will use their project block to complete the CREATE phase of their projects.

Welcome to Medieval Times

Welcome to Aveson 6th and 7th Grade Students and their parents.

My name is Tom Hyatt. As you know, I am the History Advisor here at Aveson Global Leadership Academy.

This blog was created to keep parents and students informed and well equipped to be successful in our History course.

This year we will be studying Medieval Times! We will travel the globe starting with the Decline of the Roman Empire and end up swimming magically in the Renaissance and Reformation movements that revitalized Europe and the world!

Along the way we will visit Medieval China, Medieval Japan, Medieval Islam, Medieval Europe, Meso-America, Medieval Africa, and more.....

Every TEN weeks we start a new SEMINAR. (Please see documents)

Every TEN weeks the students complete an ACADEMIC GOAL SHEET (Please see documents)

Every TEN weeks students will master state standards by creating PROJECTS by following the five stages of a Project

PROPOSE, RESEARCH, CREATE, PRESENT, and REFLECT

(Please go to http://aveson.projectfoundry.org/ to see the projects.)

Every TEN weeks we will all gather for a CELEBRATION OF LEARNING to showcase exceptional student work.

Save the Date: Friday, November 16th, early eve.

My email is tomhyatt@aveson.org if you have any questions about what we are up to. However, part of being a successful student is being able to describe your academic goals and process to achieving those goals.

I am confident that Aveson's History students can do that and much much more!
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