2. Assignment: History Project Proposal

Description

You will present an artistic project at the end of this block that illustrates significant new information or insights you discovered during this block. You will begin to develop your project proposal in the first week and will present it in the last week of the block.

You can work individually or in small groups. Note that if you work in a group your individual success is dependent on the success of the whole group.

Your project can be in any artistic medium and format that is approved by the teacher. Possibilities include biographies, plays, poems, songs, paintings, maps, 3-dimensional models, main lesson pages, and much more...

This project takes the place of traditional main lesson pages, but such pages are one of the choices you can use for presenting your work. If you do choose to make main lesson pages, you must follow all formatting requirements of your other main lesson pages.

This project will be graded for effort and content. The information must be clear, complete, factual, historically accurate and relevance.

The project must be presented to the class no later than December 16th.

1. Project Proposal

Your proposal must answer the following questions:

1. What topic (event, time period, person, etc.) would you like to present?
2. Why is this topic of interest to you? Be specific. Convince me.
3. What historical information (facts, feelings, insights) will an audience learn from your presentation? Be specific!
4. What artistic medium would you like to use?
5. Why is this an ideal medium for presenting your topic?
6. Do you need to include other materials, such as background information?
7. To complete your project, do you need any help from other people (teachers, parents, students, community)?
8. Are you sure you can complete this project by December 16?