Idea / Objective
The general idea / objective behind this project is to create a narrative, based on historical facts, that accurately describes a person during the World War II era. However, the focus is on people not directly related to the war effort over seas. In addition, the narrative, along with supporting documents like photos and other primary items, will be available online, effectively published for the world to see.
How Will You Accomplish All of This?
Easy! Make sure you follow all of the guidelines, and work hard, and your project will unfold by itself, and be ready for assessment and publishing.
Here are some things I will ask that you do, or think about doing:
- Try a different technology than you used last time. You may still use the same one, like twitter, to create the narrative, but you’ll need somewhere to post the images, primary documents, etc.
- Consider creating your own website / blog. See the Online Resources page for how to do this, and links to good resources.
- Do some real research – involve family members, grandparents, etc. to gather details that are realistic.
Focus Questions
- What’s the story behind your narrative?
- How does your narrative connect with your primary document?
Graded Items / Items You Must Have
- Images of person / setting (more than one is always better!)
- Story / Narrative (around 500 words = 1.5 pages double spaced)
- Primary Documents (the more, the better!)
- Online Repository (website, blog, video link, etc)
- Must have unique URL available
- QR Code (printed out)
- Click on this link to generate your QR Code: http://www.qrstuff.com/
- Final Exhibit Addition
- Image posted
- QR Code posted and working
Scoring Rubric
Explanation – Grade Yourself!
Objective
- Make sure you have read and understood the objective.
- Make sure your narrative properly and accurately incorporates all of the images, primary documents, and so forth.
- Does your creation address the objective? Does it ‘answer’ the question?
Images
- Make sure your images are of high quality, not pixelated.
- Have you sourced the images? Where are they from?
- Do your images follow a logical connection?
- Are they all the same color / age?
- Are they ‘real’ images, from the time?
Primary Documents
- Are they of high quality?
- Have you mixed the primary documents? Avoid having only images, only posters, etc.
- Do you have sources listed for the primary documents?
- Have you used the primary documents in your narrative appropriately?
Narrative
- Have you re-read your stuff? Checked for spelling, grammar?
- Are you using images / primary documents in your narrative?
- Is your narrative logical / follow a set structure / make sense?
- Is your narrative addressing all of the objective?
Suggested Technologies
Think about trying one of these for this project:
- Prezi.com
- Blogger.com
- WordPress.com
- http://en.linoit.com/ – online sticky notes (creative stuff!)
- Evernote (create an Evernote folder that contains all your stuff)
Sample Pages
Please visit the sample pages to see what yours may look like:
http://linoit.com/users/eajohansson/canvases/Portraits%20of…%20%28Sample%20Page%29
Questions
Post your questions in the comments section below, and I’ll do my best to answer…