The Project
In groups of two to four people, you will create a project to share with your classmates the information you have learned about the Elizabethan Era.
Topic Areas for Research
1.William Shakespeare – who is he? what did he do? where did he live? Be sure to include date and place of birth, his background, his family, and any other interesting items. (There is a scandal in his background!!)
2. The Globe Theater –what is it? when was it built? why is Shakespeare associated with it? Be sure to include interesting facts about it, what drama in general was like during his day, ticket prices, and the audience’s role in the plays. Because the theater was rebuilt in the last decade, information about it would also be appropriate.
3. Queen Elizabeth I –when did she live? did she have any influence on drama ? what major events in history in England took place during her lifetime?
4. New words invented by Shakespeare – This topic is more than just listing hundreds of words. Try to discover why he felt the need to coin new words. Do the words fit into categories?
5. Sources of Shakespeare’s plays with an emphasis on The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Sometimes the background of a play has more than one source in history.
6. Life in Elizabethan England –with an emphasis on the ordinary people like Shakespeare, NOT the royalty. Topics that could be researched include clothing styles, food, recreation, medical care, housing, education, politics, typical jobs the common people held.
Guidelines
1.Each group member must participate and contribute to the creation of the project. Each presentation should be between 8 and 12 minutes in length.
2. Each student will be evaluated on his or her participation; therefore, you need to be sure to do your share in contributing ideas and work. Be prepared to defend your contributions should you feel an injustice in the evaluation. Each group member will be required to fill out a survey indicating what the member did and what others in the group did.
3. The other major category in evaluation will be creativity. Creativity is the highest thinking skill that exists, so while it might sound easy, effort and time will be needed to meet this requirement.
4. Use MLA research guidelines as needed. We will review the form for the internet sources you’ll be using. Either the sources need to be incorporated within the project or a Works Cited needs to be submitted.
5. Plagiarism will not be tolerated; copying straight from the internet will result in a zero (0) for your evaluation, and you will be reported to the administration (see the Student Handbook).
Evaluation
1.The entire project is 50 points.
2. The group receives the grade, so each of you needs to contribute and work towards the goal.
3. Each individual is also evaluated (through self and peer evaluations) as to his or her contribution toward the final product.
4. All projects are due the first day of presentations. Any projects not completed on time will lose percentages for each day they are incomplete.
Presentation Choices
DRAMATIC PRESENTATION-- Write and present a short play or puppet show that shares the information you have learned. Because Shakespeare was a writer of plays, this choice seems particularly appropriate.
SLIDESHOW--create a presentation with text, images, music and narration using Photostory. Make sure to collect high quality, large size images from the web.This software is available on all school computers and you can download the software for free here. if you want to use it at home.
DIGITAL POSTER--Use Glogstercreate a web poster . You can incorporate text, images, music, video and lots of web graphics using this program. This website will also give you the ability to collaborate on this project from home...each group member will be able to work on the project online, from home.
WEBSITE--Create an informative, multimedia website to present your information. Using a web design site like Wixor Weebly, you could incorporate graphics, images, sound, video and links to make your site more interactive
TIMELINE-- Create a multimedia, web-based timeline to organize your information. This could incorporates text, video and images. You can use Dipityor Timeglider to design and host your timeline.
Hints to Help You 1.If you are using computer technology to complete your project, keep all of your work and images in one folder. It will help you stay organized.
2. If using timeline or glogster, you will find a flash drive helpful to carry the information and project back and forth between school and home.
3. Use QUALITY images. Enlarging already blurred images makes them even worse.
The Project
In groups of two to four people, you will create a project to share with your classmates the information you have learned about the Elizabethan Era.
Topic Areas for Research
1.William Shakespeare – who is he? what did he do? where did he live? Be sure to include date and place of birth, his background, his family, and any other interesting items. (There is a scandal in his background!!)
2. The Globe Theater –what is it? when was it built? why is Shakespeare associated with it? Be sure to include interesting facts about it, what drama in general was like during his day, ticket prices, and the audience’s role in the plays. Because the theater was rebuilt in the last decade, information about it would also be appropriate.
3. Queen Elizabeth I –when did she live? did she have any influence on drama ? what major events in history in England took place during her lifetime?
4. New words invented by Shakespeare – This topic is more than just listing hundreds of words. Try to discover why he felt the need to coin new words. Do the words fit into categories?
5. Sources of Shakespeare’s plays with an emphasis on The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Sometimes the background of a play has more than one source in history.
6. Life in Elizabethan England –with an emphasis on the ordinary people like Shakespeare, NOT the royalty. Topics that could be researched include clothing styles, food, recreation, medical care, housing, education, politics, typical jobs the common people held.
Guidelines
1.Each group member must participate and contribute to the creation of the project. Each presentation should be between 8 and 12 minutes in length.
2. Each student will be evaluated on his or her participation; therefore, you need to be sure to do your share in contributing ideas and work. Be prepared to defend your contributions should you feel an injustice in the evaluation. Each group member will be required to fill out a survey indicating what the member did and what others in the group did.
3. The other major category in evaluation will be creativity. Creativity is the highest thinking skill that exists, so while it might sound easy, effort and time will be needed to meet this requirement.
4. Use MLA research guidelines as needed. We will review the form for the internet sources you’ll be using. Either the sources need to be incorporated within the project or a Works Cited needs to be submitted.
5. Plagiarism will not be tolerated; copying straight from the internet will result in a zero (0) for your evaluation, and you will be reported to the administration (see the Student Handbook).
Evaluation
1.The entire project is 50 points.
2. The group receives the grade, so each of you needs to contribute and work towards the goal.
3. Each individual is also evaluated (through self and peer evaluations) as to his or her contribution toward the final product.
4. All projects are due the first day of presentations. Any projects not completed on time will lose percentages for each day they are incomplete.
Presentation Choices
Hints to Help You
1.If you are using computer technology to complete your project, keep all of your work and images in one folder. It will help you stay organized.
2. If using timeline or glogster, you will find a flash drive helpful to carry the information and project back and forth between school and home.
3. Use QUALITY images. Enlarging already blurred images makes them even worse.