Objective: To create a self-directed project which demonstrates your skills and learning in

the course.Objective: To create a self-directed project which demonstrates your skills and
learning in the course.
Background
The project must demonstrate students understanding of the contributions of Unit 1s
focus on how after the fall of Rome in the 5th century, Europe entered about 1,000 years
of relative decline known as the dark ages or Medieval Era, which was marked by
warfare, disease and feudalism, and how the resistance to its negative influences led to
the Enlightenment and beyond.
Christianity, which had gained official support in the Roman Empire, contributed to spread
in influence, and was both a source of positive inspiration in European society but also led
to war and was abused by authorities in the Church to increase their power.

As frustration grew with the inherent inequalities of the medieval feudal system,
significant portions of the hierarchy of peasants, knights and nobles led to resistance and
the quest to reintroduce some of the nobler, democratic ideals of ancient Greece and
Rome and expand on them in the Age of Enlightenment, Scientific Revolution and the
beginnings of the modern era

What You Have to Do

DO NOT SKIP ANY STEPS! DO NOT LOOK AHEAD! TAKE IT ONE STEP AT A TIME!

Step 1 - Forming a group... Or not?

Individual Learning or Learning Teams: Students must choose to work individually or build
learning teams consisting of 2-4 students (subject to change due to the scale of your
project).

Step 2 - Selecting your topic

The project must demonstrate the connections between a revolution of your choice, two
historical figures, and three ideologies/movements from the following table:
 Revolutions People Ideologies and Movements

The Glorious Niccolo Rationalism

Revolution Machiavelli
Machiavellianism
The American Martin Luther Scientific Methods
Revolution
Immanuel Kant Hedonic Calculus
The French
Revolution John Locke Lockeanism
Thomas Hobbes Hobbesianism
Jean-Jacques Colonization
Rousseau
New World Uprisings
Voltaire
Global Economics
Molly
Wollstonecraft

Step 3 - select the type of project

Create a product which demonstrates essential understandings from Unit 1 as well as the
concepts and theories learned in the unit.

How will I demonstrate what I learned?

What kind of product do you want to create?
Criteria:
o The product must clearly demonstrate the goal of this course and
the connection between a revolution, historical people, and
ideologies/movements listed in the table on the first page.
o The product must be able to present itself (without you there to
explain it).
o The product must be appropriate for the number of students in
the group.
o The project must demonstrate at least two of the schools
Expected School-wide Learner Outcomes (ESLOs).
 o See the RUBRIC for more detail
Choose one from the following list:
o Short film (5-10 minute)
o Fiction
o Comics
o Music Video
o Academic Essay
o Game
o Panel Discussion
o Debate Show
o Other (please propose to your teacher and wait for approval)

Step 4 - Create a proposal according to the given template and rubric.

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-----Group Member(s): Auau Peak Preaw

Product Title: The American Revolution

Type of Product: Short film

Your Selected Revolution, Historical Figures, and Ideologies/Movements:

 (From the list in Step 2)

The American Revolution

Niccolo Machiavelli
Martin Luther
Machiavellianism
Rationalism
Colonization

Research Questions (at least 2-3 questions):

(What do you hope to learn? Make sure it is not straightforward/simple. Look at the
rubric.)

How the topics which we choose relate to each other

How American Revolution affects others country ex. to Thailand?

What will happen if the American Revolution fell?

How did the ideologies affect to Americans s belief in past and today?

Product Description:
(Make sure it is clear what the product will look like, what it will include, and how it will
be organized.)
We decided choose a short film. In order to make it realistic, each of us
will choose one character and pretending to be that character. We will
imagine that we are during at that time, act as we are their citizens. In
each scene will base on the real situation. In the first scene, we will
explain about the basic knowledge or the introduction of our topic.
Therefore, in the other scene we will explain it more deeply such as a
concepts, facts or an ideas of the American revolution. Furthermore,
we will provide you a clearly explanation in order to make you
understand it.

How the product demonstrates the connection between your selected topics and the
goals/essential understandings of this unit:

Our short story will reflect on how does people lived during that time,
as well as the changes of the affected that came after the American
revolution. Moreover, we will learn a biography and their ideologies of
the important people that we already chosen. From doing this project,
it teaches us on how the world changed from the middle age until
now. It also teaches us on how people during that time share their
ideas or opinions and what does it affected to the culture from the
middle age until now.

ESLOs:
(What ESLOs does your project relate to and how?)
 Strategic learners: We know and understand the main point
of this topic. We can also reflect and learn from our mistake
to be our lesson in the future.
Articulate communicators: In our group we listen to the other
opinions. We also use the technology to search for an ideas or
a concepts.
Leaders of the future: From doing this project it influence us
to be a leader and have a teamwork while doing the project.
We accept the other opinions and we discuss in group.
Morally intelligent persons: While this project is divided into
groups. It encourage us to have a honesty, justice, and peace
among the group. We are all hard working and caring others
while doing this project and we use the technology in a right
way that doesnt harm any other in the group.

VARK Learning Strategies:

(What is your individual VARK learning style and how do you plan to do your research
based on the style?)

Visual 3

Aural 7

Read/Write 1

Kinesthetic 5

For my learning style, I do not into something by reading so I did not

choose to do my project to be an essay or an article. Listening is my
best way to learn. Therefore, I plan to gather the information by listening
some news and watch some video. I will watch the related video from
youtube and listen to some bbc news.

Starter sources/references:
(Sources that you will begin with in your research for your project.)
The facts of the American Revolution:
http://www.biographyonline.net/facts-american-revolution/

The biography of Martin Luther:

https://www.biography.com/people/martin-luther-9389283

Tea, Taxes, and The American Revolution: Crash Course World

History: https://youtu.be/HlUiSBXQHCw

The biography of Niccolo Machiavelli:

https://www.biography.com/people/niccol%C3%B2-machiavelli-
9392446

What is Rationalism: https://www.britannica.com/topic/rationalism

Learning Plan:
(This is a daily plan of what you will do each day for the rest of the quarter.)

What You Plan to Do Things to Due Date

Submit

Day 1 Form the group. - -

(Our group has three
members)

Day 2 We are discuss on - -

each topic that is
suitable for our
interest.
Day 3 Pick the topics. - -

Day 4 Find some basic - -

information about
each topic.

Day 5 Start and continue - -

doing our proposal.

Day 6 Finished to do the Proposal 18th August

proposal.

Day 7 Start to think about - -

the product.

Day 8 Plan on researching, - -

give each person a
role

Day 9 Research on - -
background i about
the topic (cause,
biography of person
that we chose)

Day 10 Research on the - -

basic thoughts of
ideologies

Day 11 Gather the - -

information and
connect together

Day 12 Start thinking of - -

the real product
and draft the
storyboard
Day 13 Make the video - -

Day 14 Make the video - -

Day 15 Final check , ready Product 8th September

for the Presentation
presentation

Day 16 Working on Learning Day 1 of that

learning records Records Week

Day 17 Discuss about the - -

comments

Day 18 Working on the - -

reflection

Day 19 Finish the - -

reflection

Day 20 Connect the work Reflection 21st

to the ESLOs September

First Mind Map:

(Here I would like you to brainstorm everything you know about your topic(s) before even
beginning to work on the project. It does not matter if you do not know much but try to
add as much information as possible.)

-The American Revolution

known as the American Revolutionary War and the U.S. War of Independence. This
conflict arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britains 13 North
American colonies and the colonial government.

-Martin Luther : German monk

: Protestant reformation
-Niccolo Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat, politician, historian and philosopher during
the Renaissance period.

Step 5 - Create learning records according to the given template and rubrics.

Each day, you should set a goal on what you want to achieve (remember that you
have about 30 minutes or less) at the beginning of the project time. Then you
should summarize what you have learnt each day and reflect on whether you have
completed your goal or not. Then write a short note on what you would like to do
next class.

Here is the template for each record:

Date: (date of the class)

Goals/Questions: (what do you plan to do in the time provided / what

questions are you trying to answer) - this is done at the beginning of
project time

Notes: (notes from sources) - this is done during project time

References: (All sources that you used should be listed here) - this is
done during project time

Reflection: (What did you do? Did you do well? Did you complete your
goals, why or why not? Were you able to answer your questions for the
day, why or why not? Did new questions arise? What will you do next?)
- this is done at the end of project time

Step 6 - Write a reflection (guide questions will be given).

The reflection should be a minimum of 3 paragraphs. Before you begin, you should
think about and answer each of the following questions:

o What were my successes?

 o What were my failures?

o What can I learn from my mistakes?

o What are my strengths as a learner?

o What are my weaknesses (areas for growth) as a learner?

o What could I do differently next time?

o What did I learn about myself as a learner?

o What did I learn about myself as a person

To sum up, here are the things that you have to submit:
Proposal (10%)
Learning Records (40%)
Final Product and Presentation (25%)
Reflection (25%)