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Introduction
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Introduction
Quelle Chance! Peaceful
aliens from the planet Ouronthop have landed on our
planet with the intention of making friends and learning more about the human
race. They have asked that each
country send delegates to their planet to teach them about what makes each
country on planet Earth special. You
have been chosen to be the delegates for France.
With the extremely useful tool called the internet (you may have heard of it
before) you have the opportunity to go back in time and see what made France
the country it is today. Even more
exciting, you are going to use this on-line “time machine” to
take our new friends on a time traveling adventure throughout French history
and civilization.
Task
You have the task of showing aliens from another planet
what France is
all about. You need to give them an
overview of France’s
history. You have been divided into
groups that will present information from one of the following time
periods: Roman Gaul, Medieval France,
the Renaissance, the Grand Siecle, Enlightenment and the Revolution, the
Napoleonic Era, The Belle Époque, Avant-Garde France, and Modern France. Your group will have classroom
opportunities throughout the year to research, plan, and prepare and your
hard work will culminate with a 20 minute presentation to the Ouronthop race.
Process
To
accomplish your task, you will need to do the following things:
1. Decide
which time period your group will present.
2. Decide
what topic each person in your group will be in charge of researching and
planning. These will include
government and political history, art and architecture, music and
entertainment, and literature and philosophy, and science.
3. Begin
your internet research. The following
sites will help you. Remember to take
notes and be ready to cite your information.
French Timelines
French History Timeline http://www.uncg.edu/rom/courses/dafein/civ/timeline.htm
History of France http://ydelta.free.fr/history.htm
19th Century
Joslyn Art Museum http://www.joslyn.org/teach/packets/french/timeline.html
Internet
Modern History Source Book 19th Century France http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook21.html
Music
The Late
Romantics http://ipl.si.umich.edu/div/mushist/rom/late.htm
The
History of Music http://www.questia.com/Index.jsp?CRID=history_of_music&OFFID=se1
Literature & History
Memorable
Quotations: French Writers http://www.memorablequotations.com/FrenchWriters.htm
World
Literature: France http://dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/World_Literature/French/desc.html
French
Culture.org http://www.frenchculture.org/links/books/authors.html
General French and Famous People
Tennessee
Bob’s Famous French Links http://www.utm.edu/departments/french/french.html
List of
Famous French People http://www.fwsd.wednet.edu/FW/schools/sac/french/listof.htm
Early
Start Some Famous French People http://www.earlystart.co.uk/esfrench1/04people.htm
Famous French Scientists http://ambafrance-ca.org/HYPERLAB/PEOPLE/_index.html
Famous
People - Personnages Célèbres http://www.terrace.qld.edu.au/academic/lote/french/try2celeb.htm
4. Create
a group notebook in which you will include written reports on each topic,
pictures, samples of poetry and literature, and whatever else you need to
show what your time period was all about.
There should be a title page on the outside of the book. This will count as a time-capsule of sorts.
5. Prepare
your presentation. Present the
information in a way that is exciting and professional. Each student will be
individually responsible for his/her topic, but can enlist the help of the
group for things like music or dramatic performances. You can dress up in the costuming of the
period or dress up as a famous person.
Use visual, audio, or audio/visual aids as needed. The sky is the limit!
6. Make
a quiz to give the class and provide an answer sheet for quick grading.
Evaluation
You
will receive a group and individual grade.
The rubrics are as follows:
Group
Rubric
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You
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Beginning
10
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Developing
15
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Accomplished
20
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Exemplary
25
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Score
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Research
And Computer
Use
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Made poor use of
lab time and was not diligent in finding relevant information.
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Made some good
use of lab time, but with several distractions
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Made very good
use of lab time and found relevant information.
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Made extremely
good use of lab time, found relevant information.
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Notebook
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Visually unpleasing with not
much information.
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Somewhat visually
pleasing with some good information
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Visually pleasing
with a lot of good information.
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A work of art
bursting with information!
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Group Dynamics
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Group members
worked together very little or left someone out.
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Group members
worked together, but with some problems.
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Group members
worked together with no problems.
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Group members
worked well together in a spirit of cooperation and unity.
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Overall
Presentation
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Presentation
boring, difficult to understand, random, and unorganized
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Presentation easy
to understand, organized, but still boring.
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Presentation
interesting, easy to understand, and very organized.
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Presentation
exciting, organized, understandable, and worthy of an Oscar nomination!
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Individual
Rubric
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You
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Beginning
10
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Developing
15
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Accomplished
20
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Exemplary
25
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Score
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Topic Research
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Made poor use of
lab time and was not diligent in finding relevant information.
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Made some good
use of lab time, but with several distractions
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Made very good
use of lab time and found relevant information.
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Made extremely
good use of lab time, found relevant information, and helped group.
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Notebook
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Contributed few pictures,
articles, and a poorly written report.
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Contributed
several pictures, articles, and an average written report.
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Contributed many
pictures, articles, and a well written report.
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Contributed many
pictures, articles, and a well written report, typed with no errors.
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Presentation
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Boring and hard
to hear.
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Not hard to hear,
but somewhat boring.
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Interesting and
easy to understand.
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Exciting,
well-rehearsed, and understandable.
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Overall
understanding of the topic.
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Only focused on
one or two things and did nothing in depth.
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Focused on a few things,
but did nothing in depth.
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Gave a good
overview of people and events and focused on one or two in depth.
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Gave a complete
overview of people and events and focused on the most important in depth.
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Conclusion
Unfortunately,
aliens from outer space are not the only ones unfamiliar with the history and
culture of this planet. Many people
never make an effort to learn about other people and cultures and might as
well be aliens. To truly have an
understanding about the human race as a whole, you need to know where it has
been and where it is going. France is
only the start.
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