Multimedia Project Coup d''etat (Tue, Jun 17)

n this assignment you are researching coup d'etats around the world.

A coup d'etat is the sudden overthrow of a government by a usually small group of persons in or previously in positions of authority.

This is a multimedia project it must use some sort of multimedia.

Your own opinions should be mixed with well researched and cited ideas.

The project will be presented in class.

A handout on your topic is required for other students in the class.

You are to research one coup d'etats. Explain everything about your topic.

Include who,why,what where,when.

Explain the lasting effects of the actions. Explain in detail why it began what were the ideas behind it. Were goals reached was it successful?

Should be minimum 5 minutes long.

Make sure any words and ideas in your project are well defined and understood.

Here is a list to choose from no 2 students may do the same one so notify me which one you want!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_coups_d%27%C3%A9tat_and_coup_attempts

Any questions???

LVV Day Multimedia Project

LVV Multimedia Project

DUE DATE for research paper and presentation: April 9 2008

Instructions:

Students are required to write a research paper and conduct an oral presentation on one of the topic choices found below.

Format:
The research project should be 3-4 pages double spaced with 12 point font. Students are required to use a variety of sources during their research including textbooks, books or internet sites. All written work should be in the students own words. Students must ensure that any/all ideas or quotes that are used MUST be sourced within the paper and in a bibliography at the end of the paper. Remember Plagiarism will result in a grade of ZERO!

Topics for your research assignment – choose one of the following:

1. Research the costumes worn during Ancient Greece and create an illustrated catalog of these designs or actually create an imitation of one of these designs. The actual costume could be life-sized or doll-sized.

2. Research the types of food eaten in Ancient Greece or Modern Greece and create a cookbook or bring in samples of these dishes to share with the class.

3. Research and compare ancient civilizations. Present the case for the survival of the great empires and cultures of world history, asking a GOD to intervene to halt their decline. Introduce ancient civilizations to the class. What happened to these titanic achievements of culture, politics, military might, and economics? Why didn't they survive? Could their decline have been prevented? Relate the origins, climate, strengths and weaknesses of the civilization.

4. Create a comic or animated version of an ancient war or battle in an ancient civilization. (Peloponnesian War, Battle of Chaeronea, Battle of Actium etc)

5. You are traveling around a long time ago and come upon a civilization. In your group, there is a historian, anthropologist, and archeologist. Collect information, take photos, and collect artifacts all in your interest area. Keep everything in your personal journal. Before you land in your home country, you and your team will need to prepare a presentation of findings to present to your country's ruler. Create a quiz to follow your presentation.

6.Topic of your choice approved by me.


Directions for Oral Presentation:

Students are required to complete a 4-5 minute presentation on their research project. Students should discuss their finding on the above questions – be as thorough as possible. Be prepared to answer questions regarding your answers.There must be a multimedia aspect to this project!

Ideas include:power point,poster,video,music etc

Night Class LVV

We are going to test out Google Sketchup on these pcs hope it works.

What I want you to do is finish your comic book or work on the program sketchup to design a temple or some sort of architectural feature of ancient Greece.This will be combined with a presentation aspect.

Instructions for Presentation part :

Choose an ancient temple
Get Temple approved by me
Post a picture of your temple online with your name
Research your chosen temple
Presentation should be 5 minutes long and include a handout which includes questions related to your work
Some questions you should explore include:
where is the temple located, why there?
what was it built of?
is it similar or different to other temples?
who built it and for what reason?
how was the temple used?
when was it built ? how long did it take?
what was its impact? what happened to it during its history?


The second part will be a sketch of your temple. Some suggestions of what to draw include:

Mycenaean Megaron

The Parthenon

Palace at Knossos

Temple of Artemis

The Theatre of Epidaurus, Olympia, Delphi, the Colossus of Rhodes, Santorini, The Palace of Knossos .

Maker sure your sketch is detailed and all word defined.


YOu need a power point or some sort of multimedia presentation to accompany this work.

I will use this rubric to mark your work.

TROY

Try this quiz on Troy

Try another Quiz :)

Use this website as a background on the Film








Literary works are divided into various categories called genres in accordance with their characteristic form and content. The Iliad belongs to the genre of epic.

When you first read the Iliad, the beginning of the poem can present some difficulty because it assumes a general familiarity with the war between the Trojans and Greeks that most modern readers, unlike the ancient Greeks, do not possess.

The code which governs the conduct of the Homeric heroes is a simple one. The aim of every hero is to achieve honor, that is, the esteem received from one's peers. Honor is essential to the Homeric heroes, so much so that life would be meaningless without it. Thus, honor is more important than life itself.

A hero's honor is determined primarily by his courage and physical abilities and to a lesser degree by his social status and possessions. The highest honor can only be won in battle.

The GODS resemble human beings and tend to act in a human way, displaying all human emotions, virtues and vices. Their anthropomorphism is further illustrated by the patriarchal organization of the divine family, which imitates the patriarchy of human society.

When you attempt a character analysis,(which you will be presenting on THURSDAY) there are a number of things that you must take into consideration. The personality of any character is revealed in what the character says, thinks and does, and what other characters and the author in his own person say about that character. Although the evaluation of the personality of a character is most important in a character analysis, you should not neglect physical appearance and condition, which also can have an important effect on character and action.

The word 'tragedy' primarily used of a dramatic work, that is, a play in which a central character called a tragic protagonist or hero suffers some serious misfortune which is not accidental and therefore meaningless, but is significant in that the misfortune is logically connected with the hero's actions. 'Tragedy' and its adjective 'tragic', however, can be used of any literary work containing a protagonist whose actions lead to disaster for himself and others.

Questions for Today:

Why are the Greeks and Trojans fighting?
What is the cause of the fight between Agamemnon and Achilles?
Which gods fight for the Greeks? Which fight for Troy? Why?
What is Achilles’ reaction after Patroclus’ death?
How does Achilles honor Patroclus and dishonor Hector?
What are the results of Priam’s meeting with Achilles? Why?
Contrast Hector and Achilles. Which do you like better? Why?

Here is a list of characters in The Illiad

And this will be hard but try this quiz on The Illiad the book The Movie Tory is based on.

These questions can be done in pairs and must be written down or emailed to me .

Project:Research a character from Troy and make sure you relate most of these points in your presentation.

• physical traits - what the character looks like, how he/she dresses, how he moves

• psychological/personality traits

• motivation

• behavior /actions

• relationships - with other characters in the story, how others see/react to him/her

• weaknesses/faults

• strengths/virtues

• moral constitution - often a character will agonize over right and wrong

• protagonist/antagonist - does the story revolve around this character’s actions?

• complex/simple personality

• history and background

• change - has the character changed during the course of the story? What was his/her

motivation? Why?

• similarities and differences of the characters

• Does the character have a function in the story?

I will be using this rubric to grade your presentations.

Newspaper Project

In this project we will create newspapers reflecting events in ancient Greece events roughly between 600 B.C. to 399 B.C. (from the rise of Athens and the beginnings of democracy through the first great thinkers of Greece).

Objectives:

• You will gain an understanding of the key events of the development of democracy in Athens as well as gain an understanding of the culture in which the events occurred.

Create historical newspapers which have these components:

• News event (report of information, including an interview of at least one observer or participant)
• Editorial Section and Letter to the Editor (showing different view points on events)
• Entertainment Section (evaluation of a musical or theatrical presentation or religious festival)
• Sports Section (reporting of events such as an Olympic or other athletic contests)
• Want Ads or Advertisements of ancient Greek objects (giving a picture or description, price, and using persuasion techniques)

I will be using this rubric to grade this project.

God family tree february 8

Today we look at the genealogy of the gods.

http://www.pantheon.org/areas/genealogy/principal_greek.html

Use that link to view a family tree then go to this page

Use this link to make a powerpoint

This is an example of what I would like

research some of the most famous stories of the Roman gods and goddesses and share their findings with the class in the form of readings, Reader’s Theater, or simple plays.

Make a quiz on the gods and goddesses in your family tree here

The rubric I will be grading your work on is here.