Elizabethan Reseach Project Assignment Updated March 2014

Grade 9 Digital learning: Elizabethan Age Research presentation with Media product
This is our first leap into the world of digital research and representation. As this is the first time we are doing some of these types of activities, please be patient and allow your teacher to work through any issues in the end, we want to use technology to find information and share our findings with a broader audience. For this assignment, we would like you to work with a partner namely so you can learn from one another!". #e are going to allow you to choose your partner please be very careful who you choose, as you will be dependent upon that person to gather information on your behalf. $ven though you are working in partners, ultimately you will receive an individual mark for the pro%ect and presentation.
Task: The producing team behind Academia Teachers &roductions has decided that they would like to produce an
authentic dramatic production of #illiam 'hakespeare(s Romeo and Juliet. )ou have been called upon to be e*pert consultants in one of the various areas of $li+abethan,Tudor history that will show up in the playfood and drink fashion- lower class females fashion- lower class males fashion- higher class females fashion- higher class males marriage customs education family life roles" entertainment not theatre" /ichard .urbage 0ord 1hamberlain(s 2en,roles they(d play" popular music crime and punishment astrology,beliefs the .lack &lague medicine" music can include dance" religious figures- the role of the Friar in the 1atholic 1hurch medicine and health care death, funeral and burial rituals
Step 1: Research
)ou are going out into the world wide web to find information about your chosen topic. )our main goal is to find interesting and enlightening facts about the real $li+abethan $ra in which our fictional stories Cue for Treason and Romeo and Juliet are both set". )ou will receive instruction from the teacher3librarian as to how to conduct good research. 4eep in mind that there are many sources of information available to you that are not the best 5uality search out authentic sites for your information e.g. it would be better to go directly to a site that is dedicated to the rebuilt 6lobe Theater in 0ondon rather than someone(s class pro%ect site about the 6lobe Theatre". 7n general, website addresses that end in .org or are related to the government or respected institutions e.g. the ..1, a
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university website" are safer than others. 8on(t %ust 6oogle and use the first item that comes up! #ikipedia is also good for a first look at a topic but real research shouldn(t take place there. 8on(t be afraid to use &/79T resources available in our library!" the teacher3librarian would be very happy to support you in finding information. Product #1: Research Notes (individual) )our group must consult and use a minimum of FO R (!) research sources (" per person) . $ach source must have a research notes sheet available in the class $li+abethan /esearch folder on the 6oogle 8rive save a cop# for each of the sources you use these should be saved into your own folder and then shared with your partner and your teacher only". Process: :" 0og into your #/8'. 6oogleApps account. ;" $lick on the .ell $96 :87 shared files folder and click on $li+abethan /esearch /esources folder. <" Ri%ht&click on the 9ote3taking #orksheets=original copy document and then select 'ake a $op#. >" Rename that cop# with your last name e.g. .ell=notes :". ?" 'ove your document copy into your own drive so that other students do not have access to it". @" Share your notes with your partner and me ashley=bellAgoogleapps.wrdsb.ca". (our Research Notes )ill *e evaluated individuall# + , )ill *e lookin% for t)o sets of notes- shared )ith me- from each person. Product #": /nnotated 0orks $ited Pa%e (%roup) )our group is responsible for creating and sharing an /nnotated 0orks $ited Pa%e for your four best sources ideally, two per person". Process: :" 0og into your #/8'. 6oogleApps account. ;" $lick on the .ell $96 :87 shared files folder and click on $li+abethan /esearch /esources folder. <" $lick on the 'ample Annotated #orks 1ited document to see how it is laid out. >" 7n your own drive, create an Annotated #orks 1ited document and name it with your topic e.g. 'hakespeare Annotated #orks 1ited". ?" 'hare the Annotated #orks 1ited document with your partner and me ashley=bellAgoogleapps.wrdsb.ca". (our /nnotated 0orks $ited )ill *e evaluated for the %roup1 ho)ever- if it is clear that onl# one person created the entries- marks )ill *e ad2usted accordin%l#3
Step ": Oral Presentation )ith 4isual 'edia Product Support

9ow is your chance to wow us with your e*pertise. The class is going to be your audience as you present your findings in light of the upcoming production of Romeo and Juliet and convince us how we will make it authentic to the $li+abethan,Tudor era. Product #1: Oral Presentation (done as a %roup- individual evaluation) $ach group will create an interesting, informative and hopefully" interactive presentation about its topic. )our task is to convince us to integrate the concepts related to your topic into our authentic production of Romeo and Juliet. )our %ob is to share the information you have found about your topic and convince us how we will see it in an authentic production of Romeo and Juliet. . $ach topic has a corresponding time in the play when it would be useful. For e*ample, if your topic is music then you will tell us what kinds of music should be played during the party and on the morning of the wedding. 7f your topic is fashion for females you will tell us how 0ady 1apulet and and Buliet might be costumed throughout the play. )our presentation will be scheduled as we read and study various parts of Romeo and Juliet. )our &resentation should be about 5&16 minutes, and include the following components:. ,ntroduce group members and the topic. ;. &rovide interesting 7facts8 that you have found out about your topic this is where the poster will come in handy". <. &rovide us with advice as to how we would make our play more authentic by utili+ing the historical information you have found out about the topic make connections". >. 9:plain any ima%es you have included on the poster, how they relate to the topic, and how we might see them utili+ed in our production of the play. ?. Add in any other type of interactive activities that might draw in your audience e.g. play music, demonstrate the way a person might move or act, create something to share". @. $onclude the presentation don(t %ust say C4, we(re done.". D. $lass mem*ers are e:pected to ask follo)&up ;uestions. Presentation Tips: 3 cue cards are acceptable to prompt what you(re going to say full sheets from which you read are not 3 body language must be natural know how you(re going to stand, what you(ll do with your hands 3 eye contact with your audience is very important 3 speak as clearly, slowly, and loudly as possible
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Product #": 4isual Support <oo%le =oc 7Poster8 (%roup) #hen you present, you want to provide your audience with visual support. Therefore, your group is responsible for creating and sharing a 6oogle 8oc that is a virtual poster that contains the following information in support of your topic3 at least five (>) of the most interesting facts about your topic, complete with proper citations 3 facts should be listed as bulleted points not complete sentences" and should be in #our o)n )ords 3 at least three (?) images to help illustrate your topic you will learn how to easily incorporate those images into your 6oogle document, complete with proper citations" Process: :" ;" <" >" ?" @" D" 0og into your #/8'. 6oogleApps account. $lick on the .ell $96 :87 shared files folder and click on $li+abethan /esearch /esources folder. $lick on the .ell 'ample For $li+abethan /esearch &oster document to see how it is laid out. Ri%ht&$lick on Template=&oster document and then select 'ake a $op#. Rename that cop# with your topic e.g. 'hakespeare=poster" 'ove your document copy into your own drive so that other students do not have access to it". Share your poster with your partner and me ashley=bellAgoogleapps.wrdsb.ca".
'pecial 9ote- you will make use of the 6oogle /esearch Tool in order to integrate images.
9li@a*ethan Research Pro2ect + $ompletion $hecklist /ctivit#AProduct /esearch 9otes :" on my topic individual" /esearch 9otes ;" on my topic individual" Annotated #orks 1ited page group" &oster group" &resentation 9otes,prepared
1ompletedE 'hared with my partner and teacher via 6oogle 8riveE
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