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World History
Ms. Jacobsen
50 Points
World History Honors Project
1st Semester
ABSOLUTE DEADLINE:
THURSDAY JANUARY 14TH
Instructions: Choose one of the following three projects to show Ms. Jacobsen what you know and how well
you can take responsibility. EACH has the same rubric for grading (HONORS QUALITY, HONORS EFFORT)
Quality of Content: 20 points
Accuracy of Content: 10 pts
Creativity: 10 pts Time/Effort: 10 pts
OPTION 1: Children’s Book
Create a color illustrated children’s book explaining The French Revolution OR Napoleon and his aftermath. You are
writing to an audience from 5-8 years old, and pictures must be hand drawn or graphically designed (you cannot just print
a picture from the internet. You’re an original author and illustrator, so do original - but relevant - images! Written
parts must be TYPED, even if you cut and paste onto the page. Explain things clearly, precisely, FUN, and very simply
like in a children’s book (they are not high school students reading a textbook). Consider creating a character and/or cast
of characters to walk them through the story, or be creative with your own idea. Maybe look at children’s books to get an
idea of an approach. Give kids something to connect to on a meaningful level.
You must: 1) Create a cover page with a title, author’s name, and illustration. 2) Organize the story in chronological
order (someway/somehow I want dates listed if relevant). Pages must have #’s. However, it is not just a picture book – it
needs short paragraphs that explain events using key ideas. You may organize it however you like, but it must be at
LEAST 10 pages (not including cover page) (Appx. 10-15 pages would be sufficient). Choose one or the other column:
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French Revolution
Life in and conditions of France
a. Conditions
b. King Louis / Queen Marie
c. Debt / Hunger
d. Estate Systems
Meeting of the Estates General
a. Financial crisis
b. Vote by order
c. Key People
National Assembly
a. Tennis Court Oath
b. Declaration of the Rights of Man
c. Etc.
Storming of the Bastille
a. The Great Fear
b. Gunpowder
c. Start of Revolution
The March on Versailles
a. Women
b. Bread
c. Angry Mobs
d. Marie / Louis
Reign of Terror
a. Legislative Assembly
b. Robespierre
c. Jacobins and Radicals
d. Committee of Public Safety
e. Guillotine
f. Death of Louis/Marie
g. Death of Robespierre
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4.
Napoleon
Conditions in France
a. Reign of Terror
b. Guillotine
c. Death of King & Queen
d. Death of Robespierre
e. Moderates
Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
a. Coup d’état
b. plebiscite
c. Empire Building
d. Napoleonic Code
Fall of Napoleon
a. Battle of Trafalgar
b. Blockade
c. Continental System
d. Peninsular War / guerrilla
e. Russia
f. Scorched-earth Policy
g. Exile
h. Waterloo
i. The Hundred Days
Effects in Europe & World
a. Congress of Vienna
b. Klemens von Metternich
c. Balance of power
d. Legitimacy
e. Holy Alliance
f. Concert of Europe
g. Nationalist Movements
outside Europe (ie. Latin America)
OPTION 2: News Journalist Investigative Report (Video Journal & Script): APPX 7-10 minutes long
Pretend you are a news journalist doing an investigative report into one aspect of the Industrial Revolution (maybe
inventions/inventors, factory system, child labor, working conditions, life in the cities, pollution, the “new middle class”,
corporations, unions, labor laws, etc.). Write, Produce, Direct. Edit and “Act” in your filming to expose information
you think the public MUST know: “The Truth”. This will require research that expands above and beyond what we
learned in class: It is IN DEPTH / behind the scenes / those extra juicy – but factual – details and stories. Find primary
sources (see explanation of “Primary Source” as outlined in Option 3 project) to help you get some quotes for interviews
and camera shots of artifacts. You will want to create some props, a set design, simple costumes to get in character. You
may have other people in your video or filming. However, it must be your individual project. You will NOT get a
group grade. If you and other students help each other, each project must be individually unique and focus on a separate
investigation. You must turn in the video (DVD, tape, or computer video file) AND a type written script/director’s notes.
OPTION 3: The Fight for Democracy (Research report and PowerPoint presentation)
History Repeats Itself: Assess your understanding of the rise of democracy and consider people’s struggle for
independence and freedom throughout time. Connect what has happened in the past to what has been
happening over the past 15-20 years in the world. There are two parts to this project. The first part is a report
that you will TYPE, and the second part is a PowerPoint that you will create (turn in via. Email, DVD, or give
it to me to copy from a Flash Drive).
Part 1: Report
You will write a report that demonstrates the development of democracy in the modern world.
You must use at least two primary sources (original documents – such as language cited from
documents like the English Bill of Rights or the Declaration of Rights of Man - stories from people
who were a part of the event or movement – such as from a journal entry, letter and/or interviews and
quotes from people actually “there”) and two secondary sources (something that is telling you the
story about what happened, such as your textbook or notes or a newspaper story) to help you
understand how nations have adopted democratic ideologies and foundations in their development.
You must use at least one unit from our World History 1st semester to make comparisons to people in
a nation who are either actively trying to have a revolution to develop democracy in their country
today, or in the last 15-20 years have won independence and become democratic, and are now trying
to develop a strong foundation of democracy. Consider the following units in particular to assist you
in your research:
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Prologue: The Rise of Democratic Ideas
Ch. 5, Sec 5: Parliament Limits the English Monarchy
Ch. 6, Sec 2-4: Enlightenment in Europe
Ch. 6, Sec 4: The American Revolution
Ch. 7: The French Revolution and Napoleon
Ch. 8: Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West
Consider the following to assist you in writing your report:
 What role does each of your sources play in informing you about the power structures, value
systems, and identity of the respective groups?
Summarize the situations from both the past and the present nations you are evaluating.
This does not mean copy exactly what is said in your textbook or on the internet from
Wikipedia… I will be keeping a SHARP eye out for plagiarism… you will get an automatic
ZERO if you do not use your own, original language. I can tell the difference: I’ve read your
work for a full semester now.
a. Identify the power dynamics in the relationship between the oppressor and oppressed.
b. Identify the “ideology” of the groups you’re focusing on.
c. Identify the types of “oppression” that are taking place.
d. Identify how certain oppressed groups free themselves of that “oppression”
Part 2: PowerPoint
(You can use Google or do a Yahoo! search on the internet to find “How to make a PowerPoint
Presentation / slideshow”…there are a lot of instructional materials out there, including some on
YouTube. It is very simple once you see the basics)
Create a PowerPoint presentation to show images, maps and information that will simplify and
summarize and “bring to life” your research paper. Think about PowerPoint slideshows (the notes we
do on the overhead) that you have seen in class… make your slideshow a simplified, edited, 7-10
minute lesson you could show the class that gives just a succinct preview of the overall ideas in your
more detailed report. It doesn’t have to be anything fancy, but think about what YOU would like to
see if you were watching somebody else’s. Remember, after all of the research you have done,
you’ve become the expert on the subject. How would you simplify and summarize it for somebody
who has never heard about any of this information before, and has never taken World History?
 Make sure you have a title screen that also includes your name and the date!