World Studies II

Causes of World War I Hyperstudio Project

This project is an exercise in cooperative learning and project presentation using HyperStudio software on the Macintosh computers. Success will involve following the guidelines, including accurate information, and working within the group.

Objective:

The students will demonstrate their understanding of the causes of World War I by creating a multi-media presentation including: text, maps, still pictures, sound, and the Internet.

Instructions:

Each group will be responsible for creating a multi-media presentation using HyperStudio presentation software. The presentation should answer the following questions.

A. Who were the major powers that controlled Italy between 1800 and 1848?

B. Who were the leaders (individuals and kingdoms) of the Italian unification movement and what reasons did they give for wanting a unified country?

C. Was the unification of Italy completely successful? Comment on why it was or was not successful.

D. Initially, what was the reason for German unification?

E. What individual was most responsible for the political unification of Germany? What were his ideas on acceptable methods to achieve the goal of unification?

F. How did Prussia finally gain dominance of the North German Confederation?

G. How did Prussia gain control of the southern German States?

H. What is Nationalism, and what were the effects of extreme nationalism in Europe during the later part of the 19th century.

I. What is racism? What is Anti-Semitism? Why were the Jews of Europe targets for racism? How do these ideas relate to the extreme nationalism that was present in Europe during the late 1800’s?

J. What were the three elements of the new Age of Imperialism?

K. How did the competition for colonies in Africa lead to rising tensions between the nations of Europe?

Other Considerations:

The number of cards to be included in the project is not set. Use the number of cards that you feel most appropriately represents the information in the most creative way possible. Consider using a Table of Contents - Chapter model, A Hypertext linked nonlinear model, or a linear model based either on time or topic. Whichever format you choose, your first card should be a title card that has the title of your project and the names of the members of the group. In addition, the last card in your project should be a bibliography card. Use the pre-made card included with HyperStudio for this purpose.

Each project must contain AT LEAST

One Map
Five graphics either taken off the Internet or scanned in using the scanner in the computer lab or the desktop presenter in the media center.
Three separate imported sounds of at least five seconds each but no longer than thirty seconds each.
Five hypertext links within the project itself
Two links (hypertext or buttons) to Internet pages of relevant information to your project
Any use of the above items beyond the number indicated will be taken into consideration as extra effort on the project and can only enhance your grade on this project.

In addition to the elements you were graded on in the first multimedia project, two additional categories will be added. The first category is story board preparation. This will include how complete and well thought out the story boards were completed. The second category will be called presentation design. This will include how well thought out the layout of the presentation is and how easy is it to understand the directions on how to move about within the presentation.

Grading:

Each group member’s grade will consist of two parts.

1. Individual grade given by teacher ( 1/2 )
2. Group final project grade ( 1/2 )

Rubric for Individual Student Evaluation

1 2 3 4

Worked cooperatively with other group members Caused regular arguments within the group Rarely cooperated within the group. Usually did his own thing Cooperated most of the time Always contributed to the group’s shared goals/assignments

Time spent on task Almost no time spent on task Little time spent on task Usually on task Always working on assigned task

Quality of individual work Poor - not much useful information contributed Below Average - Only a couple of useful items contributed Average - An acceptable amount of information was contributed to the group project Excellent - Amount of information exceeded the normal amount

Rubric for Group Evaluation

1 2 3 4

Demonstrated teamwork in achieving the objective(s) The entire project was completed by 1-2 members Project was completed primarily by 3 members Most members contributed to the group’s success All members contributed significantly to the overall success of the project

Overall organizational delegation of responsibilities Very unorganized and little delegation of responsibility Rarely organized and delegation was poor Usually organized and most assignments were delegated to the appropriate member Very organized with all parts of the project delegated properly

Presentation Design Virtually impossible to move around within the presentation Difficult to follow the directions for moving about the presentation Usually easy to move around within presentation. A few awkward parts. Logical and Appealing Design. Intuitive interface

Quality of Story board Poor. Almost nothing planned in the story board stage of the project. Fair. Most parts of the presentation are not well thought out and planned in the story board. Good. Most parts of the presentation are planned in the story board Excellent. Virtually every aspect of the presentation is well thought out an portrayed in story board.

Required elements were included in project No required elements included in project Few required elements included in project Most required elements included in project All required elements included in project

Links to other sites on the Web
Link to article The New Imperialism
Liknks to pre-WWI and WWI hisorical documents
An excerpt from the book Imperialism 101
Link to PBS

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	1	2	3	4
Worked cooperatively with other group members	Caused regular arguments within the group	Rarely cooperated within the group. Usually did his own thing	Cooperated most of the time	Always contributed to the group’s shared goals/assignments
Time spent on task	Almost no time spent on task	Little time spent on task	Usually on task	Always working on assigned task
Quality of individual work	Poor - not much useful information contributed	Below Average - Only a couple of useful items contributed	Average - An acceptable amount of information was contributed to the group project	Excellent - Amount of information exceeded the normal amount

	1	2	3	4
Demonstrated teamwork in achieving the objective(s)	The entire project was completed by 1-2 members	Project was completed primarily by 3 members	Most members contributed to the group’s success	All members contributed significantly to the overall success of the project
Overall organizational delegation of responsibilities	Very unorganized and little delegation of responsibility	Rarely organized and delegation was poor	Usually organized and most assignments were delegated to the appropriate member	Very organized with all parts of the project delegated properly
Presentation Design	Virtually impossible to move around within the presentation	Difficult to follow the directions for moving about the presentation	Usually easy to move around within presentation. A few awkward parts.	Logical and Appealing Design. Intuitive interface
Quality of Story board	Poor. Almost nothing planned in the story board stage of the project.	Fair. Most parts of the presentation are not well thought out and planned in the story board.	Good. Most parts of the presentation are planned in the story board	Excellent. Virtually every aspect of the presentation is well thought out an portrayed in story board.
Required elements were included in project	No required elements included in project	Few required elements included in project	Most required elements included in project	All required elements included in project