Introduction
We will soon be beginning a new century, and in fact a new millenium. We are going to be looking back on some of the people and events that have made the last hundred years so interesting.
"Time" magazine has put out two issues which focussed on the most important people and trends in the last century. Together we will study them in our "Millenium Project."
Because the passages are not that easy we will be working in groups and each group will hand in a group assignment. Those of you wishing to hand in individual assignments (instead of/besides) the group assignment may do so.
1. As a group choose the personality or subject you wish to work on. There are articles on:
3. You will have to hand in the completed project in a file of your own. So get one in which to collect your material.
1. Read the article you have chosen carefully using a dictionary. It is not enough to understand the general idea alone.
2. a. List 10 - 15 words or phrases that were new to you.
b. Explain them in English or translate them into Hebrew.
c. Underline/highlight these words in your photocopied text.
3. a. Find and copy 2-3 quotes from the article that express one or more of the central ideas of the article.
b. Explain in your own words why you chose these quotes and what the central idea is.
c. Underline/highlight the quotes in your photocopied text.
1. a. Find 2 - 3 terms used in the article that the writer thinks are clear to the reader but are not, for example, "the iron curtain", "the cultural revolution in China", "apartheid", "cubism", "yuppies", etc.
b. Find out what they mean by asking a knowledgable friend, teachers, looking them up in the library or on the Internet.
c. Copy out the terms and explain them in your own words
(~100 words), or by some other demonstration (a tape, a class presentation, a piece of music, etc.)
2. a. Find further information about the person you have chosen: his/her personality, biography, country, opinions, etc. or changes that have taken place in your subject: music, politics. Find something that adds to the information in the article -- something YOU consider important.
b. Write up the information you have found (~ 100 words) or make a tape, do a class presentation, etc.
̀ What aspects of the project were easy? difficult? interesting? useful? Why?
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̀ What have you learned from this project about:
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̀ Would you like to do another project of this kind? Explain.
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1. Prepare a title page for your file and a table of contents.
2. Hand in all your assignments connected to the project:
3. Hand in the photocopied article with the quotes, words and terms underlined or highlighted.
Here's how your work will be
assessed. Write in what you think you deserve in each section. I will add
my assessment at the end. Remember: You can always improve on your results.
| Item | Max points | Your mark | My
mark |
| 1. Organization of material in folder (title page, table of contents, bibliography etc.) | 10 | ||
| 2.
Written presentation (handwriting,
spelling, clarity, etc.) |
10 | ||
| 3. Vocabulary assignment | 20 | ||
| 4. Quotes | 20 | ||
| 5. Further information + Sources | 20 | ||
| 6. Reflection and feedback | 10 | ||
| 7. Bonus (special effort, extra elements, exceptional quality) | 10 | ||
| Total: | 100 |
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