CHAPTER 15 and 16 PROJECT
EXTRA CREDIT PROJECT!!
Due Wednesday, May 27
Choose one of the following topics:
- The Scientific Revolution (ch 15)
- The Age of Exploration (ch 15)
- The Age of Enlightenment (ch 16)
In order to earn extra credit you MUST:
1. READ the information about your topic from your textbook (other reliable sources are okay to use AFTER). Lesson summaries are available on Classzone.com
2. WRITE Notes about your topic about the most important details and information
3. PLAN and REHEARSE a short presentation to TEACH this information to the class. (3-5 minutes)
4. TYPE or WRITE out the information and presentation notes for me to see
5. PRESENT and TEACH the class. Your information and presentation MUST include the following:
-Information about at least 2 important people and their contributions
-A clear explanation of the key terms and names involved with your topic
-A connection: How do the ideas you researched connect with life today?
-A visual aid of some sort- a poster, PowerPoint (saved as a .ppt file), video, picture book- be creative! This should help teach more about your topic!
EXTRA CREDIT PROJECT!!
Due Wednesday, May 27
Choose one of the following topics:
- The Scientific Revolution (ch 15)
- The Age of Exploration (ch 15)
- The Age of Enlightenment (ch 16)
In order to earn extra credit you MUST:
1. READ the information about your topic from your textbook (other reliable sources are okay to use AFTER). Lesson summaries are available on Classzone.com
2. WRITE Notes about your topic about the most important details and information
3. PLAN and REHEARSE a short presentation to TEACH this information to the class. (3-5 minutes)
4. TYPE or WRITE out the information and presentation notes for me to see
5. PRESENT and TEACH the class. Your information and presentation MUST include the following:
-Information about at least 2 important people and their contributions
-A clear explanation of the key terms and names involved with your topic
-A connection: How do the ideas you researched connect with life today?
-A visual aid of some sort- a poster, PowerPoint (saved as a .ppt file), video, picture book- be creative! This should help teach more about your topic!
CHAPTER 15 and 16 PROJECT
People
Ch 15
Nicolaus Copernicus (503)
Johannes Kepler (503)
Galileo Galilei (504)
Isaac Newton (504)
William Harvey (504)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek (505)
Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit (505)
Evangelista Torricelli (505)
Rene Descartes (506)
Sir Francis Bacon (506)
Prince Henry “The Navigator” of Portugal (511)
Bartolomeu Dias (512)
Vasco da Gama (512)
Christopher Columbus (513)
Ferdinand Magellan (515)
Hernan Cortes (516)
Francisco Pizarro (516)
Hernando de Soto (516)
Francisco Coronado (516)
John Cabot (516)
Giovanni da Verrazzano (516)
Jacques Cartier (516)
Amerigo Vespucci (517)
Adam Smith (526)
Ch 16
John Locke (537)
Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet) (538)
The Baron de Montesquieu (538)
Jacques Rousseau (538)
Marie Therese Rodet Geoffrin (539)
Mary Astell (539)
Judith Sargent Murray (539)
Mary Wollstonecraft (539)
Frederick II of Prussia (The Great) (543)
Joseph II of Austria (544)
Catherine the Great of Russia (544)
Benjamin Franklin (545)
Thomas Jefferson (545)
King William of Orange of the Netherlands (550)