Mr. Johnson’s Chapter 17 Project

Objective; research and producing a digital presentation on a chosen person from the Scientific Revolution, SWBAT briefly present their findings to their classmates and determine how the scientific revolution gave Europeans a new view of mankind.

SWBAT utilize technology in a productive and academic manner.

Presentation Elements

Content: Background

a. Historical Context - The date as well as what is going on during that time period

b. The place (country) the person is from or is connected with

c. What is the background of this person in relevance to what they accomplished – values, education, family, religion, profession etc.

Accomplishment

a. Why is this person in the history books? What did they accomplish?

b. What are some famous remarks / written words of this person?

c. Did they ever write a book? If so, what was it and what was it about?

d. How did they make an impact on their country or the world?

e. How is this person connected to the larger picture, why is this person still exciting? Why do we still learn about this historical figure?

Evaluation

a. Explain how successful they were in this accomplishment

b. Finish this sentence: If x was alive today, (s)he would….

Beyond content your power point must contain:

1. Images relating to the slide (this can be a photo, painting, sculpture, etc.)

2. Three short quotes – that capture that the person is – make sure that after each quote you explain its meaning in your own words

PowerPoint requirements:

1. At least 7 slides

2. Title page

3. Table of contents slide

4. At least 7 images (not including pictures of yourself)

5. Last slide must be a bio of you with pic

- When creating your power point – Remember that background color is important and subliminal – they should not be all one color, try to think about an essay – each new paragraph is indented, or an outline – each section gets a new roman numeral, same is applied to power point – Every time there is a new category you are addressing – the color of the background should change

Section 1: People to identify

  1. Ptyolemy
  2. Nicholas Copernics
  3. Galileo
  4. Galilei
  5. Isaac Newton
  6. Robert Boyle
  7. Margaret Cavendish
  8. Maria Winkelmann
  9. Rene Descartes
  10. Francis Bacon

Section 2: People to identify

  1. John Locke
  2. Montesquieu
  3. Voltaire
  4. Denis Diderot
  5. Adam Smith
  6. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  7. Mary Wollstonecraft
  8. John Wesley

Section 3: People to identify

  1. Bach
  2. Handel
  3. Haydn
  4. Mozart
  5. Fredrick The Great
  6. Marian Theresa
  7. Catherine The Great
  8. Peter the Great

Section 4: People to identify

  1. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
  2. Hanoverians
  3. Robert Walpole

Other people

·  Immanuel Kant Lady Montiquie Baron Paul d'Holbach

·  Thomas Paine Tycho Brahe