Documentary Project- 7th Grade Latin (ODD) – Due May 16, 2011
Your task for this project is to make an informative documentary of your assigned topic using one of the following media: Photo Story, PowerPoint or a video. Your retelling should be in your own words, clear, accurate and understandable, and visually interesting. You may work with a partner.
Topics:
Ch. 2: Roman Family(Refer also to Ch. 8, “Patria Potestas” / Ch. 6: Slavery in the Roman World (Refer also to Ch. 10, “Treatment of Slaves” / Ch. 9: Roman Gods – Mercury, Diana, Neptune, Venus, Ceres, Vulcan
(Rosemary + Elisabeth) / Ch. 14: Roman Kings
(Tom + Ethan)
Ch. 3: Roman Fashion
(Kirsten + Anna) / Ch. 7: Roman Housing, Villas / Ch. 11: The Founding of Rome (Alec + Dario) / The Iliad (Dan)
Ch. 5: The Aeneid / Ch. 9: Roman Gods – Jupiter, Juno, Apollo, Mars, Vesta, Minerva
(Nanako + Judy) / Ch. 13: Roman Roads and Aqueducts (p. 99) / The Poetry and Life of Vergil
Requirements
ü Script: How are you going to tell the story in your own words? Photo story allows you to use narration and text. Your narrative must include all major characters, facts and events.
ü 20 facts : As part of the narrative, make sure you include all major characters, facts and events.
ü Images: minimum of 10 images that match the narration and/or text and help tell the story
ü Maps: Include 2 maps or floorplans
ü Questionnaire : Write a minimum of 10 on-topic questions based on your narrative.
ü (Not a Requirement to have music) Music: matches the mood of the story…sad, happy, etc.
Schedule for Project
Be mindful that you can accomplish much of this project in class. For full credit, adhere to the dates below. If you have questions at any time, please do not hesitate to ask!
4/11 Read section in Book (if applicable), Brainstorm and Pre-write
4/25 Write narrative in a Word Document.
5/2 Incorporate narrative into Photo Story, PowerPoint or Video
5/9 Work on Finishing Project
All documents and images should be on your flash drive & savable to my flash drive.
5/16 Final Documentary Project Due/Presentations
Some Useful Links:
www.vroma.org For all things Roman…Try going to Google and type in vroma + your topic (ex: vroma + slavery)
www.the-romans.co.uk For all things Roman
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/romans/ A fun, useful and interactive site
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/roman/index.htm A good site for information on the gods and goddesses
http://www.poetryintranslation.com/#Latin Click on Latin, for topics on the Iliad or Aeneid
Microsoft Photo Story InstructionsStep I: / Open up the software.
Step II: Importing Pictures / Photo Story will ask you to "Import Pictures" from your computer that you want to use in your presentation. Select pictures from copyright free websites only. In addition, make sure you save your pictures to either your H drive or to a flash drive. It may make sense for each person to save the pictures to a flash drive so that you can both access the pictures.
It is your responsibility to have the pictures with you each day in class. I would strongly recommend each person have his/her own flash drive to save all pictures and the Photo Story.
If you click on each individual picture, you will notice several thumbnails beneath the featured picture. There are several options to adjust color, remove red-eye, rotate the picture or remove black borders by cropping them.
Step III: Picture Effects / The next step allows you to add titles or subtitles to your selected pictures. The drop down menu under the previewed picture will also allow you to change the effect of the picture from original to "sepia", "washout", and several other picture effect options.
The pictures are arranged in a story-board strip format at the bottom of the window. Clicking on each picture will pull it to the preview pane and allow you to edit it with different effects and titles. The small pen icon will appear in the bottom, right-hand corner of pictures that have been edited with picture effects or that have had titles added.
Step IV: Narrating and Customizing Motion / There is an area next to each photo on the strip to write notes to remind you of what you want to say for each picture. What is neat about this feature is that the picture will appear on screen in the final project for as long the narration lasts for each picture. You will not have to worry about the next picture popping up before you are through talking, or have to adjust the timing for each slide. The software does it for you!
What makes the project appear professionally made is a step that you might overlook if you didn't know it was available for you to implement. Under the previewed picture is the "customize motion" option. Click on this option, and it will open up a new window and guide you through the different camera motions you can apply to each picture. For example, click on the "specify start and end position" and you can alter the presentation of the picture in the final production.
Step V: Add Background Music / This feature allows you to add music to be played in your Photo Story 3. You can go through the editing options and have snippets of songs combined together, or have a song continuously looped throughout the presentation of pictures. The volume of the music can also be specified, which helps if you have narration playing over the background music.
You may not download any additional music to your Photo Story. You may only use the music provided.
Step VI: Save Your Story / Once you are finished your Photo Story, you will send it to me as an email file –