Project Based Learning in History Challenge question Nazi Germany was a period of huge terror and huge change. How far do you agree? Sources of evidence How will you research this challenge question? Sections to include in your Project 1. Timeline of Germany 1914-1945 2. Who was Hitler, and what did he do? 3. How did the lives of people change in Nazi Germany? 4. How did Hitler control Germany? 5. What happened to Jews in Nazi Germany? 6. How and why did the Nazis change education? 7. How and why did the Nazis change leisure time? 8. What was the Kindertransport? 9. What did Nazi propaganda look like? Find two examples of Nazi propaganda and stick them on a page of A4 annotate around each image what the overall message the Nazis wanted to get across, and outline how they tried to achieve this by looking at what is included in the poster and comparing it with your own contextual knowledge 10. How should a Holocaust Museum remember and teach about the Holocaust? Design a Museum and find up to three relevant sources which could be either pictures, diaries, songs, newspaper Individuals Were there eyewitness accounts? What do they say? Were there personal testimonies about this? What happened to Jewish people? What do the victims of Nazi Germany tell us? Media What recorded debates and speeches are there about this? What do they teach us? What can we learn from posters from this time? Which were made by the Nazis, and which were made about the Nazis? Are there films and TV that can give us information? What propaganda was used? Written sources What can we learn from newspapers? What do the published sources tell? What online information is there?
clippings or objects. Incorporate these artefacts into your museum. Include a written explanation of what each artefact tells us and why you have selected it Writing the report Recording your answer. Spread your work over several pages. Write in detailed paragraphs formally. Explain clearly what you have learned. Bibliography At the end of your work include a clear detailed list of where all your sources of evidence were found. Title, author, location, date accessed/used e.g. Citation of pictures Include a list of where each of the pictures, video clips and TV shows and films were found. Label sources and pictures as Source 1, Source 2 and so on. Project Marking Rubric How do I do my best? CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 Organization The project is Logically Organization Poorly well structured organized, most of lacks focus and organized. Some and clearly the questions are few if any gaps and answers answered, questions are disorganisation questions, with although actually makes it difficult an introduction sometimes answered. to follow or and conclusion answers are understand. narrative. Effort Excellent effort Good effort and Acceptable Little or no and detail detail. effort. Little or effort. no detail. Completeness The project includes all the required All required information or Most of required information has been covered, Several important pages or sections or
information as bullet points are although not in questions are well as additional covered detail. missing information. Images and pictures - relevant All pictures/images are clearly related to the topic. All used pictures have a citation. All pictures/images are related to the topic, and most make it the work easier to understand. All used pictures have a citation. All pictures/images relate to the topic. Some pictures have a citation. Pictures / images do not relate to the topic OR several don t have citations. Grammar There are no grammatical mistakes in the project There are only one or two grammatical mistakes in the project. There are frequent errors in the grammar in the project. There are more than five grammatical mistakes in the project. Literacy Capitals and punctuation are correct throughout the project. Written in an appropriate tone without slang. There are only one or two errors of capitals or spelling or punctuation. There are frequent errors of capitals or spelling or punctuation. Simplistic There are more than five errors of capitals or spelling or punctuation. Incorrect sentence Language is precise and sentence structure varied. Effective use of language. sentence structure and imprecise use of language structure and use of slang, jargon, or inappropriate language Attractiveness The project is exceptionally attractive in terms of design, layout an neatness The project looks good, it has a good layout, design and neatness. The project is acceptable, although it might be a little messy. The project is distractingly messy or very poorly designed. It is not attractive.
Advanced success tips 1. Do not copy and paste from websites. 2. Include a clear title to your work. Decorate it appropriately so it stands out. 3. Include a bibliography (a detailed list) of all books and websites you have read. 4. With all pictures include a citation of where you copied it from. 5. Include your name, teacher and tutor prominently on your work. Project Marking Rubric How do I do my best? CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 Organization The project is well structured and clearly answers questions, with an introduction and conclusion Logically organized, most of the questions are answered, although sometimes answers are Organization lacks focus and few if any questions are actually answered. Poorly organized. Some gaps and disorganisation makes it difficult to follow or understand. narrative. Effort Excellent effort and detail Good effort and detail. Acceptable effort. Little or no detail. Little or no effort. Completeness The project Most of required Several includes all the All required information has important pages required information or been covered, or sections or information as bullet points are although not in questions are well as additional covered detail. missing information. All pictures/images All All are related to the Pictures / pictures/images pictures/images topic, and most images do not Images and relate to the are clearly related make it the work relate to the pictures topic. to the topic. All easier to topic OR several - relevant used pictures understand. All don t have Some pictures have a citation. used pictures have citations. have a citation. a citation.
Grammar There are no grammatical mistakes in the project There are only one or two grammatical mistakes in the project. There are frequent errors in the grammar in the project. There are more than five grammatical mistakes in the project. Literacy Capitals and punctuation are correct throughout the project. Written in an appropriate tone without slang. There are only one or two errors of capitals or spelling or punctuation. There are frequent errors of capitals or spelling or punctuation. Simplistic There are more than five errors of capitals or spelling or punctuation. Incorrect sentence Language is precise and sentence structure varied. Effective use of language. sentence structure and imprecise use of language structure and use of slang, jargon, or inappropriate language Attractiveness The project is exceptionally attractive in terms of design, layout an neatness The project looks good, it has a good layout, design and neatness. The project is acceptable, although it might be a little messy. The project is distractingly messy or very poorly designed. It is not attractive. Progress Task: