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Grading:
This project is half of the final for the course. It is therefore worth 10% of your grade in this class. It will be evaluated using the IB rubrics, and the IB rubrics only (all 4 rubrics). The grade equivalence for the IB rubrics will be a direct grade equivalence. Therefore, there are 32 possible points where 29/32 is an A-, 26/32 is a B-, etc.
Special IB End of Semester Grade: If your grade on this individual project is higher than your final grade in the class, the grade for this project will be used for your end of semester grade.
OPTION #1 Question: How did the Industrial Revolution affect the world? (1760 - 1870)
This should be a 600 word project.
It can be a paper, presentation or poster, but every word must be typed and uploaded to turnitin.com and submitted to Schoology. Any turnitin.com similarity percentages over 14% are highly suspicious and will be rigorously pursued for plagiarism. Any found plagiarism will result in a zero for this project. There will be no second chances.
It will be graded using the IB rubrics only. If this grade is higher than your final grade for the course, then this grade will be used in place of your final grade in the course (for semester #1). Please look at the prior rubrics for ideas of what types of material need to be included in this project, and obviously, use the IB rubrics to help you decide what to include.
OPTION #2 (more challenging, but possibly more interesting): Business Model
This should be a 600 word project.
It can be a paper, presentation or poster, but every word must be typed and uploaded to turnitin.com and submitted to Schoology. Any turnitin.com similarity percentages over 14% are highly suspicious and will be rigorously pursued for plagiarism. Any found plagiarism will result in a zero for this project. There will be no second chances.
It will be graded using the IB rubrics only. If this grade is higher than your final grade for the course, then this grade will be used in place of your final grade in the course (for semester #1). Please look at the prior rubrics for ideas of what types of material need to be included in this project, and obviously, use the IB rubrics to help you decide what to include.
You are a businessperson during the Industrial Revolution (1760 - 1870). You will choose a particular technology or invention and describe how you can use it in a new location to make money. You are presenting your business plan to a group of investors who are largely focused on a good return on their investment and low risk. Your argument needs to have as much researched data as you can find about the technology/invention/model and an argument about how much money you expect to make.
GRASP this Project
G: Create a well researched business model.
R: You are a businessperson with an idea to make money.
A: Your audience is a group of investors who have money to invest.
S: You get to choose where you are located, but there is a new technology/idea/invention that occurred elsewhere and you are proposing to apply that idea in your location.
P: Create an project that outlines your argument about why your idea is a good idea and how it will make money for the investors.
S: This will be graded based on the above rubric, and evaluated based on the IB Criterion
Significant Advances/Inventions During the Industrial Revolution
Railroads
Canals
Chartered Companies & Stock
Metallurgy
Factories
Water Vs. Steam
Banking & Lending
England vs. the West vs. the World
Lower vs. Middle vs. Upper Class
HINT: For both projects, if you are not certain about what to include in the project, just look at the older project rubrics!
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