Project #2: Due Tuesday, Nov 14th

Compare and Contrast the French and American Revolutions.

QUESTION: How are the French and American Revolutions so unique in world history? 

You will be graded based on the rubric below.  Mr. O will also evaluate you using IB Criterium A, B, C, D, but these will not count toward your grade at this time. 

Rubric (for grade)

PLUS: Rubric A (8 pts) 

27 Rubric Points

8 Points (Rubric A) 

TOTAL : 35 pts

(I will also give you feedback on all of the IB rubrics.)  

Checklist (in order to submit) "REQUIREMENTS"

• 1. Name, Class Period, Due Date

  2. Title 

  3. Minimum 2 pages, typed & double spaced

  4. Works cited page 

  5. Submit to Turn-it-in.com - any score over 14% will force your teacher to search for plagiarism.  Any plagiarism will result in a zero.

  6. Submit to Schoology.com 

  7. Must not use wikipedia, sources from wikipedia, sources without author, or cliff notes type sites (enotes, about.com, sparknotes, infoplease, askjeeves, ask.com, etc)

GRASP this Project

G: Create an essay that compares and contrasts the American and French Revolutions.

R: You are a journalist making these comparisons while working at newspaper Le Monde.

A: Your audience is your boss and a few of your coworkers.

S: The situation is that you are a journeyman journalist and are being asked to do a research project for an article another journalist is writing about revolutions in the Middle East.  He wants to make connections to the French or American Revolutions, but he wants to make sure he makes the correct connections. You are asked to do that research. (This is a legitimate beginning task for a beginning journalist: supportive research)

P: Create an essay that meets the elements presented above.

S: This will be graded based on the above rubric, and also evaluated based on all 4 IB Criterion.

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Clear thesis that is bolded and underlined 

  • Clear headings that meet all of the requirements above

  • Proof-read by peer and use grammar check (zero misspellings, zero punctuation errors)

• You should discover something interesting and reliable and then share it with the reader

  • You should present the 5Ws (and "How") for each section of the requirements - but don't let the reader know you are doing it. It is just how you define every new idea to the reader.  Always.  And forever.  Which means don't put it in the regular order. 

  • Primary Sources