This page summarizes the assignments for this unit and provides tools to help students complete them.
Stage 1: Empathy
Artifact - A one-page document that:
identifies a modern day conflict in our society you would like to solve
outlines your time period of study including the main conflict within this era
describes an important person from the era and outlines their contributions both positive and/or negative to the conflict
thinks through possible solutions to this conflict from the wisdom gleaned from the the past
includes 3-5 references
Tools & Resources
Below are possible videos that will help you determine the main conflict, identify a historical figure, choose a conflict and solutions to a modern day conflict:
Medieval Europe: https://youtu.be/rNCw2MOfnLQ?si=BqAGi5H7SzcnMgKW
Islamic Civilization: https://youtu.be/TpcbfxtdoI8?si=NgqVSU3RRjrySaGG
Classical and ancient India: https://youtu.be/NvbpdBfRgnY?si=KeAmHv0Xz3l09LF7
Imperial China: https://youtu.be/F6Su3rBxea8?si=PXy51ElcWunUdT8r
Maya/Aztec/Incas: https://youtu.be/uC0PgqB-XuE?si=pTSRN0bpqPop4C3r
African Civilizations: https://youtu.be/6wiTZZ5EbQ4?si=9F3Onafbm-ugszNx
In your document, you should answer the following questions:
What is the modern day problem you are going to develop solution to?
What period of history might have the most relevant lessons for us?
How can we solve this modern day problem with the wisdom we learn from history?
Please submit a link to your files using this Google Sheet. Only one person from each group needs to submit the link. Remember to set your sharing privileges so that anyone with the link can view your work.
Stage 2: Define
Artifact - Initial Historical Inquiry
In this phase you will begin developing a document that includes facts and contributions of your historical person of choice. Include biographical details as well as facts about the person or the time period that connect to the problem you are exploring and/or point to possible solutions. Student must have a deep understanding of their historical figure and the role they played in history / their civilization in order to determine how to draw links between the information on their fact sheets and possible modern solutions.
Think like a historian
Use these questions a historian asks to begin the investigation process of the conflict of your time period
What is the historical context?
What is happening globally the may have triggered, or affected the outcome of the conflict?
Is the conflict related to a previous event in history?
How did the people react to the conflict?
How did those in charge respond?
How did your historical person respond to the conflict?
What are the different points of view within the conflict?
What were the effects of the conflict?
What was the triggering incident?
What were the historic developments over time the developed as a result of the conflict?
In your document you should include:
the inquiry questions you chose from above along with research results
a summary of your research results
any additional inquiry questions you added as you learned more about your historical figure and how the conflict may have affected their knowledge and attitudes
Please submit a link to your initial historical inquiry through using this Google Sheet. Only one person from each group needs to submit the link. Remember to set your sharing privileges so that anyone with the link can view your work.
Stage 3: Ideate
Artifact - Draft User Fact Sheet titled "Important Facts to Know About _________________________________" (include the name of your historical figure)
In this phase, you will work with the information from your initial historical inquiry to create your chatbot persona and draft a fact sheet about them. Your users will use this Fact Sheet as they interact with your chatbot at the Chatbot Carnival.
Questions to consider:
What does my audience need to know about ____________________?
Give a brief biography with relevant details about your historical figure:
When and where did they live?
What was their role in society?
What did they do for a living?
Highlight the major issues of the time period (limit this to 2 or 3 issues that lead to the main conflict).
Give a brief description of the major conflict.
Include 5-6 starter questions for users to use to begin a conversation with your AI chatbot. Include both icebreaker questions and questions designed to spark historical inquiry.
Icebreaker questions such as "Who are you?", "What are you having for dinner?", or "Tell me about yourself" enable your end users to get a better sense of your chatbot's daily life and lived experiences.
Historical inquiry questions, such as "What lessons can we draw from the 100 years' war?" can be used to identify your chatbot as an expert on specific topics from the time period in which you are researching that relate to modern day problems.
Including both types in your fact sheet will help your end users think of their own questions.
Be sure to test your chatbot's responses to these questions during the creation, prototyping, and testing stages of this project.
Helpful Tools & Resources
Many chatbots are created for businesses. You should tailor the questions from these resources to represent your character as a historian with insight into the past and wisdom for the future.
Your Fact Sheet should:
be a finalized product that you will share with your audience
be in an easy to read format without too much information for your user to sift through
be limited to one page
be titled "Important Facts to Know About _________________________________________"
include 5-10 helpful resources used so far, with properly formatted citations
Please submit a link to your Draft Fact Sheets on this Google Sheet. Only one person from each group needs to submit the link. Remember to set your sharing privileges so that anyone with the link can view your work.
Stage 4: Prototyping
Artifact - Creation of Chatbot link
For this stage, you will submit a link to your historical figure chatbot, as well as a link to your draft fact sheet.
Note: You do not have to revise your draft fact sheet during this stage, unless you want to.
Tools and Resources
How to test a chatbot
Before submitting a link to your chatbot, you will need to at least one set of preliminary tests to check its functionality. Be sure to use a new copy of the Google Doc for each test run so that you can trace improvements in your chatbot responses over time. These test results are for your own use. You do not need to turn them in.
Test Form to guide this process (You will be prompted to make a new copy of this form each time you click this link.)
Please submit links to both your chatbot and draft fact sheet using this Google Sheet. Only one person from each group needs to submit the link. Remember to set your sharing privileges so that anyone with the link can view your work.
Stage 5: Testing & Evaluating Solutions
Artifact - Peer Review of Draft Chatbot and Fact Sheets
Students will present their prototypes to other groups for peer review and feedback. Each group will act as a Red Team, a group that pretends to be the enemy and tries to break whatever product, service, or software has been created. During the peer review process, teams will test the chatbot and evaluate the fact sheet, using a copy of this Google Doc to run their tests and provide their feedback. Students will use all collected feedback to finalize their solution.
Tools & Resources for Peer Review:
https://gemini.google.com/share/c5b5942e62ac (Example of a chatbot test conversation)
Peer Review Feedback form (Be sure to use a copy of this Google doc, not the original template for your peer review.)
Checklist for Peer Feedback:
Be sure to record the groups time period you peer reviewed as well as add your own group names to each document you use for peer review.
Test each prototype thoroughly to try to get the chatbot to break character.
Record any problems you encountered so each group receives the feedback they need to create a final working chatbot for the Chatbot Carnival.
Review and comment on the fact sheet as well. Did it give you the information you needed to have a productive conversation with the chatbot? Why or why not?
Please submit a link to your Peer Reviews using this Google Sheet. Only one person from each group needs to submit the link. Remember to set your sharing privileges so that anyone with the link can view your work.
Stage 6: Solution Implementation
Artifact - Final Chatbot and Fact Sheet links
For your final project, you will be revising your chatbot prompts and fact sheets to incorporate any feedback from your peer reviewers. Before submitting your project, verify that:
The fact sheet is historically accurate and that you have cited all of your sources
The chatbot is fully functional
Please submit links to your final chatbot and fact sheets through this Google Sheet. Only one person in each group needs to submit a link. Remember to set your sharing privileges so that anyone with the link can view your work.
References:
L'Isle, G. (1732). Mappe-monde [Map]. Retrieved from https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/x059cd932