Project 8: Documentary Video

Documentary video details:

For the Spring 2020 Documentary Video

A good documentary documents the facts and presents both sides of the story focusing on facts, not opinions.

ALL WORK MUST BE TURNED IN ON BOTH GOOGLE CLASSROOM AND ON YOUR DIGITAL PORTFOLIO.

1. You need to decide on a really good topic. Your documentary is short (3min max).
2. Your topic must be relevant to the students in the class:
3. You should do some research, and use the documentary, to explain what your research found. (part of the write up)
4. You must take pictures while you are working on the documentary to show the spirit and effort.
5. Make a poster for your video. (8.5'' by 11'' as we always do posters).
6. Your topic should be your own, but I can make a few suggestions:
7. Note that the wirte up and the poster are 30% each. The video is 40%. Each component of your project has its own due date.
8. Work not turned in on your portfolio and Google Classroom by the deadline will be past due and you can only earn partial credit for it (80% max).

• Bullying and its bad effects on everyone.
• The Armenian Genocide.
• The Jewish Holocaust.
• Using Antibiotics and the worry about losing their effect. (from excessive use).
• Is homework effective? Why yes? Or why N0? ( You can show both arguments)
• A.G.B.U.
• Vaccines: To be or not to be? Why? Why not?
• Rights of illegal immigrants.
• Net nutrality.
• Epidemics throughout history: What we need to know.
• Space exploration.
• History of soccer
• History of basketball
• Kobe
• Why avoid junk food and eat healthily.
• The voting system in the USA. How does it work? And how are you represented.
• Racism.
• What is global warming? How does it work?

You can divide yourselves into groups of 3 or 4 students max. And remotely communicate and divide work among yourselves.

Turn in your write up by posting it on your digital portfolio on the page you created for this project and named it DOCUMENTARY.

Your write up MUST HAVE references, citations, and even videos (or links to videos to support your facts).

You should complete the write-up part by Monday, March 23, 2020. (30%)

Your poster must be turned in on your digital portfolio by Wednesday, March 25, 2020. (30%)

Your entire well-edited video must be turned in by Monday, March 30, 2020 (40%)

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Interesting work from previous school years is below:

Details below are from previous school years.

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The details below are from school year 2015-2016

This year's project will be announced later.

First check in is April 28, 2016 at 4:00PM (Write up, research complete, shooting finished: Turn in samples)

Second Check in is May 6, 2016 at 4:00PM (Editing only and finalizing. Plus 5 if you turn work in this week).

Deadline is May 9, 2016 at 4:00PM.

1. 4 - 5 min max (8 min if you have substance and research and more than one interview: See me for approval).
2. Must use mymaps.google.com to :
   • Simulate the passage of migration.
   • Calculate the distance.
   • Understand and describe the terrain.
   1. Your documentary should include:
      • Some acting.
      • Some narration.
      • Voice over.
      • Important facts with references. (Any facts)
   2. Interesting to learn:
      • What was weather like
      • Leap year?
      • What day was Christmas
      • Who was the US president at the time?
      • What was music like? (May want to include a 10 sec sample)
      • Was there radio or television? How did the news travel?
      • What was fashion like?
      • What were cars like?
      • How much was a gallon of gas?
   3. Some recommended resources:
   • USC IWitness Video
     • Google Earth Timeline

If you participate, I will drop your lowest grade!