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 Project Details

Group B: Joanie and Janell

Topic: A Snapshot of America: The American Circus

Driving Question: How is a culture created within a culture? Is man a reflection of society? Is society a reflection of man?

Detailed Explanation of Topic and Driving Question:

Students will explore the American Circus and the elements of a circus society. Describe the history of the circus. How does this circus society compare and contrast to the "outside world" in various areas of America? Students will gain a glimpse into other events occuring in the United States. They will then be able to reflect (through personal reflections and discussions) on the similarities and differences between life as they experience. 

As a **__group__**, you will be responsible for completing the following tasks:
 * Develop a group **//proposal//** that includes how you will attempt to answer the driving questions and what your end product may look like
 * Create a Project //**Planning Map**// using Bubbl.us
 * Create a Project Planning Calendar using **//Google Calendar//** to plan task benchmarks
 * Create a //**WikiSpace**// to use as a central location of resources and submit the culminating multimedia product
 * Create and use a //**Diigo group**// to gather resources and notes
 * Embed the Project Planning Map and Google Calendar into your group's WikiSpace
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Create a **//News Broadcast//** that attempts to answer the driving question, using the circus as the main topic (reread the detailed explanation of topic and driving question above)
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Include audio, text, images
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">News Broadcast format (include a name for your news station, reporters, etc.)
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**//Resource List//** (including images)
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**//Discussion Thread//** under the Culminating Project Page
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Create a discussion thread that reflects what your group has researched and will now be sharing with others
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">It can be based on your group's project or you can pose a general discussion thread related to the driving question and/or circus. You may not use the given driving questions as your discussion thread!

<span style="font-size: 110%; color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**__Individually__**, you will also be responsible for completing the following tasks:
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**//Self-evaluation//** components of the rubrics (contribution to project)
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**//Response//** to the discussion threads
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">After all groups in the class have presented their projects and discussion threads, select one discussion to respond to.
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Then read through your classmates posts and respond to at least one other classmate.
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Refer to the discussion rubric:
 * ** Discussion Components ** || ** Point Value- Great! ** || ** Point Value- Ok! ** || ** Point Value- Best effort? ** || ** Teacher Evaluation ** ||
 * ** Initial response to a discussion thread ** || ** 5- ** Responded directly to the discussion topic; used proper mechanics, capitalization, & punctuation in a minimum of 5 sentences. || ** 3- ** On-topic; did not complete minimum of 5 sentences and/or grammar, punctuation, and capitalization errors  || ** 1- ** Somewhat on topic, less than 3 sentences, and there are many mechanic/grammar errors  || ||
 * ** Response to at least one classmate ** || ** 5- ** Relevant to your classmate’s post, responded in a minimum of 3 sentences, free of grammatical errors || ** 3- ** Relevant to your classmate’s post, but response was less than 3 sentences, some grammatical errors  || ** 1- ** Does not go beyond “I agree” or “I disagree”  || ||
 * ** Total Points Possible: 10 points ** ||

<span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sample Components of Project: >> History of the Circus >> Culture Reflecting the Circus or the Circus Reflecting Culture >> Graphs/Statistics/Charts on Circus Trends >> Advertisement(s) for different circus shows <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Group [|Proposal]
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">WikiSpace EDIM 502 Group B WikiSpace
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Diigo Group media type="custom" key="3825045"
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Google Calendar
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Planning Map
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[[image:mindmap521.jpg link="projectdetails"]]
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mock News Broadcast: The Circus is Coming!
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Opening: The Circus is Coming to Town!
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Resources: <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Annotated Bibliography]