Due Date: Tuesday 12/7/2010
AP EUROPEAN HISTORY: “NEW DIRECTIONS IN THOUGHT & CULTURE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY”
Mr. Meli
During the seventeenth century, the ideas of great men and women affected the evolution of science, philosophy, and literature. Your research project will offer you the opportunity to learn more about these individuals and their contributions. Your presentation of the research will involve “life skills” such as use of technology, interviews, oral presentation, and professional writing.
Select a partner and historical character; you may combine efforts in completing the tasks. After researching the background and contributions of the person, submit a resume for the person, including a cover letter and a letter of recommendation. You may design an ideal job as the target of your application, and create a resume which includes the information on the attached sheet. After researching the degree to which he/she actually succeeded in life, determine whether the response letter would be positive or negative and write it accordingly. Include reference to some of his original work (primary source).
The second part of the assignment is to give an oral presentation, in the role of your person, illustrated with Power Point. One of the partners will interview the historical character, but both can use the Power Point presentation as the backdrop. Although some of the person’s biography (e.g. education and experience) will be an inevitable part of the interview, the key part of your presentation is your explanation of the person’s contributions, not the biography. Therefore, the Power Point presentation should provide illustrations of complex concepts and the significance of those contributions for the future. In essence, you are teaching that portion of the chapter. According to Einstein, the best indication of brilliance is the ability to simplify and clarify complex concepts. So, demonstrate your brilliance!!
Nicolaus Copernicus
Tycho Brahe
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
William Shakespeare
Meguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Thomas Hobbes
John Milton
John Bunyan
Francis Bacon
Rene Descartes
Blaise Pascal
Baruch Spinoza
Margaret Cavendish
Jonathan Swift
Maria Cunitz
Francesco Algaroti
Emilie du Chatelet
John Locke
RESUME
Name:
Dates:
Major Field:
Background: influences
Historical Context
Education
Major Works
Key Ideas
Contrast with former ideas
Explanation
Illustration
Significance
Impact on today
Habits of Mind illustrated
Five words to describe the person
STUDENT NAME__________________________
PARTNER NAME__________________________
17THC INDIVIDUAL_______________________
AP: GREAT MEN AND IDEAS IN THE 17THC.: EVALUATION
RESUME
_____/10 Appropriate job objective
_____/20 Quality of research/content
_____/20 Summary of major work
_____/20 Effective presentation
_____/20 MLA Bibliography (including primary source reading: starred) and including technology used
RESPONSE LETTER
_____/10 Appropriate content and style
_____/20 Significance/major contributions
_____/20 Historical content
_____/20 Example of one work/idea which illustrates his key concepts
_____/20 Rationale for response, including laudatory quotation
_____/20 Quality of writing
_____/200 GRADE
