For this project, students will work in teams to identify five important events in each of our topic areas and create a wiki about those events.

Process: Students will form into groups of four or five and select one of the topic areas to report on. Individual students will complete a research log about their event. In groups, students will divide responsibilities in order to create the wiki. Wikis should include: multimedia (images, graphics, audio or video), a title appropriate for the page, information about the five important events and a bibliography.

Assessment: Here is the grading rubric for the project -  event rubric.pdf

Details: The students final wiki will include:

• Information about five events in each topic area. The information should include what happened and why it was important.
• At least three images about the events. Only one image per event.
• Details, spelling and grammar must be accurate.
• A map of the area and if possible, pin points telling where the events happened
• Bibliography:
  • ALL sources used must be included
  • MLA format must be used
  • I highly recommend using the Citation Machine to create your citations. It can be found at http://citationmachine.net/
• Use of an appropriate video will earn extra credit.
• All students in each group are expected to provide information and text for at least one event. All students are expected to edit other group members work.

Topic areas the students will choose from:

• Medieval Europe (476 - 1500 AD)
• Middle East/Islam (600 - 1500 AD)
• Japan (500 - 1700 AD)
• China (220 - 1644 AD)
• Africa (500 - 1600 AD)
• New World (300 - 1500 AD) (Mayan, Aztecs and Incas)
• Renaissance/Reformation in Europe (1300 - 1600 AD) 
• Specific Events must come from the approved list.

Due Date: All work must be completed by class on Monday, September 15, 2009. 

Expectations for all CSMH students using this wiki site:

• Be Smart - Be Safe:
  • Never post personal information about yourself or other students.
  • This includes phone numbers, email addresses, addresses, your full name (first and last initial only).
  • Don't post embarrassing stories about yourself or friends (or even people you don't like). This is your school work and not a place for gossip or story telling.
  • Check out iKeepSafe.org for more information.
• Participation:
  • Each student in the group will participate equally in the creation of the page, specifically, research and writing will be equally shared among all members.
  • Each student will take responsibility for editing the work of other group members.
  • Participation on this assignment will have a major impact on the final grade. Participation will be determined by the amount of work initially entered by each student, the edits completed by each student and input by partners during the final assessment.
• Behavior:
  • No crude or inappropriate language/words or multimedia will be used in any of the pages of this wiki.
  • Students may only work on assigned pages, they may not edit the work of students in another group.
  • Students are encouraged to make comments on the work of other groups, but may not use put-downs, crude language. Comments should be in the form of positive encouragement. ex: "I really like you page, but you might consider underlining key portions of the text."
  • Check out the Wiki Etiquette page in the resources folder for more information.

Follow these links to your important events wiki: