15. Exploration Assessment

Year 8A – Mon. 8 June & Wed. 10 June 2020

Year 8B – Wed. 10 June & Thurs. 11 June 2020

Today you are going to make a mysimpleshow video on Exploration, for assessment purposes.

But, before we start, here is a bit of feedback, in the form of an example video… Some of you made great mysimpleshow videos, but others did not really edit their videos very well. The editing of the video is very important! Here is an example of a video that was edited very effectively. Have a look at it so that you can see how it compares with the one that you have made in the last lesson. (You may see a big difference!)

So, here is your assessment task – You need to make a mysimpleshow video that answers the following question:

“Why did Europeans go exploring?”

I have put a PowerPoint Template in “Materials” in Schoology. You must use this template to write the script. (That’s right, unlike the previous time, when I have already written the script about “Why we study History?” for you, you will have to write your own script for the video on “Why did Europeans go exploring?”!) Then, you need to make the video in mysimpleshow. (If you want a good mark for this, you need to make a good video!) I will, of course, be online during lesson time to help you should you get stuck.

You may use today’s lesson as well as the next lesson to work on this task. However, THE VIDEO IS DUE at the end of the next lesson – make sure that you have it ready then! Here are the precise deadlines:

12h05 on Wednesday, 10 June (for Y8A)!

AND

9h50 on Thursday, 11 June (for Y8B)!

So, let me take you through the steps:

1.

Download the PowerPoint Template called “Why did Europeans go exploring?” from Materials in Schoology and save it onto your computer.

2.

Use the template to write the script. You need to have an introduction on the first slide. Then name and explain the reasons one by one, with one reason per slide. Try to keep the explanations short, but make sure that they make sense! (You will see that the first slide, which will eventually be the first scene in the video, simply asks the question “Why did Europeans go exploring?”. This is a good way to start the script. Then after that, you need to fill in what the PowerPoint Template guides you to do, on each of the slides in the PowerPoint Template.)

3.

Log in to www.mysimpleshow.com

(You can click on the picture below to go straight to the website!)

4.

Upload your completed PowerPoint script onto mysimpleshow.

5.

Make the video in mysimpleshow.

6.

Once completed, send me the link (to your video) in Schoology mail.

7.

Let me know…how you have progressed by the end of today’s lesson by sending me a private message on Schoology (using the SAME mail-thread!!!) to update me about your progress. Once you have completed the video, also send me the link to the video.

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