Compromise+Reigns+Project

All throughout this year you as a student have been learning from the videos produced on the Hippocampus website. These informative videos, primarily intended for high school students, are now being requested for lower school levels in grades 5 – 8. The Monterey Bay Institute for Technology and Education is now seeking historians, writers, and digital designers to produce a new series of instructional podcasts about U.S. History for students in lower grade levels.

= Objective =

Part I – Script
(500 word maximum)

Write a script (P-E-E-E format) for a Hippocampus educational video for grades five through eight on the Constitutional Convention. The knowledge content within the script must include the following: 1. State the reason and purpose for the Constitutional Convention. 2. Explain the nature of the debates held during the Constitutional Convention regarding the following issues: 3. Discuss how the Founding Fathers resolved their differences on each of the above named issues through compromise. 4. The final draft of your essay must include a pre-draft outline.
 * Structure of the new government
 * Slavery
 * Trade regulation
 * [[file:Compromise_Reigns_Project_OutlineScript.pdf]]
 * [[file:Compromise_Reigns_Project_OutlineScript.docx]] (MS-Word)

Part II – Enhanced Podcast
Create an enhanced podcast using your script, GarageBand, and carefully selected images from the web.

Requirements:
 * Must be no longer than four minutes.
 * Must have great sound, voice, and well-selected visual images.

=Podcast Video Tutorials=

Click on the image above to view the instructional videos on how to make an enhanced podcast.

= Due Dates = Final Script & Outline - December 15th Articles of Confederation & Constitutional Convention Quiz - December 16th & 17th Final Enhanced Podcast posted on wiki portfolio page - December 18th