What If…What If…

The Stock Market never crashed?Abraham Lincoln was never

assassinated?

The atomic bomb was neverinvented?

The Cuban Missile Crisis escalated to war?

Martin Luther King never had a dream?

Rosie never riveted?

What IfWhat Ifyou couldyou couldchange change history?history?

What is Integrated Project?In-depth research project with historical scenarioYear-long collaborative learning Utilizes limited resourcesIntegrates:

Multimedia skillsCollaborative researchTeam buildingConflict resolutionPresentation skillsPost production editing

Step 1: BrainstormingStep 2: Picking a question & forming an essential question

Step 3: Getting the facts straightStep 4: S.P.E.R.MStep 5: Making a slideStep 6: Inserting video(s)Step 7: Inserting audio(s)Step 8: EditingStep 9: The 411 on script writingStep 10: Putting it all together

Step 1: Brainstorming

Choose a topic that has enough information for a 45 minute presentation

If you are not interested, your project will not be interesting!

Start with an event in history (or specific decade) and then research it

Give yourself options

Step 2: Choose a question & E.QBegin with What If..? or ‘The ##’s DecadeMust be a question that can not be automatically answeredContradicts what already happened, must be opposite of what happened

Essential Question: Gets the audience to question, ‘What will happen next?’

Gives an idea of what could happen in your performance, script

Step 3: Getting the facts straightUtilize a timeline from specific time period

Research information, organize in chart format

Get the ideas, ditch the details

Utilize: Nettrekker.com

Step 4: S.P.E.R.M

SocialPoliticalEconomicReligionMilitary

andDaily Life

Step 5: Making a slide

Slide Make-Up: Transparency background Catchy title Attractive picture(s) To the point information

Remember: Utilize same fonts & colors throughout presentation

Crop photos Symmetry- very important! Make visible from a distance

Step 6: Inserting video(s)Choosing a video:

United Streaming video clips Look for something that highlights main point or gets point across

Editing is extremely important!

Importance of video:

Highlights points Adds drama to script; see 411 on script writing

Adds excitement and different dynamic Keeps audience interested and educated

Step 7: Inserting audio(s)Choosing audio:

United Streaming audio Editing is extremely important! Do not over-do audio clips

Importance of audio:

Highlights points Adds drama to performance Adds excitement and different dramatic Keeps audience interested

Step 8: Editing

Sound & Audio Editing: Audacity

Photo Editing: Paint Picasa 2

Video Editing: Windows Movie Maker

**Software and programs are free, easy to use

Step 9: The 411 on script writingScript says everything your slides do notDetail, detail, detail!Make the audience believe that what going on really happenedExamples:

Fictional Families Businesses Friends Towns

Step 5: Putting it all togetherAll of the key components are finally put together

Present script and historical information to a crowd; your goal is to educate!

Feel accomplished that you did something; that you changed history!

See next slides for examples

What IfWhat Ifthe the automobileautomobilewas was nevernever

INSERT ESSENTIAL QUESTION HERE!

inventedinvented??inventedinvented??

“One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was

afraid he couldn't do. “ Henry Ford

Simple, Reliable & Affordable

The average working American could afford

itStarted at: $825.00

Dropped to: $575.00

Brought families &

friends closer together

Means of more efficient

transportation & social statusSense of freedom

Increased business

1901Census revealed 83% of

the male population were employed

Agriculture, manufacturing, mining, &

the transportation industry were popular

fields

Hours & Conditions were dangerous, risky

“People forget how fast you did a job—but they remember

how well you did it.”

Cars enable citizens to travel to destinations in

less time.

Travel Made Travel Made EasyEasyTravel Made Travel Made EasyEasy

Gregor Mendel’s work with genetics is

published…………………………….......Allows many to

question,“What is religion?”…………………………….......Popular in both

religion & education

Progressivism Progressivism is main is main

political political movement in movement in early 20th early 20th

century United century United StatesStates

Theodore Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt becomes becomes

PresidentPresident19011901