Project Proposal

Group Member(s): Jump, Peem, PK, Folk, and Time

Product Title: The Low-Cost French Revolution
Type of Product: Short Film

Your Selected Revolution, Historical Figures, and Ideologies/Movements:

(From the list in Step 2)

- French Revolution

- Thomas Hobbes, Immanuel Kant

- Rationalism, Global Economics, and Hobbesianism

Research Questions (at least 2-3 questions):

(What do you hope to learn? Make sure it is not straightforward/simple. Look at the rubric.)

1. What were the main causes which ultimately lead people to the great French
Revolution?

2. What impacts did French Revolution had on the lives of the people? Are there
any contributions that made it through into todays world?

3. What happened to the global economics after the French revolution, are there
any new economic ideas or concept introduced in those times?

4. Since Hobbesianism is the belief that people are selfish in nature, are there any
connections between Hobbesianism and the French revolution?

5. In the past, how are the attitudes of people toward the French Revolution differs
from the American Revolution?

6. What can we learn from the French Revolution that will be helpful for making
decisions in our daily lives? What connection can we draw from this horrifying
event?
Product Description:
(Make sure it is clear what the product will look like, what it will include, and how it will be
organized.)

- The product will be a short film that explain the relationships between the
French Revolution, Historical Figures including Thomas Hobbes and Immanuel
Kant, and Ideologies/Movements like Hobbesianism, Global Economics and
Rationalism clearly.

- The element of entertainment will also be included to make the film more
interesting while also giving a lot of details about the topic.

- The film will be about 20-30 minutes long.

- The film will be very easy to understand since we will simplify hard words into
easy words that make more sense and demonstrate it very clearly.

- The film will not only include the five of us but we will also recruit variety of
people who will voluntarily act on the film. Many people are required in order to
completely portray all the important historic figures in the French Revolution.

- The movie will switch back and forth between many scenes which will show the
perspective of many historical figures. This way, the movie wont convey only
one idea but rather different point of views on the same event.

- The film will be filmed according to the script we created in the class.
How the product demonstrates the connection between your selected topics and the
goals/essential understandings of this unit:

- The product demonstrates the story about french revolution in short film
including main ideas of the story.

- It shows the information about the event that easy to understand.

- To understand why these people are significant to our lives in the present

- To show the history of these significant people how to become a big successful
of inventions.

- The goal is to not understand by memorizing but through making understanding

of the topic.

- Our film will show the cause and effects of the topic chosen clearly by showing
both cause and effects in a short time so the audience can compare and
contrast them.

- We need to be critical and independent learners in order to finish this project

successfully because we need to do a lot of researches on our own.

ESLOs:
(What ESLOs does your project relate to and how?)

- The project is related to MUIDS ESLOs because in order to complete this

project, we need to reflect on our learning, use mistakes to help ourselves
improve, plan how to learn without wasting time and use technology to do
research. This will help us become strategic learners according to the schools
ESLO.
VARK Learning Strategies:
(What is your individual VARK learning style and how do you plan to do your research based on
the style?)

ump: I have two main learning styles, visual and kinesthetic learning style. I planned
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to watch many videos in the research because I want to SEE how the things are being
introduced, including the body languages of the narrator. This will make me have an
improved understanding about the topic. Before I can do this project, I need to know
first what the topic is about. Ill start learning by fulfilling myself with fundamental
knowledge about the French Revolution through channel in the Youtube called Crash
Course which is directed by John Green. The reason I chose Crash Course is because it
provides me with a lot of illustrations, easy explanations, and clear body language
which correspond to the type of my learning style.

Peem: My main learning styles are visual and aural. I planned to research by watching
different videos, finding diagrams and listening to people explaining the revolution. Ill
start my research by understanding the French Revolution from TedEd and Crash
Course channels. I chose these two channels because it supported my learning style. I
think these two channels have very well-created animations which will help me
understand the event visually. Also, they have a very good and summarized script
which will give me great introductory knowledge about the French Revolution.

PK: My two main learning style are visual and kinesthetic. I planned to learned and
research from videos and pictures. Ill start working on research about French
Revolution from TedEd and Crash Course in Youtube. I chose these sources of
researching because they are already summarized and are easy to understand. It also
relate to my learning style which is visual. When I watch the speaker speak sometimes
they have some diagram or pictures which makes me understand what they said more.

Folk: My two main learning styles are aural and kinesthetic because I do it with myself is
the best way for me, listening before doing works or projects to make it more efficiency
when I done my work. As well as when I listening to teacher to get new knowledge about
French revolution history, which is new for me. After I listen to the teachers instruction,
I also have to do with myself to make the work most efficiency. I also found the mistake
from myself while Im doing project.

Time: My two main styles are visual and aural strategies. For this work, I planned to first
understand the basic information. Since my learning strategies is about seeing and
listening, Youtube is one of the best place to visit. The channel I am going to visit is
Fault of the stars, The French Revolution History video. I chose this because the way
they present is like on the TV, so it would be easy to understand the basics before I go
deeper. Beyond that, after I know basic information, I plan to do a research which is not
based on youtube, other website, so that I can see many sources of the story and
peoples perspective to not only understand but also to be confident about what I am
going to present.

Starter sources/references:
(Sources that you will begin with in your research for your project.)

French Revolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTTvKwCylFY

Thomas Hobbes
http://www.iep.utm.edu/hobmoral/

auses of French Revolution

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http://www.historydiscussion.net/world-history/french-revolution/causes-of-french-revolution-pol
itical-social-and-economic-causes/1881
Learning Plan:
(This is a daily plan of what you will do each day for the rest of the quarter.)

What You Plan to Do Things to Due Date

Submit

Day 1 Form a group - -

Day 2 Choose the Topic - -

Select the type of Product

Day 3 Work on the Proposal - -

- Topic Identification
- Research Question
- Product Description

Day 4 Work on the Proposal - -

- Product Demonstration
- ESLOs Relationship
- VARK Learning Strategies

Day 5 Work on the Proposal - -

- Sources/References
- Check overall Proposal

Day 6 Submit the Proposal Proposal 21th August

Plan deeper on the Product

Day 7 Research about the French - -

Revolution History, why it
happened, what happened and
the effects after it.

Day 8 Research about Hobbesianism - -

and how it can be linked to the
French Revolution

Day 9 Research about the economic - -

side of the French Revolution

Day 10 Start working on the video - -

script including the characters,
dialogues and settings
Day 11 Finish the video script and - -
start shooting ( well shoot
outside the classes )

Day 12 Start editing the video - -

- Arrange all the clips
together
- Manage the
transitioning between
scenes

Day 13 Edit the video - -

- Add credits, titles and
texts in the video
- Add graphics and
computer effects on the
video
Draft the Presentation

Day 14 Final touches on the video - -

Prepare the Presentation

Day 15 Product 8th September

Presentation

Day 16 Learning Day 1 of that

Records Week

Day 17 Work on the Reflection - -

Day 18 Work on the Reflection - -

Day 19 Work on the Reflection - -

Day 20 Submit the Reflection Reflection 21st September

Celebration Party
First Mind Map:

(Here I would like you to brainstorm everything you know about your topic(s) before even
beginning to work on the project. It does not matter if you do not know much but try to add as
much information as possible.)