1. Homework Summer Term 2 Key Theme: Presentation Year 8
This ½ term’s homework is going to be based on what you have learned in History this year.
You will present this in class on____________________________
What have I got to do?
As a group, you have got to give a 3 minute presentation to the class explaining the most significant
event or person in History that we have either studied about or have not studied about in the time
period 1485-1900.
SIGNIFICANT means how important something is
Everyone must
Place the person or event that you are presenting about in context (the time period that
they are from)
Describe the key events in their life/ of the event itself
Explain why you have chosen this event/person.
Explain why this event/person is significant. (To prove this you could consider: how many
people were affected, how long they were affected, how deeply they were affected, what
people at the time thought, what people in later times thought, what other events it led to,
what aspects of life were changed eg wages, medicine, science, religion, homes etc.)
Some people will be able to:
Use sources to prove your point
Explain the significance of the event
Compare this to other events/people to prove their significance.
Choose an event or person that you have not studied at school, and say why we should
have. (Warning: this is a tricky option because you will need to go away and learn something
new, unless you k now something about it already).
What is the teacher expecting to see?
Everyone in your group will participate.
I am expecting you to spend ½ hour per week on this task so it should be clear that you have
spent 3 hours on the task. If you spend more that is your choice, but you need to be
organised enough that it does not affect other homework you have to complete for other
subjects.
I will be expecting visuals to be well presented (clear pictures, legible fonts and colours, clear
video clips etc) and that you will have used spell check.
No cutting and pasting unless it is a source (therefore cannot be altered).
Use of your public speaking skills eg don’t read out loud from the power point!
Clear focus on the task (significance), rather than a life story or description.
This can also be found at beuamontminihistorians.blogspot.com. Also recommended websites.
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2. Homework Summer Term 2 Key Theme: Presentation Year 8
You will be marked by your class on the presentation. Here is the mark scheme:
Item Marks available Score
When is the 1 mark
event/person?
Choice of person/event 1 for an appropriate choice of
person/event
2 for a convincing choice of
person/event
3 for an original and convincing choice
of person/event
Explanation of how 1 for describing basic facts
significant the 2 for describing in detail
event/person was 3 for explaining some reasons why the
person/event was significant
4 for explaining more than 3 reasons
why the person/event was significant
5 for also comparing to another
person/event to prove significance.
Teamwork 3 for everyone participating
Originality Award 0-3 marks for how original you
think the presentation was overall (eg if
there was lots of reading from the power
point award 0 marks)
Ideas:
What we have studied in class/ Things we have not covered in class but are
will have by the end of the year: from this time period
The English Reformation (Tudors) Any of the other English monarchs eg Charles
An overview of English Kings II and the restoration, Bonnie Prince Charlie,
Ordinary Life in Tudor England Queen Victoria
The trial of Charles I Witch finder general (Matthew Hopkins)
The English Civil War
Oliver Cromwell Shakespeare
Spanish Empire: Aztecs and the Armada Hans Holbein (artist)
Trafalgar
The British Empire Inventors from the Industrial Revolution
The Triangular Trade route and slavery egJames Watt, Matthew Bolton James
Simpson, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, George
Abolition of Slave Trade
Stephenson
Emigration across the Empire
Changes in life for ordinary people 1750- Prime Ministers eg Robert Peel
1900
The Great Exhibition
The struggle to get the vote in the 1800s
Charles Darwin
French/American Revolution
This can also be found at beuamontminihistorians.blogspot.com. Also recommended websites.
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