Peace+Makers

=__**Peace Makers**__=

Raven, Rachel, Pan Pan
Team Photo:

What actually is peace? What is war?
__Pitch for our Documentary Film about Peace and War__

Would you rather have a world ending in death or a world growing in peace? There have been many conflicts going on throughout our world, and it has been affecting our right for peace. So why not join our peace group and help our dark and bloody world glows with light and peace!

Well, we can’t just sit around and hope for peace to arrive. We have to make a difference in our actions to get to the path of making peace. So, what we have decided to do is to make a documentary film on why peace is the most essential concept for life and the world. People from all over the world through the web can view this film! Peace is very important to us because without peace, our world would be full of hatred. In our documentary film we are going to include some interviews.

We are planning to see different points of views from different ages of people. One group we are going to interview is young people (KG-2nd grade). Another group is teenagers (5th – 7th grade). The next group is older people (Teachers or Parents). The last group is the United Nations (Unicef). That way, we can collect many ideas and combine them all together into one. It also helps a lot because sometimes, younger kids say things that older people might not even think of.

If I were you I would be delighted to live in a world growing in peace! Our documentary film is surely going to convince you that peace is the way to live your life!War and Darkness can never ever rule this world. OUR generation is when darkness ends and a new beginning starts for peace!

= Planning Your Project =

Phase 1: Defining Your Task
// Describe what you need to do in this project. You'll want to pay close attention to the ' Skills and Understandings ' you will need to demonstrate by the end of the project. // // Here you can begin brainstorming different ways to complete ' The Project Challenge // We are going to make a documenary film including some interviews. In order to do this, we have to make appointments with people. We want to explain to our audience that the conflicts do not only have to be wars. It can also be small things that happen in our everyday life; like getting bullied, getting robbed, and even small fights with your friends are considered as conflicts. We are hoping that our film can at least make a small difference to our world, because small things can grow into world-wide things! We are going to find different forms of conflict, how people in the past try to make peace, and historical reasons for conflict.

Phase 2: Seeking Information
// What kinds of information will you need so you can complete this project? // // What kinds of resources can you use to find this information? //

In order to make a documentary film, we first have to know how to make a documentary film. Luckily enough for us, we already know how to transfer videos into the computer to edit it. Unluckily for us, we were told that documentary films are not the same as movies. So what we decided to do was to look on the internet to find out how to make professional documentary film. We could also find some books related to making documentary films. We also need to get ideas on these two questions: "Why do people fight?" and "How can we make peace?" We decided to interview some people so we can get many ideas. We also need to know the historical facts on how there has been conflicts in our wourld. Also we need to find out some ways that people have been maintaining peace.

Phase 3: Locating Information
// Where are you going to find this information? // // Here you want to begin building a specific list of your sources. Whenever you find a new resource add it to this list. // // If you are going to use websites please add them to our Diigo Bookmarks. //

Here is a list of the resources we are going to use:
 * INTERNET**


 * Google
 * Ask
 * Wikipedia

Phase 4: Gathering Useful Information
// This is the place to collect all your notes and ideas for this project. If you are working with partners each person will add their notes to this section. // // After each entry, please remember to include your source of information in parentheses.. For example: (www.findingpeace.org) or (The Kid's Guide to Solving Conflicts by G.Ideeus) // These are some notes that we found out:
 * Huge wars like the Civil War occur because of slavery and economy. ( [|http://jc-schools.net/write/civil-war.htm)]
 * Documentary films you have to know the main thing you are going to talk about. (__[]__ )
 * Every year, on the 21st of September, a man called Jeremy Gilli created "International Peace Day". A day when there is no war in the world that is taken place and there are no problems. To find out more, visit __[]__
 * There are ten possible ways to make peace. See these ten ways on __[]__
 * Here are some ways to try to make peace. (__[]__ )

Phase 5: Synthesis
// Describe how you are going to __demonstrate__ your new understandings. // // Describe what you will produce to __promote__ an understanding of conflict and peace. //

We are going to do a Documentary Film discussing these questions: "Why do people fight?" and "How can we make peace?" Interviews are going to be included in the Documentary Film with many people's opinions.

Phase 6: Evaluation
// How will you know when you have successfully completed this project? // // What rubric will you want me to use to assess if you have successfully demonstrated the Skills and Understandings of this project? //

We will know when our project is finished if the questions "Why do people fight?" and "How can we make peace?" are answered. We want you to tell us if you understand what we are trying to explain to our audience.We need to know if we have enough reasons and facts for our audience to undertand us. We also need to know if we are repeating anything.

Our challenge is to make a documentary film about “Peace” and “Conflict”.
 * Challenge: **

Why don’t we have peace in our world? Know how to make a documentary film.
 * Skills and Understanding: **

We will know when we complete is when people view our film and understand our topics. We will also know when all our goals are accomplish.
 * Assessment: **


 * Rubric for Peace and War **
 * 5 || 4 || 3 || 2 || 1 ||
 * Students have at least three detailed reasons for each topic (peace and war.) || Students have 3 reasons but sometimes it’s not that fluent. || Students have 3 reasons for each but mostly have errors in it. || Students only have 1 or two reasons for each topic and does not show much understanding. || Students have no reasons for each topic and does not show understanding at all. ||
 * Students can demonstrate their understandings of how we can make peace and why people fight. || Students can demonstrate their understandings of how we can make peace and why people fight but not that sure. || Students can demonstrate their understanding but doesn’t know what they are doing. || Students cannot demonstrate their understandings but know what they are doing. || Students have no clue of how to demonstrate their understandings. ||
 * Students fully know the concept of what they are doing in their project to express their ideas || Students kind of know the concept of what they are doing in their project to express their ideas. || Students are not so sure about the concept of what they are doing in their project to express their ideas. || Students doesn’t have an idea of what they are doing in the project but know the concept. || Students have no understanding in what they are doing in the project to express their ideas. ||