Perfect+Peace

Sub-Questions: How was war brought into the world? What is war? What is peace?
= Pitching your Project =

1. What is your idea for your project?
 * Our idea for this project is a short film about how war can be overcome by peace.**

2. How will this idea help you to accomplish your project goals?
 * This idea will help accomplish our project goals beacuse it is related to the question, "If we all desire peace then why do we have war?"**

3. What is your hook?
 * Are you sick and tired of war raging around you? Well, this video is going to show you how to overcome this problem!**

4. What are 3 reasons that this is a great idea?
 * 1) Most of the people want some peace for this world and need a solution.**
 * 2) War affects the people causing them to leave loved ones and family behind to escape the chaos.**
 * 3) People, even though they want peace, they still get involved in conflict.**

5. What will you tell your listeners so they will remember your great idea?
 * Peace, what will you do to make a change?**

= 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'//
 * 1) For the majority of this project, will try to focus on the content (information) that we will produce inside our movie.**
 * 2) The content that we have to incorprate into our film will be on: reasons for war, the kinds of war, and the ways people maintain peace, and then cite the found information on this wiki for reference.**
 * 3) Then we're going to film a few scenes for the movie, half of it on conflict, and the other for peace**
 * 4) For the starting scenes, we'll shoot different versions of war and conflict.**
 * 5) Before filming, we will have to plan out the shots and gather information before filming.**
 * 6) After filming, we'll edit the scenes to form it to the final project.**

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?//
 * The kinds of information needed to complete our project is what is war in and conflict in different ways and ways people had tried to overcome it. Some of our resources will derive from mostly websites that contain the information that we need, or books if internet is offline or is not needed.**

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.// [] [] [] []
 * So far these are the websites that we used for research:**

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)// //The Vietnam War (date published: Feb. 2, 2008; writer: Katie Daynes)// //Every Human Has Rights (date published: 2009 (full date unknown); writer: foreword by Mary Robinson, poetry by ePals community)//
 * Here are some book resources that we are using to help with the research:**

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.//

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?//

Guys, Please revise your rubric to include the specific information that you will need to demonstrate by the end of your project. Also, please be more specific about the film 'style'. Mr. R