Task

You’ve been hired by a film production crew, recently, to work on a Project about the Human Rights worldwide movement here in the US during the 1950’s–60’s. Your crew will be responsible for producing 1 segment of a 6 segment documentary detailing the prominent people and groups that pushed the Human rights here in America and around the world. This documentary will air on CBS in 4 weeks so time is of the essence.

•You and your team will be responsible for creating a segment of a documentary on a key individual or group impacting on the Human Rights movement. Each team will be responsible for:

Researching the segment
Creating a video segment that lasts 7-10 minutes
Provided a typed bibliography of all sources used in the production of the segment (video, pictures, etc...)
A typed script for the narration of the segment

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1.   1. Use the rubric and segment assignment for creating your documentary.
   2. Use the Internet, books, encyclopedia, etc to do research on your person/group. Everyone must participate in the research aspect of the project (hint: assign different parts from the segments section to each individual). The research should include all the written work found on your person, pictures of the person or events that he/she participated in, sound, videos, etc..
   3. After completing research all information should be given to the producer and the production assistant for final decision on what information will be used in the documentary.All this information must be organized and sorted for the writer.
   4. The writer will be responsible for writing, recording, and editing the narration for the Multimedia technician.
   5. The Multimedia technician will be responsible for creating the segment from the sources provided..

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•Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King Jr
SCLC/SNCC
Nelson Mandela
Mohandas Gandhi
Malcolm X
Women's Rights
People Republic of China
American Civil Rights legislation

Group Roles

Producer

The Producer will be responsible for sorting and organizing all the research of the group and then working with the Production assistant to decide which information will be used in the documentary. The producer will need to verify the accuracy of the historical information.

Main Responsibilities:

ØSorting and organizing information for documentary
Overseeing group members tasks (reported an the end of every week)
Verifying the accuracy of historical data
Gathering of resources used for documentary

Production Assistant

The production assistant will be responsible for assisting the producer in gathering and sorting of all historical data. The production assistant will need to write the bibliography for all the resources used in the documentary (e.g. pictures, Internet sites, etc). The production assistant will then categorized all the information for the multimedia engineer.

Main Responsibilities:

ØAssisting in sorting and organizing information for documentary
Categorizing the data for the Multimedia engineer
Writing the bibliography in MLA-style

Multimedia Engineer

The multimedia engineer will be responsible for inputting all the information (text, pictures, sounds, video, etc) and animations into the video segment. The multimedia engineer will also be responsible for capturing and editing the video.

Main Responsibilities:

ØCapturing and editing video with all transitions, titles, pictures, etc..
Editing the documentary (must be 7-10 minutes in length when complete )

Writer

The writer will be responsible for writing the narration. The writer will oversee the all aspects of the narration including its recording and editing.

•Main responsibilities:

TTyping the script that will be used for the video (must be between 7-10 in length when done and match the video)
Recording and editing the segments narration

Grading

Students will be graded by 3 criteria. The criteria are documentary itself, student participation (as observed by teacher), and student participation (as observed by other group members). Each part will have a rubric which will be completed at the end of the project. Each rubric can be found by clicking on the underlined text in the sentences below.

1. The Group will be graded using the group rubric. This is used to grade the actual product. Worth
100 pts.

2. Each Individual will receive a grade for their participation and execution of their job using the
individual rubric. This rubric is used by the teacher and is based on observation during class.
Worth 25 pts.

3. Students will also be graded by their fellow students on this exercise. The student performance
rubric will be used by the group. Students will grade their group members on their contribution
made to the project. Worth 75points.

Conclusion

After completing the web quest students will have a better understanding of the efforts made by the many people, that championed for Human Rights so that there is equality for everyone .

Resources

Use the links below to research your person or group. Each link may contain information worthwhile to your project! Once a bit of information is collected try using your favorite search engine to get more in depth information. Good Luck!

Don't limit yourself to the links below they are only a starter