Facebook Assignment
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World History II Name ___________________________________
Renaissance and Reformation
Facebook Activity Period _____ Date _________________________
Renaissance Artists and Scholars on facebook!
Your task is to create a facebook page for your artist or scholar—as if they were living today—that fully
expresses his humanist ideals. In order to do this, you must work together as a group, gathering information
from our Cornell Notes, our textbooks, and the web.
We’ve created a format for your facebook page which you will find in this packet. We want you to be
creative in your choice of profile information—but also stick to the guidelines we’ve set forth. You will
present your facebook page to the rest of the class, so please include only relevant information to help
your classmates learn about your Renaissance scholar or artist.
*You will be turning in this packet the day you present your facebook profile.
*Presentations are scheduled for Friday, September 10.
*You will be receiving an INDIVIDUAL grade for this assignment.
Please use the checklist below to help you stay on track and complete your assignment in the allotted
amount of time.
Steps I need to complete… Check here when completed!
Part I: Cornell Notes on Renaissance artists and
scholars
Part II: Group roles assigned, individual
assignments understood
Part III: Research
*this step should be completed
at the end of day one
Part IV: Information transferred to butcher paper
to present to the class
Part V: Rehearse presentation
Part I Cornell Notes
Directions: Please complete the following Cornell Notes on each of the four Renaissance artists
and scholars. You will need to know basic information about each one in order to
complete your assignment.
Part II Group Assignments
Directions: Please complete the chart of the assigned roles in your group.
Group member Renaissance artist or scholar Individual role
1. Team Leader
2. Layout Specialist
3. Research expert
Directions: Please read below to learn what the expectations are for your individual
contributions to the group. Please use the format on the next page as a guide to
what your facebook profile should look like, what information it should contain,
and who in the group is responsible for what.
1.1 Team Leader – this person is responsible for keeping other group members on task. This person
is also the representative for the group, and will be in charge of communicating
with the teachers any questions or concerns of the group.
The team leader is responsible for research pertaining to the following:
o First and Last Name, and Status
o Basic Information
o Personal Information
o Contact information
2. Layout Specialist – this person is responsible for creating the layout on the large piece of butcher
2 paper (use the example included in this packet). This person is in charge of
communicating with layout specialists from at least 2 other groups to coordinate
wall posts (there will be a specific time when layout specialists will be permitted to
meet and discuss wall posts).
The layout specialist is responsible for research pertaining to the following:
o Groups
o Wall
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3. Research Expert – this person is in charge of approving all that is written on the piece of butcher
paper, including wall posts from other groups. This person is in charge of making
sure all information included on the facebook profile relates to the group’s specific
artist or scholar.
The Research Expert is responsible for research pertaining to the following:
o Profile picture o Causes
o Friends o Events
o Gifts o Quizzes
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(At least 5 wall posts from your own scholar or artist, and
at least 5 wall posts from other scholars and artists)
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Part III Research
Directions: To find information about your artist or scholar, use the “Renaissance Scholars and
Artists” Cornell Notes, pages 35-53 in your textbook, as well as links on Ms.
Hoppenjans’s portaportal webpage.
Please use the format on the next page as a guide to know what sort of information you need to
research. Use the chart below to record your research.
To research using the internet:
1) Type in: www.portaportal.com
2) Login as a guest using the password ―ahoppenjans‖
3) Find the folder labeled ―Renaissance Facebook‖
4) Click on the appropriate links for your Renaissance artist or scholar (they will be labeled with his
name)
Please use the Cornell Notes format below to help record your research.
What information are you Notes
looking for?
Part IV Information transferred to butcher paper to present to the class
Directions: Before any information is written on the facebook profile by the Layout Specialist,
all information must be approved by the Research Expert.
Part V Rehearse presentation
Directions: All students in each group are responsible for the presentation of the facebook
profile to the class. Each person should present on the specific information they
were responsible for contributing to the facebook profile.
facebook Assignment Grading Rubric
CRITERIA Competent Notable Exceptional
Presentation Student has clearly not Student has rehearsed Student went above and
rehearsed presentation, presentation but does not beyond - clearly
(point values and lacks professionalism. make consistent eye contact rehearsed explanation of
in parentheses) or speak clearly. facebook profile and how
(0-9) Explanation of choice of it relates to artist or
facebook profile items and scholar. Student makes
how they relate to artist or eye contact with others
scholar is sufficient. and speaks clearly.
(10 - 11) (12 - 13)
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Perspective Uses first person, very little Uses first person, some Surprising and insightful
attempt at getting ―into the attention to mindset, choice of facebook
shoes of‖ your artist or personal goals, and profile information.
scholar. Choice of characteristics of artist or This facebook profile
facebook profile scholar. Choice of facebook would read as though you
information is not relevant profile information is had actually gotten in a
to artist or scholar. relevant to artist or scholar. time machine and
(10 - 11) climbed into the skin of
(0-9) your artist or scholar
__________________ (12 - 13)
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Historical Facebook profile Facebook profile Facebook profile shows a
Content information demonstrates information demonstrates mastery of the knowledge
little knowledge of the life basic knowledge of the life of the life and times of
and times of your artist or and times of your artist or your artist or scholar and
scholar and the scholar and the significance the significance of his
significance of his of his accomplishments. accomplishments.
accomplishments. Student has gone above
and beyond to find
interesting facts about
his/her artist or scholar.
(0-9) (10 - 11) (13 - 14)
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