AB ONLY - Capstone Project: Project Proposal and Rough Draft/Outline

Capstone Project: Project Proposal and Rough Draft/Outline

A Capstone Project is an Inquiry-Based Student Interest, multi-step Project-Based Learning, or Real-World Solution Project. This course will have one Capstone project, with several checkpoints.

Capstone Project Concept Review

This capstone is designed so that you can more deeply explore one particular cultural topic. Throughout the Latin I course, we will be learning about certain cultural aspects of Rome. For this project, you have selected one of these topics to focus your attention on and learn more about. Ultimately, the goal will be to compare the Roman cultural practice to modern cultural practices, so keep in mind that you will need to connect these topics to modern ones.

Instructions

First, you will need to decide what the project’s format will be: podcast, video, essay, etc. What best suits the information you’ve gathered? What format plays to your strengths, or even connects to your passion? Think of this as an "elevator pitch" for your project - what do you want to do with the information you've gathered?

As you are making this choice, be aware that you will need to include a visual component in your final work - whether images or video. Now would be a good time to gather a few school-appropriate images related to your author and their work. Be sure to note the source for any images you use on your bibliography page!

Next, you will need to create a rough draft or outline (depending on the format) of your project. You will want it to be detailed yet lively, and as close to “finished” as you can so the feedback you receive will help you create an even better final project.

You will submit an outline/rough draft/mock-up/storyboard/lesson plans. This should go beyond an initial sketch or bullet points. You should have at least 6 parts (either paragraphs or segments or storyboards). For each part, you should include 3+ sentences of what information will be included, what evidence will be cited, and how your evidence will support that paragraph/segment.

Submission Review

• Continue using your previous Word document. You should already have:

• • Your cultural topic
  • A paragraph explaining why you are interested in this topic
  • A few specific areas of your topic that you might want to investigate more deeply
  • A focus
  • Research for your focus in the ancient Roman world
  • Research for your focus in the modern world (your culture)
  • Bibliography page

• NEW CONTENT. Add:
  • One paragraph “pitch” explaining the final format & why you chose it
  • For each of the 6 parts of the outline/draft/storyboard, include 3+ sentences of information with relevant research

Submit the Word document

• Submission should be either .docx or .pdf
• Do not submit a weblink. Do not submit any other format.