17th Century England: Life, War & Democracy – Photo Essay

Social Studies 9 – England in the 17^th Century

Photo (drawing, painting, document, etc) Essay Assignment

What is a photo essay?? - In a traditional history essay, you would answer a question with words describing an event and how that relates to the question posed.  In a photo essay, you will show those events with photos. Since some photos may not always be 100% be clear in its point, you will also describe, in writing, how the photo relates to your answer to the question.

Your photo essay will attempt to answer the following 3 questions about 17^th Century England:

1. What was life like for the people of England?
2. What were the causes, components, and consequences of the English Civil War?
3. How have the events of 17^th Century England contributed to the development of democracy?

*hint: go back to your notes and text book to find out the topics and key terms that pertain to these questions

Guidelines for your photo essay:

• Search the web for images that relate to the questions above and copy & paste them into Powerpoint 
• For every image you find, you must credit the site you found it on (give the URL)
• Give a description of the image and explain how it answers the questions listed above.

In an attempt to save on printing, you will hand in your assignment electronically with a USB drive.

*hint: Go beyond Google images, sometimes great images are on other sites but have title names that you didn't search (ie: photo1.jpg).

	Not yet meeting <5	Minimally meeting 5-6	Meeting 7-8	Exceeds 9-10
Life in 17th Century England (witch hunts, London Fire, Class, Plague)	Incomplete explanations or is not able to define major aspects	Missing major aspects of society or explanations are lacking detail	Fully addresses the main aspects of society	Fully addresses the main aspects of society and includes an explanation of more specific details
CCC of the Civil War (Charles I actions, Parliament, New Model Army, Purge, Execution, Cromwell, Restoration, Glorious Revolution)	Cannot link causes, components or consequences and cannot define them	Can define the topics under the causes components and consequences but no connection is made or missing major details	Full explanation and connection between causes, components, and consequences	Full explanation and connection between causes, components and consequences with specific details of each
Democracy (Magna Carta, Bill of Rights, Philosophers)	Cannot determine what events connect to the process of democracy	Missing major events that are the roots of our democracy	Identifies all aspects of the period that are part of the process of democracy	Identifies how the period attempts to achieve democracy and helps to build an appreciation of democracy today.
Presentation	Less than 10 images, not proof read, unorganized, time not used well	10-11 images, missing one of: proof read, neat, organized, good use of time	12-15 images, proof read, neat, organized, good use of time	More than 15 relevant images, Proof read, neat, organized, excellent use of time, clear connections, effort to make the presentation aesthetically pleasing

 

/40 marks