Name: Year 8 Histry Prject 3: D The Cmmnwealth Games Still Matter In The 21 st Century? Mdule: Date Set: Deadline: Descriptin f the task: The prject is split int three separate parts: The prject is split int three separate parts: a) A letter written by a sprts fan t the minister f Culture Media and Sprt, Jeremy Hunt, explaining why the Cmmnwealth Games is still imprtant. b) A pster campaigning fr the Cmmnwealth Games t cntinue in the 21 st Century. c) A shrt cnclusin, explaining whether r nt yu think that The Cmmnwealth Games d still matter in the 21 st century. Subject bjectives: Cultural, ethnic and Interpretatin Histrical enquiry religius diversity (Pints f View) Using evidence Cmmunicating abut the past In cmpleting this task yu will develp the fllwing skills: Independent Enquiry Creative Thinking Reflective Learning Team wrking Self-managing Effective participatin Hw wrk will be assessed: Levels [3] & 4 T achieve this level, yu will need t shw that yu can: a) Describe sme f the main events and peple invlved in The Cmmnwealth and The Cmmnwealth Games. b) Describe hw The Cmmnwealth and The Cmmnwealth Games have changed since 1930. Yu can als identify (name) causes and results f games c) Identify and describe different ways in which peple saw and see the games. d) Answer questins abut the past and use infrmatin t test ideas. e) Begin t write structured wrk, using sme histrical dates and wrds (names, places, etc.) Level 5 T achieve this level, yu will need t shw that yu can: a) Describe in increasing detail sme f the main events and peple invlved in The Cmmnwealth and The Cmmnwealth Games. b) Describe hw The Cmmnwealth and The Cmmnwealth Games have changed since 1930, lking at a range f causes and results. c) Identify and describe different ways in which peple saw / see the games and begin t recgnise why this might be. d) Lk int histrical prblems and start t ask yur wn questins abut the past. e) Use (nt cpy frm) histrical surces (websites, bks, etc.) t find infrmatin abut the past. f) Chse infrmatin and use histrical infrmatin (names, dates, etc.) when writing answers. This will help t give yur wrk sme structure. Level 6*+ T achieve this level, yu will need t shw that yu can: a) Display knwledge f the main events and peple frm 1930 t the present day, with clear understanding f hw times have changed. Yu can cmpare different time perids and understand that different peple in the same perid had very different experiences. b) Lk at different causes f the creatin f The Cmmnwealth games and draw links between them. c) Explain why different (grups f) peple saw / see the games in different ways, thinking carefully abut when/where/wh the infrmatin has cme frm. d) Make judgements abut hw imprtant the creatin f the games was and cntinuatin f the games is. e) Lk int histrical prblems, ask yur wn questins abut the past and change thse questins if necessary. [f) Use histrical surces carefully, lking fr and judging usefulness (relevant infrmatin) and reliability.] g) Prduce structured wrk that includes relevantly selected infrmatin and a gd range f histrical infrmatin and wrds. Where will I find the prject infrmatin and instructins? Yu will need t g t the cllege R Drive, click n Departments / Histry / Key Stage 3 Hmewrk Prjects / Year 8 / 'Prject 3 (COMMONWEALTH GAMES)' OR visit the schl website Histry page http://www.westexetc.devn.sch.uk/curriculum/hmewrk/humanities/histry/ Fr mre details. Suggestins n hw parents might assist their sn/daughter in cmpleting the task: Wrk with students using infrmatin and instructins n the cllege R drive. Supprt students in cmpleting the weekly tasks and meeting the final deadline.
Year 8 Histry Prject 3 D The Cmmnwealth Games Still Matter In The 21 st Century? Backgrund Infrmatin: The Cmmnwealth is a cllectin f 53 cuntries, mst f which used t be cntrlled by Britain as part f The British Empire. Tday they are unified nt nly by a cmmn past and supprt fr ur ryal family, but als by a sense f shared values. These are: Prmting demcracy and fair, free gvernments chsen by and ruled fr the peple. Human rights and fair laws. Equality Free Trade Wrld Peace Every fur years, sprtsmen and wmen frm the Cmmnwealth natins cme tgether t take part in The Cmmnwealth Games. The Cmmnwealth Games began as 'The British Empire Games' in Canada in 1930. It changed its name t 'The Cmmnwealth Games' in 1978. The 2002 games tk place in Manchester. In 2006 the games tk place in Melburne, Australia and the 2010 in Delhi, India. In 2014 the games will take place in Glasgw. The games celebrate nt nly sprting achievements, but als the differences between the cmpeting cuntries, and the sense f tgetherness that being part f a shared internatinal cmmunity brings. Hwever, there are peple wh argue that The Cmmnwealth Games are nw utdated and shuld be ended. They see them as "an utdated imperial relic" and "histrical claptrap". They believe that the wrld has mved n since the days when the sun never set n British-wned sil and that the games are a reminder f the cruelty f The British Empire. Are these critics right, r d The Cmmnwealth Games still have an imprtant rle t play in the 21 st Century? Fr this prject, yu need t cnsider whether r nt the games are still relevant and nt just an imperial relic. Yur jb is t argue that The Cmmnwealth Games d still matter. What wrk d I need t d t cmplete this prject? The prject is split int three separate parts: d) A letter written by a sprts fan t MP Jeremy Hunt, Minister f Culture, Media and Sprt, explaining why the CWG are still imprtant. e) A pster campaigning fr the Cmmnwealth Games t cntinue. f) A shrt cnclusin, explaining whether r nt yu think that The Cmmnwealth Games d still matter in the 21 st century. What HISTORICAL SKILLS is this prject testing? The prject is asking yu t especially demnstrate understanding and use f the fllwing: KEY CONCEPTS KEY PROCESSES Cultural, ethnic and religius diversity a) Being able t shw understanding f the fact that men, wmen and children in different times and places in the past had different ideas, beliefs and attitudes. Fr this prject, that means shwing that yu understand that different peple living in different parts f the wrld wuld have very different views abut The Cmmnwealth Games, depending n wh they are/were and what the games wuld mean/d fr them Interpretatin (Pints f View) c) Being able t lking carefully at and weigh up a range f interpretatins f the past t assess hw accurate and truthful they might be. Histrical enquiry b) Being able t lk back at the end f a study and think carefully abut what yu have learned. Using evidence a) Being able t identify, select and use a range f histrical surces, including bks and writing, visual and spken surces, artefacts and the histric envirnment (buildings and sites). Cmmunicating abut the past a) Being able t present and rganise accunts and explanatins abut the past that make sense, are structured (with a beginning, middle and an end) and backed up with facts and evidence. Being able t use histrical wrds and meanings. b) Being able t cmmunicate knwledge and understanding f histry in a variety f ways (writing, drawing, psters, speeches, etc.) including histrical wrds and meanings.
Hw shuld I cmplete each f the tasks? TASK ONE: THE LETTER Write yur letter using the fllwing guidance and instructins. Make sure that yu are ding everything that is asked f yu. a) Include a name, address and date at the tp f the letter. b) Address yur letter t Jeremy Hunt Minister f Culture, Media and sprt c) Begin yur letter by stating wh yu are why yu feel that this sprting cmpetitin is still imprtant in the 21st Century. d) Name and explain the 3 mst imprtant reasns why yu feel the that the Cmmnwealth Games shuld still g ahead. Yu might want t use the structure belw fr each pint: "The first reasn why the Cmmnwealth Games shuld cntinue is because. - "This wuld mean that " Try t include evidence and facts t back up yur pint. Are there any facts and figures that yu can put in? D yu have any examples t supprt what yu have written? When yu think abut yur reasns, try t write abut big issues such as the histry f the games (Hw lng have they been held fr? What is Britain's link t them? etc.), what The Cmmnwealth stands fr (What values and ideas des taking part supprt, and the relatinships between the Cmmnwealth cuntries. e) Explain what The Cmmnwealth Games mean t yu persnally. Why d yu enjy them? Hw wuld yu feel if Glasgw 2014 did nt g ahead? f) End yur letter by summarising yur pints ("Having read my letter, I am sure that yu will agree that "). g) Sign yur letter, having written, "Yurs sincerely " TASK TWO: THE POSTER Design an A4 pster t be displayed in High Streets acrss Britain that shws the imprtance f The Cmmnwealth Games. Yur pster shuld include: a) A title that captures yur pint f view, such as "The Cmmnwealth Games Still Matter!" b) A picture r pictures t illustrate yur pint f view. Yu might want t shw a map f Cmmnwealth cuntries and explain why the games matter t these cuntries r yu might want t include pictures f winners and details f sprting triumphs ver the years, r yu might want t include pictures f peple frm Cmmnwealth cuntries. c) A 50 wrd (maximum) summary f yur views abut The Cmmnwealth Games. Why d the games still matter in the 21 st century?
TASK THREE: THE VERDICT End yur prject with a brief, but thughtful judgement as t whether r nt yu believe that The Cmmnwealth Games d actually still matter in the 21t century. Divide yur verdict int tw parts: "Having lked at bth sides f the argument, I think that The Cmmnwealth Games " "The main reasns why I feel that way are " Chse yur 2 main reasns here and explain them. Where can I find ut mre? Here are sme useful websites fr yu t use: Cmmnwealth Games Federatin website: http://www.thecgf.cm/ Wikipedia entry abut the games: http://en.wikipedia.rg/wiki/cmmnwealth_f_natins Wikipedia entry abut The Cmmnwealth: http://en.wikipedia.rg/wiki/cmmnwealth_games UK Athletics Website: http://www.uka.rg.uk/ The 2010 Cmmnwealth Games website: http://www.cwgdelhi2010.rg/hme.aspx Newsrund http://news.bbc.c.uk/cbbcnews/hi/find_ut/guides/wrld/cmmnwealth/ LOG OF PROGRESS In rder t plan yur time well and cmplete yur prject t the best f yur ability, it is recmmended that yu use the fllwing structure: Week Essential Tasks (tick when cmpleted) What else I have dne this week What I nw need t d 1 I have read thrugh the ther side f this sheet carefully and knw exactly what the prject needs t include. I have been n the cllege 'R' drive and have saved / printed the instructins sheet and ther resurces. I have spken t my teacher if I 2 I have written a draft versin f my letter, making sure that I have fllwed the given instructins carefully. I have spken t my teacher if I 3 I have designed my pster, making sure that I have fllwed the given instructins carefully. I have spken t my teacher if I 4 I have cmpleted neat, final versins f my letter and pster. I have written my final summary, which includes examples frm bth the pster and letter.