This is where your video will be. Either your documentary or your historical drama will be available for the world to see!
It’s simple..
Partner up with another classroom and create a ten minute documentary telling the story of the H.L. Hunley. The sad truth is that most people don’t know much about this submarine or the story of men who went down to their deaths inside her heavy hull. Tell their story and that of the inventor. Why was the South so desperate to break the blockade? You are encouraged to build models for your videos, either with real materials or software like Google Sketchup. Original music to fit the period would really enhance your video as well!
The Rules:
1. Each school must do their share of the work needed for the project
2. Schools must meet, plan and collaborate virtually using blogs, IM or teleconferencing software like skype.
3. Teams must document the ways they overcame the challenges of distance collaboration and archive their collaborative work on this site.
4. Teams will have to complete their films and other materials within four weeks of the first meeting with their partner classroom.
The C.S.S. Hunley Returns Home
This is where you and your partner school will collaborate while completing the challenge.
Hunley sites (There are many more!)
“On a cold February night in 1864, eight men squeezed through the tiny hatches of the H.L. Hunley, a strange new warship tied up at a dock in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. They crawled or duckwalked through the 4-foot-tall (1.2-meter-tall) passageway to their places on a long, low bench. Each of them sat down at a hand crank attached to the Hunley's propeller shaft.” - Read More
