Historical American Research
Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to practice the
skills of researching, writing a paper, creating a bibliography, and working
in Powerpoint. In addition, this assignment will allow you to learn about
a person who is historically important.
Your project must contain the following elements:
A paper that covers the following
information about the person you selected:
Birthplace
Childhood
Reasons
why this person is a historical figure
Accomplishments
of this individual
Information
about his/her family
When
and where this person lived
Information of this person's death (If deceased)
Any other information that is important or interesting about him/her
Your paper should be written in 5 paragraph essay form. Check out his link for tips and examples. It should be the main focus of this project. It should contain more information than your PowerPoint, and be completed before creating your PowerPoint. If your paper is less than 750 words long, seriously consider adding more information.
Your PowerPoint should be a summary of your paper. Only include the most important and most interesting information from your paper.
Your PowerPoint presentation
should contain exactly 3 pictures and should be at least 7 slides in length.
Your research must contain information from at least 3 different sources. One of your sources must be a book. The all sources must be brought to class and shown to Mr. Robertson.
You will be given lots of
class time for your project. Your project should reflect the amount of time
given.
Graphics, animations, and
transitions are needed in your PowerPoint, but should be used sparingly. Graphics,
animations, and transitions should add to the presentation, not be a distraction.
Make sure your presentation has a good flow to it before you present. Time
consuming or obnoxious animations should be avoided.
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presentation of your Powerpoint to the class.
This assignment has a possible point value of 100.
It will be approximately 1/3 of your computer grade for the 3rd trimester.
It will be graded in the following manner:
Accuracy, thoroughness, and originality of 5 paragraph paper
20 points
Accuracy, thoroughness, and originality of PowerPoint
Presentation
10
points
Correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, and page
formatting of 5 paragraph paper
10 points
Spelling, grammar, punctuation, appearance, and page formatting of PowerPoint
10 points
A complete, correctly formatted bibliography listing
at least 3 sources
20 points
Using at exactly 3 high quality pictures in your
Powerpoint
10 points
Presentation to the class
10 points