Decades Project
Project Guidelines for 8th Grade Decades Project
Media: Presentation software (Google Slides, Power Point, Prezi or other), Search Engines, databases other
Students will create a Presentation that will highlight the events, people, places and culture of their chosen decade. Students will become experts on the assigned areas of their decade.
A decade is a 10 year period of time. Students will be able to choose any decade between 1900 and 1990. (00's, 10's, 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's,
90's). That means that you will be responsible for the information that happened in those years. For example, if you choose the 1900's then you are looking for information from 1900 to 1909. If you choose the 1940's, then you are looking for information from 1940 to 1949. That is how decades are figured.
Students will be required to have 5 Bullet Points for AT LEAST THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
Title Slide (contains the title of your presentation ("The 1920's), the students name and an image.)
5 top world news stories of the decade,
5 top domestic (USA) news stories of the decade,
5 inventions or technological improvements in that decade,
5 influential people of the decade,
5 greatest accomplishments of their decade,
5 struggles and challenges of their decade
5 fashion from their decade,
5 music from their decade,
5 fads and trends,
5 toys of the decade,
5 food or candy of the decade,
citation page showing where they got their information.
Ending Slide
Students will be using the Internet to research their information. Remember to verify all the information that you find using more than one sources to ensure the validity of your findings.
Students may not use Wikipedia as a source for information. Reminder that Google and Google Images are not sources.
Any music that is used for a student's presentation must be done so with copyright laws adhered to. In other words, you may not download songs that you did not pay for. All music downloads must have instructor approval before downloading. You can link to songs, but it is not required.
Students must have at least one image on each page. Images should have an accompanying citation to show where they came from. This can be done by adding a caption to the image and placing the citation in the caption area.
Students must include some form of multimedia in their presentation (either an audio file, video file, etc).
Again, only lawfully obtained files are allowed. This can also be a link to a video or audio file.
Students will be required to know more information about their decade than what is presented on their presentation pages.
Students are supposed to be researching and learning about the decade they chose not just copying and pasting information from another source to
complete their project. Additional questions about their decade will be asked by either the instructor or the class during or after the student presents their
decade.
Each student will be required to present to the entire class. Points are given for presenting as well as for the quality of the information and the students' knowledge of the decade they chose to research. Virtual students can use software like Flipgrid to record their presentation.
As always; spelling, grammar and content count.
Optional as needed:
Students may receive a lecture prior to beginning this project that deals with some of the software features they may not be familiar with as
well as information on copyright law, plagiarism and lawful use of materials that are not of their own creation. Failure to comply with "Fair Use" guidelines may result in a zero for this assignment. Students may be given lecture on the features of the chosen presentation software, each of the elements, page creation, sub-page creation, inserting information to a page, inserting images to a page, dealing with multimedia, refining search features, layout and design.
Students will finish the project by typing a 350 word (minimum)reflection that answers the following question: "Given what you have learned from researching your decade, would you have liked to have lived in that decade? Why or why not? Be specific and give 3 specific details to support your answer."
Grading will be done in two parts:
Part one is for evaluating the presentation for information (content) and part two is for evaluating the presentation to the class.
Presentations are intended to give students a chance to practice their public speaking skills as well as educate the entire class about the history of
that decade.
Media: Presentation software (Google Slides, Power Point, Prezi or other), Search Engines, databases other
Students will create a Presentation that will highlight the events, people, places and culture of their chosen decade. Students will become experts on the assigned areas of their decade.
A decade is a 10 year period of time. Students will be able to choose any decade between 1900 and 1990. (00's, 10's, 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's,
90's). That means that you will be responsible for the information that happened in those years. For example, if you choose the 1900's then you are looking for information from 1900 to 1909. If you choose the 1940's, then you are looking for information from 1940 to 1949. That is how decades are figured.
Students will be required to have 5 Bullet Points for AT LEAST THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
Title Slide (contains the title of your presentation ("The 1920's), the students name and an image.)
5 top world news stories of the decade,
5 top domestic (USA) news stories of the decade,
5 inventions or technological improvements in that decade,
5 influential people of the decade,
5 greatest accomplishments of their decade,
5 struggles and challenges of their decade
5 fashion from their decade,
5 music from their decade,
5 fads and trends,
5 toys of the decade,
5 food or candy of the decade,
citation page showing where they got their information.
Ending Slide
Students will be using the Internet to research their information. Remember to verify all the information that you find using more than one sources to ensure the validity of your findings.
Students may not use Wikipedia as a source for information. Reminder that Google and Google Images are not sources.
Any music that is used for a student's presentation must be done so with copyright laws adhered to. In other words, you may not download songs that you did not pay for. All music downloads must have instructor approval before downloading. You can link to songs, but it is not required.
Students must have at least one image on each page. Images should have an accompanying citation to show where they came from. This can be done by adding a caption to the image and placing the citation in the caption area.
Students must include some form of multimedia in their presentation (either an audio file, video file, etc).
Again, only lawfully obtained files are allowed. This can also be a link to a video or audio file.
Students will be required to know more information about their decade than what is presented on their presentation pages.
Students are supposed to be researching and learning about the decade they chose not just copying and pasting information from another source to
complete their project. Additional questions about their decade will be asked by either the instructor or the class during or after the student presents their
decade.
Each student will be required to present to the entire class. Points are given for presenting as well as for the quality of the information and the students' knowledge of the decade they chose to research. Virtual students can use software like Flipgrid to record their presentation.
As always; spelling, grammar and content count.
Optional as needed:
Students may receive a lecture prior to beginning this project that deals with some of the software features they may not be familiar with as
well as information on copyright law, plagiarism and lawful use of materials that are not of their own creation. Failure to comply with "Fair Use" guidelines may result in a zero for this assignment. Students may be given lecture on the features of the chosen presentation software, each of the elements, page creation, sub-page creation, inserting information to a page, inserting images to a page, dealing with multimedia, refining search features, layout and design.
Students will finish the project by typing a 350 word (minimum)reflection that answers the following question: "Given what you have learned from researching your decade, would you have liked to have lived in that decade? Why or why not? Be specific and give 3 specific details to support your answer."
Grading will be done in two parts:
Part one is for evaluating the presentation for information (content) and part two is for evaluating the presentation to the class.
Presentations are intended to give students a chance to practice their public speaking skills as well as educate the entire class about the history of
that decade.
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