Criteria for Term 3 Research Project/Paper:
This research project will be in the form of an 8-minute multimedia presentation:
a) Purpose: to inform
b) Pick a topic—an event, issue, or person related to slavery, the abolition of slavery, civil war, or civil rights—that you are interested in and would like to learn more about.
c) Research and create a power point presentation that has at least 10 informational slides, including a resource citation slide. So 11 slides including the title page. (One sentence for each slide will not receive full credit.)
d) Will need to use (and cite) at least three reputable resources.
e) Must have at least one visual. (Picture, map, timeline, chart, etc. If video clip-no longer than 3 minutes.)
f) HAVE FUN! This is an area that is full of interesting, applicable issues and ideas! Try to ENJOY and learn something while doing this project!
Or…
a) A 2 page, 1.5 spaced research paper. All of the same criteria.
Example topics:
- Fredrick Douglas
- Negro Spirituals
- How Slavery Started
- Key People in the Civil Rights Movement
- Fight for Women’s Suffrage/Rights
- Code Words in the Civil War and the Underground Railroad
- Spies in the Civil War
- Rosa Parks
- How Slavery Spread through the U. S.
- Lincoln
- Malcom X