Social Studies FACEBOOK Project

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Rubric

Biography Center - database - use search bar to enter your person's name and find info

Student Resources - database - use search bar to enter your person's name and find info

Renaissance: ******************* Reformation:

Lorenzo de Medici ************* Martin Luther
Baldassare Castiglione ************* William Tyndale
Isabella D'este ************* Pope Leo X
Raphael Sanzio ***************** Charles V
Leonardo da Vinci ********Prince Frederick the Wise of Saxony
Michaelangelo Buonarroti ******** Henry VIII
Sofonisba Anguissola ********* Catherine of Aragon
Artemisia Gentileschi ********** Anne Boleyn
Francesco Petrarch ********** Queen Elizabeth I
Giovanni Boccaccio *********** Huldrych Zwingli
Niccolo Machiavelli *********** John Calvin
Vittoria Colonna ************** Katherine Zell
Albert Durer ***************** Ignatious of Loyola
Jan van Eyck ******************* Pope Paul III
Pieter Bruegel ********************* Pope Paul IV
Dante Alighieri *****************Queen Mary (Mary Tudor)
Desiderious Erasmus ************Filippo Brunelleschi
Thomas More ***************Montezuma II (15th-16th Century)
Christine de Pizan ************Christopher Columbus
William Shakespeare ********Hernan Cortes
Johann Gutenberg ***********Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco da Gama *************Bartolme de las Casas

Poetry Unit - Final Assessment - English 9H

Goal: Write a research paper in which you show how the life of an author has an influence over the meaning of his/her work. Use the materials made available to you and or conduct research to find revelant support to your claims. Be sure to cite all quotations according to MLA format.

Your Task: Choose one of the poets we studied during this unit or a poet you have a genuine interest in and research his/her life and other written works. Write a research essay to show how the author's life experiences and other works have an influence over the meaning of the poem.

Before you start:
Read about the lives of a few poets and decide which one interests you the most
Read a few poems by that poet and underline the poetic techniques(imagery, metaphors, similes, etc) and try to find a pattern of similarities among the poems
Read the poems a few more times and try to understand the meaning(s)
Make implicit (implied) and explicit (very clear) connections between the poems and the poet's life
Questions to consider as you write:
Can you explain the poet's life to someone else? (if you don't have a good understanding, go back and read some more)
What is unique and the life of the poet?
What is unique about the poems?
How is the life of the poet reflected in the poetry? Why do you think this happened?

Details: This research essay should be 2-4 pages in length - typed in 12 point font and double-spaced. Please cite all of your in-text quotes (yes, you need them to support your ideas) and include an MLA Works Cited Page. We will be working in the library as well as with the school computers during class time, but I would also like you to work on this at home too.

The following resource can be used to find information regarding your poet, his/her works, as well as techniques and related topics:

Gale Literature Resources in Context

Senior English Project

The purpose of the Senior English Project is to enable students to effect change in our community.

Please complete the following:

1. Proposal for the research paper
2. Interview with a person(s) involved or affected by the issue
3. 3-5 page research paper that examines a school-related issue and proposes a solution
4. 5-7 minute multi-media presentation

Possible Topics:

teen pregnancy * cell phone distraction
violence in school * class size
medical issues * self selection vs. tracking
lack of school spirit * self-segregation
gangs * racism
homophobia * promiscuity
open campus * lack of parental involvement
vandalism * lack of technology(functioning tech)
theft * truancy
class disruption * structural design of the building
poverty related issues * curriculum

To be successful, you will need 3 credible sources.

Why is Wikipedia not a credible source?
Wikipedia, although entertaining and informative cannot be used as a source because the text is changeable by anyone who wants to change it. So although it could contain good information it is not a credible source.
10 reasons to just say no

What is a credible source?
Criteria to evaluate web sources

There are different types of sources
Primary Sources

Scholarly article or Academic Journal article

Sources for your research:

Opposing Viewpoints Database

Gale Student Resources in Context

Dream Car Project

Use the following links to evaluate the cost for new and used vehicles

Kelly Blue Book
Using this site, you can find the value of new and used cars based on condition, features and mileage. This site is used by insurance adjusters and car dealerships to assess the value of cars that have been totaled in accidents or for trade in values.

Yahoo Cars
Look at used cars for sale or build a brand new car and get a quote for a dealership

Edmunds
Another site to review used and new vehicles - reviews - very well known and trusted source of auto information.

BMW Dealership
Build a new car and get a quote or search used vehicle inventory

Exotic Car Dealers
Here are a few reasons to stay in school and work hard !!!!!!!!! :)

Depression and Suicide Prevention Project

Directions: Develop a poster to display in school on one of these following topics

Solutions for relieving stress in healthy ways

How we can help a friend who is depressed

Signs of depression in teens

Ways to help our school and community to understand teenage depression

Signs of suicide - what you can do to help

Your poster needs to contain key concepts and terms that will help bring awareness to the issue of suicide and teenage depression. Try to be as creative and informative as possible.

Take a look at these resources to help you complete the project:

PBS In The Mix - Depression: On The Edge

National Mental Health Association

National Institute of Mental Health

National Foundation of Depressive Illnesses

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

SAMHSA

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

The 1920's: A Decade to Remember?

Student Resource Center

Biography Center

The People History

USHistory-1920s

Eyewitness History-1920's

Dictionary.com


Use the resources to research the following:

KKK Member
What are your beliefs? (Why are you xenophobic?)
What are you trying to represent/protect?
What methods do you use to carry out your goals?
What laws would you support?

Ferdinando Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Describe the circumstances around your arrest?
Why do you feel you did(not) get a fair trial?
What was the final outcome of the trial?

A. Mitchell Palmer
What are you trying to represent/protect?
What methods do you use to carry out your goals?
Explain how the public both supported and opposed your actions.

Important Terms:
Immigration Acts of 1921 & 1924
Palmer Raids
Quota
Racism
Red Scare
Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
Xenophobia

Flapper
Describe your lifestyle as a "flapper"
How do you respond to those who criticize you?
What are your feelings about the women of earlier, more traditional generations?

Margaret Sanger
What new ideas and attitudes did you encourage women to have?
What opposition have you encountered?

Traditional Woman/Housewife
Describe your lifestyle as a housewife
How do you respond to those who criticize you?
What are your feelings about the young women of the current generation?

Important Terms:
Changing role of women
Flapper
Hedonism
Roaring '20's - this link is good for many of these topics

Henry Ford
What impact has the assembly line had on automobile production?
How have automobiles impacted the average American?
How has the automobile stimulated other business and industries?

Appliance Store Owner
What new technology are you selling to consumers?
How is it affecting your business?
How has installment buying impacted your business?

Average Married Husband/Wife
How has new technology affected your family? (3 examples)
How has installment buying impacted your spending and standard of living?

Important Terms
Advertising
Assembly Line
Installment buying/buying on credit
Leisure time activities
Mass production

Al Capone
What is your view on prohibition?
What activities did you get involved in during this era?
How did you benefit from from these activities?
How did the public view your actions/activities?

Common (drinking) Man
What is your view on prohibition?
What actions/activitiesdid you get involved in during this era?
How much government regulation should there be in your life?

Francis Willard
What is your view on prohibition?
What actions/activities did you get involved in during this era?
How much government regulation shoud there be in your life?

Important Terms
18th Ammendment
21st Amendment
Bootlegging
Gangster
Organized Crime
Speakeasy

Langston Hughes
Describe some of your accomplishments
How did your achievements change the 1920's?
How did your works influence the Harlem Renaissance?

John Scopes
Describe the circumstances surrounding your trial
How did your trial change the 1920's?
How did the public percieve you?

Warren G. Harding
Your policies promised us a return to "normalcy" Why and what does this mean?
How did your policies (domestic and foreign) go about doing this?
How did you change the 1920's?

Important Terms
Creationism
Harlem Renaissance
Normalcy
Scopes Monkey Trial

BIOGRAPHY PROJECT - SUPA

For this assignment, each student will receive the name of an individual who made a significant contribution to American society.

Assignment Purposes:
To come to understand how a particular person's experiences can illuminate our understanding of the period or circumstances in which he/she lived.
To learn to do research of the sort professional historians do; locating, examining, and using appropriate source materials, and presenting one's findings to readers.

Assignment:
Biographical Sketch:
a) A factual account of the person's life, emphasizing aspects that are of historical significance.
b) Provide evidence and explanation of the person's historical contribution(s) and significance.
Evidence must be documented with references and citations to sources.
How and why is this person considered to be important?
What does her or his life tell us about the times in which he/she lived; about important social, scientific, cultural, economic, or politicaldevelopments; about the United States at the time?
Anotated Bibliography:
You are to create a list of reliable and relevant sources that illuminate your person's life and contributions. This list should include the sources that you used for this project as well as others that you can identifiy that may be available for research.

To get started with your research - you will find the following helpful:

Worldcat - a catalogue of material in libraries around the world - create a free account to
use this site.

Library of Congress - search materials of your person - clicking the links provided will give you info you need for your anotated bibliography.

Smithsonian - History & Culture

United States Holocaust Museum

National Archives - follow the link for general public access

Student Resource Center - remote password - empirelink

Biography Resource Center - remore password - empirelink

Use the following links to access the library @Syracuse
You will need your Syracuse ID

Syracuse Library

Your paper should be 5to6 pages in length - consisting of the 2 parts explained above