Marco Polo Project

Use the following links to research and locate information for your project.


BiographyCenter- Database

NewWorldEncyclopedia

Geography-About.com

AbsoluteAstronomy

IB Dance Project

At the completion of this research project you will create a poster or power point presentation to share what you have learned about your subject.
You must include:
Known origins/first uses

Geographical origins

Dancers - is this a dance traditionally performed by men, women, children,
adults, groups, soloists, or partners?

What kind of training does this dance form require?

Venues and Events - outdoors, in temples, at weddings, on a public stage or holidays etc

Context - What connections does this dance form have to the religious, social, political, and economic situations where it was developed?

Parts of the body that are the focus of the dance

Distinctive and definitive movements

Costumes - Significance, reflections of cuture, practicality, focus of attention, etc

Musical accompaniment - traditional instruments, tempo, etc

Laban Effort/Actions

Narrative elements, if any

Props, if any

You must include the following and at least 5 images::::
A map, indicating geographical origins
Stills of distinctive movements
Images of traditional costumes

The presentation should be about 15 minutes in length and include an experiential element.
The rest of the class must have a chance to experience the dance through instruction and demonstration. Please have a musical selection that exemplifies the traditional accompaniment for your dance. The instruction demonstration should include a minimum of 64 counts and should illustrate some of the most essential elements of movement for your dance. Please plan time for identifying, breaking down, and explaining these movements and discussing their significance in the dance tradition.

Use the following sources for your research:::::

Gale Student Resources in Context

Biography Resource Center

History of Dance

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Different Types of dance

Civil Rights Project

For this project you will research a person or an event from the Civil Rights Movement
You will prepare a Power Point Presentation and a 2-3 minute speech about your research and why the event/person was significant.
You will then write a follow up journal about what you learned from the experience.

You are responsible to include the following::::

When the event took place and who was involved
The causes of the event
The effects of the event
The significance of the event to the Civil Rights Movement
How does the event relate to A Raisin in the Sun?
How does the event relate to what you learned in Social Studies class
about caste systems?
Tell why this event should be remembered and studied
What have you personally learned from your research about this event?
Include relelvant pictures, graphs, statistics etc
Complete a Works Cited page

Topics:::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Scottsboro Boys**** Montgomery Bus Boycott
Death of Emmett Till**** Little Rock Nine
Freedom Riders**** University of Alabama
Civil Rights Acts of 1964 & 1968**** Caesar Chaves
Birmingham Church Bombing 1963**** Americans with Disabilities Act
Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit Ins**** Title 9
March on Washington

Research Sources::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Gale Student Resources in Context

Biography Database

Civil Rights Movement - Timeline

TheKingCenter

AutoShop - Mr. Lerner

Please use the following links to obtain information on BRAKE SYSTEMS


Brake Systems - Howstuffworks

TheFamilyCar-Brakes

BrakeSystem-Diagram

5 Minute Presentation Assignment - Mr. Hartmann

You will prepare and give a presentation to your classmates based on your self-evaluation and your research into a specific career. The speech must be 4-5 minutes long and you will be evaluated on both content and delivery.

Approach: Based on your thoughts on your future at this point, choose a career to research. You will explore the career from several angles as you conduct research and then write a speech where you will make a claim about whether or not this career appears to be a good fit for you.

Research: Compose 5-10 questions you will need to answer before writing your speech. Here are some examples:
What types of people work in this field?
What kind of secondary and post-secondary education and or training is needed?
How competitive is this field?
Is this career stressful?

The Speech: Your speech must include a discussion of your interests, strengths, weaknesses, goals etc. Make connections between the discussion and the career you have chosed to reseach. Describe the career in detail. Discuss what type of person would be right for this career and why you do or do not fit this career choice. This speech will contain both informative and argumentative content.Research, outline, write, and rehearse your speech. You may use speaker's notes, but you may not read your speech.Due date: Friday, November 3, 2011

Some helpful places to find information:

CareerPath - this website has a free career test you can take

Payscale - information on how much different careers pay- info on top job fields

Gale Student Resources - using this database you can look up information on different careers - type the name of the career you want to research in the subject bar

Informative Speech - Ms. Frishman

Your speech should be 3 to 5 minutes with a 2 minute demonstration.
Implement all that you've learned in this unit including:

Engaging your audience
Patterns of organization
Appropriate non-verbal communication
Platform movements
Techniques for overcoming stage fright
Effective conclusions
Techniques for creating memorable speeches


Please use the following links to explore topics for your informative speech

Informative Speech Example


Informative Speech Topics - provides information on planningand delivering your speechOnce you decide on a topic - search the internet using the links on the right to find information for your speech

Famous Informative Speeches

eHow - online how-to source

We have many books that also may help with this project - please ask!!!!

Persuasive Speech Writing - Ms. Frishman

Global Issues in Context

Opposing Viewpoints

Student Resources in Context

SIRS Leading Issues


Persuasive Speech Topics - this is a website that has many ideas for topics - if you choose one off this list, you may want to use the above databases to search for information about it.You can search by subject or keyword on each of the 3 databases