Overview of Project
In this four week project you will be looking at the people, battles, events, and documents that were part of, and shaped the outcome of, the Revolutionary War.
This project has three main parts to it:- Researching your chosen or assigned topics on-line and off-line.
- WordProcessing the results of your research with an introduction, and bibliography.
- Creating a HyperStudio or PowerPoint (this depends on what application is available) presentation of your research project.
The Process
Topic Selection-One day
Either in your class or in the computer lab you will pick your research topics from a list that will be provided. The topics are as follows:- Famous People and Soldiers
- Famous Battles
- Other Important Events and Documents
In addition, all students will answer questions that will be transformed into introduction paragraphs concerning events that led to the American Revolution.
Research-Eight days
Using the Internet or other resources you will research your topics and take notes. You are not to copy information word for word but use your own words. You will also be saving pictures from the Internet in a class folder to use for your HyperStudio project.
Writing and WordProcessing-Week -Five days
Using a WordProcessing application program you will use the notes you took for writing paragraphs about your topic. You will be writing brief (no more than one page) descriptions and or narratives of your topic. The purpose is to present to the reader of your project the important aspects of your topic as they relate to the Revolutionary War. All writing must adhere to all conventions of writing, be spell checked and proof read by a teacher and/or a fellow student.Note:You will not be able to proceed to HyperStudio or PowerPoint until you finish the writing aspects of your project.
Weekend Homework
On the weekend before we start HyperStudio or PowerPoint you will do an easy homework assignment called 'Storyboarding.' This exercise will help you organize the resources you will use to create your HyperStudio project.HyperStudio or PowerPoint-Five days
Using the multimedia presentational program HyperStudio or PowerPoint you add pictures and finished paragraphs to the appropriate card or slide. You will follow and refer to the "Presentational Guidelines" in putting together your project.Peer Review-The Last Day
In groups of four or five you will use the "Peer Review" sheet to evaluate someone else's project in your group. You will select the 'best' of your group. A selected spokesperson for your group will tell to the entire class why the group chose that particular project as the best of their group.Contact: Jules Olaso, Instructional Technologist· julesdan3@netscape.net