Book Choices: Early American Authors: Books and Books about them linked. Anne Bradstreet Emily Dickinson Walt Whitman Washington Irving Benjamin Franklin Nathaniel Hawthorne Herman Melville Cotton Mather Jonathon Edwards Research Choices Native American and Puritan relationships The English Civil War Puritan Ideology and Family Relationships American speakers o Patrick Henry o Ben Franklin o George Washington o John Hancock o Thomas Jefferson o John Adams o George Mason The Constitution and its framing The Declaration of Independence Q2: Night and the Holocaust Book Options: http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/holocaust-literature
Research 1. Concentration Camps- 2. World War II- Important Leaders and Events 3. Pearl Harbor 4. Children of the Holocaust 5. Kristallnacht-night of the broken glass 6. Daily Life in the Camps 7. Medical Experiments of the Holocaust 8. Death Marches 9. Mengele: Angel of Death 10. Nazi Propaganda 11. Why was the world silent? 12. The Japanese American Interment Camp 13. Killing Squads (Einsatzgruppen) Requirements Book Report Requirements 1. Pick a book and read it. 2. Then choose from the following list about how you are going to share your review and critique of the book: a. Radio broadcast a. Presentation with PowerPoint b. Movie presentation c. Skit or performance d. Web Page e. Written Paper f. Animation (stop motion, cartoon) 3. Include the rubric elements
4 3-2 1 Plot Arc Identify the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution of your story. Use at least three quotes to support your reasoning for why each stage is which. Your explanation doesn't seem to match the plot arc completely. For example, you have events in falling action that are actually climax. You use only two quotes to support your reasoning. You don't clearly explain which parts of the plot arc are which or you seem to lack understanding about what each piece of the plot arc are. You use one or less quotes to explain your reasoning for each stage. Product Presentation should be creative and communication should be clear. Presentation is somewhat creative but key concepts arent clear. Presentation is not creative and concepts are not clear. Content You clearly explain how the book reflected the Early American beliefs, ideals, and general times. You somewhat link your explanation of the plot to the time period, but there are major gaps. You don't link your explanation of the plot to anything we are discussing. You miss the point of reading this literature.
Research Project Requirements 2. Pick a topic 3. Do some research to find out about that topic 4. Find a way to present it: a. Presentation with PowerPoint b. Movie presentation c. Skit or performance d. Web Page e. Written Paper f. Animation (stop motion, cartoon) g. Audio recording 5. Include the rubric elements 6. Make sure you are presenting this as an answer to your research question. What did you learn about X? Why does that matter?
4 3-2 1 Research You need to list two to three sources on a bibliography and use three quotes in your project. Cite all research properly and make sure it is MLA. You use two or less sources and two quotes, and/or your research isnt cited or cited properly. You use one source and one quote, and/or your research isnt cited. Presentation Presentation should be creative and communication should be clear. Presentation is somewhat creative but key concepts arent clear. Presentation is not creative and concepts are not clear. Content Information is not just factual, but also synthesizes information learned nicely and topic is well explained and discovered. Information is factual and topic is well explained, but needs more relevance. Information is unclear and not well explained.