New Mexico HistoryPeople or Places Project
What:Group/personal project
How:
- Group Slide presentation over major events of chapter.
8-12 slides,
Essential question,
Images (at least 3)
in-text citations on each slide,
works cited slide – 3 source min.,
neat/organized - no more than 5 bullet points per slide, no obnoxious fonts/stretched images
activity for audience participation (I can help)
- Personal presentation over a famous New Mexican person or place included in the chapter.
2-3 slides
background information
relevant images (at least 1)
significance to NM/world history
controversy assessment (what controversies revolved around this place or person?)
When*:
Chapter 4 – Feb 21– Dante, Daniel, Bailey, Sevi (1920’s minority rights)
Chapter 5—Feb 26/28–Matthew, Dylan, Jose R., Rebekah (Great Depression)
Chapter 6—Mar 5/7 – Lucian, Celeste, Jay, Khalil (WWII)
Chapter 7—Mar 12/14 – Ruby, Marco, Kaitlyn, Angel (Early Cold War)
Chapter 8—Mar 26/28 –Tyra, Naomi, Abigail, Sergio (Conflict & Growth)
Chapter 9—April 2/4 – Sitara, Keegan, Christian, Edan (Current Issues)
*not being able to present on time will seriously impact the flow of the class, and will result in an automatic 10 pt reduction of your grade
How (sources to start with)*:
*Bio.com, History.com may not be used. Wikipedia may not be used directly.
Criterion:The Student / 1
Below the Standard / 2
Approaching the Standard / 3
Meets the Standard / 4
Exceeds the Standard
General / -Does not choose appropriate focus area, have equal or energetic engagement, and activities and questions are not present / -Chooses appropriate focus areas, does not achieve equal / energetic participation, and activities and questions are present but do not the audience / -Chooses appropriate focus areas, comes close to equal participation and energy, and activities and questions attempt to engage the audience / -Chooses appropriate focus areas, all members energetically participate in group presentation, and activities and questions engage the audience
Format / -Presentation contains almost none of the stated requirements, and covers almost none of the key figures, events, and outcomes of chosen topic / -Presentation contains at least half of the stated requirements, and does a serviceable but clearly incomplete overview of key figures, events, and outcomes / -Presentation contains all of the requirements, save for one or two, does a reasonable but notthorough overview of key figures, events, and outcomes / -Presentation includes 1 essential question, 3 images, 5 or fewer bullet points per slide, a thorough overview of key figures, events, and outcomes
Mechanics / No slides are cited in MLA format, no quotations, spelling and other mechanical errors throughout, no practice or preparation, does not cite sources / Some slides are cited in MLA format, quotations are used but inconsistently, presentation contains a moderate number of spelling and other mechanical errors, minimal practice and preparation , cites sources but inconsistently + WC page / Most slides are cited in MLA format with sources at bottom of page, quotations are used wherever necessary, presentation is nearly free of spelling or other mechanical errors, reasonable practice and preparation
properly cites sources + WC page / All slides are cited in MLA format with source at bottom of page, quotations are used wherever necessary, presentation is free of spelling or other mechanical errors, obvious practice and preparation,properly cites sources + WC page
Aesthetics / Presentation shows no concern for balance (image and text), slides are difficult to read, in disorder, and illogical transitions / Presentation shows minimal concern for balance (image and text), slides are not easy to read, most slides in proper order, some transitions are logical / Presentation
shows reasonable concern for balance (image and text), slides on the whole are easy to read, in proper order, transitions are logical / Presentation shows true concern for balance (image and text), slides easy to read, in proper order, and transitions are logical
(Robert Sobel – original creator)