Japanese Remembrance Project

100 points

(+ possible 20 points extra credit)

Project Assignment Final Project Due Date:

1.  Create a project based on a person from a Japanese Internment Camp (I will provide the person’s name). This project is designed to honor a survivor in a creative way that will give their tragedy meaning.

2.  You will have 1 day in the computer lab to research your person and begin collecting ideas.

http://www.nps.gov/manz/forteachers/id-booklets.htm

3.  Your grade will depend on your overall knowledge of the material, preparation, organization, visual materials, and verbal delivery.

Directions: Write an “I Am” poem for a person from a Japanese Internment Camp using the following guidelines:

·  20 points: The poem needs to be from the person’s point of view, so mention the person’s name in the title.

·  20 points: Each line should be a minimum of five words long and use powerful descriptive words. The poem does not need to rhyme.

·  20 points: You need to illustrate / decorate the page of your poem, which should fit the overall mood and tone of your poem.

·  20 points: Submit a final draft.

·  20 points: Overall effort and creativity. Be original.

·  Use this back of this page to create a rough draft of your poem, do not hand this in as your final copy.

·  You don’t need to submit your rough draft on the due date.

Extra Credit Option (an extra 20 points) —Present your “I am” poem in a Power Point format with each line as a separate slide (with appropriate background, graphics, pictures) and provide a musical soundtrack to the presentation. Your soundtrack should fit the overall mood and theme of your poem. *WARNING if you are using Power Point! When you submit your project, make sure to include the music / audio file separately, otherwise I will not have it because the audio file does not save on the Power Point.

Use this space to take notes:
This is the Rough Draft

______(Title)

______(By: Your Name)

I am

I hear

I see

I cry

I am

I am

I want

I need

I hope

I fear

I am

I am

I feel

I try

I wonder

I dream

I am