Great Speeches Project

Project Guidelines

  • You will be assigned a great speech in history (document with all speeches here). Using primary and secondary sources, you will develop questions and research:
    • the person who delivered the speech
    • the time period in which the speech was given
  • You will be responsible for creating a minimum of three notecards, a written paragraph, a declamation presentation, and a Works Consulted

Notecards

  • You must have a minimum of three notecards, answering the following questions:
    • Who is this person? Where are they from? Why are they important?
    • What was happening in their country at this time? Did this influence their actions/speech?
    • Why is the speech significant? What does the speech say and how does it reflect what was happening at that time?
  • Example notecard

Works Consulted

  • Keep track of your sources as soon as you find them
  • Minimum of three total sources for this project

Websites (specific)

Websites (general)

Databases

NoodleTools Guidelines

Hinduism Project

Works Consulted

  • You must use a minimum of TWO sources
    • If using a website not listed here, you must fill out a website evaluation form. Share it with Ms. Molina to get it approved before you begin using the website for research.

Images

  • All image URLs must be listed on the last slide of your presentation (titled "Image Citations")
  • Choose Google Images → Tools → Usage Rights → Creative Commons licenses

Books

  • Available on the book cart; you can also use the library catalog to find books on your topic

Databases

    Websites:

    NoodleTools Guidelines

    Judaism Project

    Works Consulted

    • You must use a minimum of TWO sources
    • Sources may only be from online or print encyclopedias and books (no websites)

    Images

    • Using the Photos for Class image website ensures the citation will be built into the image itself
    • If not using the Photos for Class website, your image URLs must be listed on the last slide of your presentation (titled "Image Citations")
    • When searching within Google Images, choose Tools → Usage Rights → Creative Commons licenses

     

      Databases

      Books

      • On loan from MS Library in the Religion room; you can also use the library catalog to find books on your topic
      NoodleTools Guidelines

      6-1: Colony on Mars

      Databases

      Websites

      6-2: Colony on the Moon

      Databases

      Websites

      6-3: Colony on the Ocean Floor

      Databases

      Websites

      NoodleTools Guidelines

      Images

      • Using the Photos for Class image website ensures the citation will be built into the image itself
      • If not using the Photos for Class website, your image URLs must be listed on the last slide of your presentation (titled "Image Citations")
      • When searching within Google Images, choose Tools → Usage Rights → Creative Commons licenses

      Databases

      Websites

      NoodleTools Guidelines

      Elements Project

      Project Guidelines

      • For this project, you will research an element on the periodic table
      • Your assigned element will be between atomic numbers 1 to 20. For your element, you will create: 
        • A research summary with a works consulted page
        • A creative poster to present to your classmates

      Works Consulted

      • Keep track of your sources as soon as you find them
      • Minimum of three total informational sources for this project

      Databases

      Websites (on NoodleTools: website → web page [need to hunt around on the page for information])

      NoodleTools Guidelines

      Solar System Project

      Project Guidelines

      • You will conduct weekly research and produce a Works Consulted of all your sources
      • You will produce two major pieces of work and participate in a final all-class exercise
        • Presentation: four-minute talk accompanied with a detailed visual in the form of a poster or slides
        • Physical model: detailed hand-crafted representation of the Sun or assigned planet
        • Simulated Solar System: scaled down representation of the solar system in which all project participants will assemble outdoors with their final models to recreate the orbits of the planets around the Sun

      Works Consulted

      • Keep track of your sources as soon as you find them
      • Minimum of three total sources for this project

      Databases

      Websites

      NoodleTools Guidelines