7th grade project

Information about the next project for the 7th graders. We will be working with Mr. Becker on this.

7^th grade Project 1830-1860

1. Use one of the following websites:

a. Prezentit

b. Slidebomb

c. Scrapblog

d. Vuvox

e. Photoshow

f. Empressor

g. My Plick

h. Photo peach

2. You will need to use one of the websites to create a multimedia presentation. Each presentation must include pictures, video, graphics, and lists of information.

3. You will need to email the link for your presentation to me so I can put it on my blog.

4. Everything that you take from the internet must have a copy of the link from the site you used (I will show you how).

5. Choose one of these topics:

a. Slavery (include a slave narrative, ads for slaves, what slave life was like, etc..)

b. lives of women (include information about the rights of women during this time, what their lives were like, what a typical day in the life of a woman was, major problems women were faced with)

c. farm life (how many farms were there, how did people farm, what was the cost of the crops, what did they do if the crop failed, how did they use their farm animals, etc…)

d. city life (what were cities like, how did people live, how did people make their livings, etc…)

e. transportation (what were the main modes of transportation, how were they used, how long did they take, etc…)

f. famous artists ( could be musicians, painters, sculptors, etc…show their work and information about their lives, including how they were treated by the public)

g. famous authors (who were the primary writers of this time period, make sure to find out information of Emerson and Thoreau, also include the types of writing that were being created at this time, include information about how the public reacted to their writing)

h. inventions (what were some major inventions that were created during this time period, how did they affect everyday life for the people around them, etc…)

6. When you finish, send the link to your page to me: kamullin@wmu.k12.ia.us and I will share it on my blog.

7. Make sure that the information is written in your own words, I want your opinions about the world at this time.

Thursday, May 5^th: Choose the multimedia source you want to use

Friday, May 6^th: Begin working on your topic

Friday, May 13^th: Project is due