Social Studies Meets Information Technology

We will be finishing up our United Nations/World Issues project this week. At this point your group should have a completed storyboard, all necessary pictures, and all your research completed. Plus all of your research and pictures should be in the appropriate program your group is using to present your project. If you feel you are not able to meet the deadlines you should see me for suggestions about how to complete the assigned tasks. See the deadlines below.

Last Work Day:

Block H/E: Wednesday, April 23rd
Block D: Thursday, April 24th

Presentation Day:

Block D: Monday, May 28th
Block H/E: Tuesday, April 29th

REMINDER: You must turn in all of your work on the presentation day! You should staple the following information in order.

* Rubric/Assignment sheet
* Research Records

* Storyboard/Outline (hand in separately)
NOTE: The assignment, rubric, and storyboards are all on the resource page.

Introduction- This should be catchy, interesting, and a reflection of you as a speaker!  You want to arouse your audiences curiosity.

• Hook- interesting or emotional comment used to catch reader’s attention
• General Comments- interesting background information (define key terms)
• Thesis Statement- specific topic of the essay/explains ideas of the body paragraphs

Conclusion-  The reader should see the importance of your essay, and finish thinking about what you have said.

• Ideas of thesis statement- use different words than those in the introduction
• Comments- may include a summary of the main ideas, an evaluation of other ideas, and/or the writer’s opinion
• Final statement- a final thought that ties up the topic

You will be working in class next period to prepare for your Famous Egyptians Speech. By next class, you should have completed all your research. That means you have at least two full pages of notes, from at least two different sources, and most importantly enough information to write a five paragraph speech about your person/god.

Work Day:

Block D: Tuesday, April 17th
Block H/E: Wednesday, April 18th

Day you will be presenting your speech:

Block D: Thursday, April 19th
Block H/E: Tuesday, April 24th

REMINDER: You must turn in all of your work on the presentation day!  You should staple the following information in order with the rubric on top.

• Rubric
• Final Typed Draft
• Outline
• Research Records

The assignment, rubric, and research record are all on the resource page.

If you have not finished your poem of praise about one of the gods from your Egyptian myth you must finish it for next class. You should also be prepared to recite the poem for the class. Please rehearse your poem and concentrate on your presentation skills. I am looking for you to recite the poem loudly and clearly with enthusiasm, voice inflection, and body movements.