Great Depression Presentation

Essential Question: What story is revealed in your resource related to The Great Depression?

Directions:

Day One:

Talk to your partner and write down three things you are curious to learn about related to your topic. Write those down.

Read and highlight this assignment and rubric.

Annotate your articles using the Cornell Note annotations:

Circle key words

Highlight/underline main ideas

Put a question mark by any points of confusion

Asterisk by anything that must be included in final presentation

IF YOUR TOPIC IS CHILDREN, DO NOT WRITE IN THE BOOKS. USE POST-ITS INSTEAD. IF YOU WANT TO UNDERLINE A PORTION PUT A POST-IT NEXT TO IT WITH AN ARROW.

If you finish early, discuss your annotations, including your questions, with your partner.

Homework:

Using your annotations and the text, write at least five questions the way you would for Cornell Notes. Form an answer to the EQ, “What story is revealed in your resource related to The Great Depression?” Using that answer and the answers to the five questions you wrote, write a summary of your source. If you have a chance, talk to your family about your topic and find out what they know about it. If you are working to become a more serious student, and you have finished the rest of your homework for other classes, look on the Internet or on YouTube to see if you can find more information about your topic.

Days Two-Four:

Read this list of things to do, and decide with your partner what you will do together, which tasks you will divide, and commit to when you will finish each thing over the next few days.

Your answer to the EQ: What story is revealed in your resource related to The Great Depression? is the claim you will assert in your presentation.

Decide on the most important facts/events/experiences in your resource that will the evidence to support your claim, and then choose 7-12 that you consider to be the most important. Write those down.

Decide on the two most important quotes from your resource, and copy those down with quotation marks. Write down why these quotes support your claim regarding what story was revealed in your resources.

Identify two vocabulary words that are important to understanding your topic, and write those down with definition.

Choose three photos from your article, and explain why those are important to your claim. If there are not three photos included, you will need to find photos from another resource.

Write at least one paragraph that explains what was revealed about topic in your resource. You may wish to use the original summary you made with your Cornell Notes. However, you will probably want to add to it.

In addition to the paragraph, you and your partner must choose between doing one of the following:

Choreographing and performing four dance moves that relate to the main ideas of your topic.

Writing and performing 8 lines of dialog that relate to the main ideas of your topic.

Writing an 8-line minimum poem or song lyrics that relate to the main ideas of your topic.

Create an original illustration that relates to the main ideas of your topic.

Finding an existing piece of art or music you can bring to the class an explain how it connects to your topic.

Days Five and Six

Create a presentation that includes all the elements listed under days 4-6. Practice presenting it with your partner.

Days Seven and Eight

Present!!!

Great Depression Presentation

Name: _______________________________

25 Excellent	20 Good	15 Developing	10 Unsatisfactory
Preparation	Resources are annotated with: Circled key words Highlighted/underlined main ideas Put a question mark by any points of confusion. There is evidence that these points were clarified Asterisk by anything that must be included in final presentation Rubric and assignment are highlighted	Resources are annotated with: Circled key words Highlighted/underlined main ideas Put a question mark by any points of confusion. Asterisk by anything that must be included in final presentation Rubric and assignment are highlighted	Resources are annotated with: Circled key words Highlighted/underlined main ideas Put a question mark by any points of confusion. Assignment is highlighted	Resource has only one form of annotation
Process	Group or partners provide evidence of time management and planning and adhere roughly to them Group members equitably divide tasks Group members are all on task during class time Group members complete unfinished work at home even if it requires collaborating via Google Docs	Group or partners provide evidence of time management and planning. Group members equitably divide tasks Group members are all on task during class time Group members complete unfinished work at home	Group or partners provide some evidence of time management and planning but don’t keep to schedule. Group members divide tasks but work is not always equal. Group members are mostly on task during class time Group members complete unfinished work at home	Group or partners provide little evidence of time management and planning. Group members don’t divide tasks fairly Group members are off-task during class time Group members don’t complete all work.
Presentation Delivery	Group members Equally share responsibility for delivery of info Speak clearly and audibly Transition smoothly between presenters Balance words with images Use easy-read-fonts Organize slides	Group members Share responsibility for delivery of info Speak clearly and audibly Transition smoothly between presenters Balance words with images Use easy-read-fonts Organize slides	Group members Rely too heavily on one presenter Are asked to repeat information Have too few images Use easy-read-fonts Organize slides	Group members Rely on one person to present Are difficult to hear Have too few images or no images Are not organized in the way information is presented
Content	Group Members Present 10-12 facts and explain how each of these facts are evidence to support their claim. Present 2 quotes and clearly states significance Shares and define two vocabulary words and clearly state how they are important to the subject. Hand in well-written paragraph that provides a slightly different overview of their topic form the presentation AND/OR perform their creative expression for the class in an appropriate and entertaining manner. Connection between creative expression and topic is clear and require little to no clarification.	Group Members Presents fewer than 10 facts OR presents fact but may not show how each fact is evidence to support their claim. Present 2 quotes and comment on significance Share and define two vocabulary words and state how they are important to the subject. Hand in well-written paragraph that mirrors the information presentation OR perform their creative expression for the class in an appropriate and entertaining manner. Connection between creative expression and topic is clear but may require more clarification.	Group Members Present 5-6 facts as evidence for their claim. Present 1 quote and comment on significance Share and define two vocabulary words Hand in a paragraph on the topic OR perform their creative expression for the class in an appropriate and entertaining manner. They may have some trouble explaining connection to the topic.	Group Members Present fewer than 5 facts Present 1 or 2 quotes without commenting on significance Share and define two vocabulary words Paragraph fails to show thought about essential question OR their creative expression is not clearly tied to their topic in any meaningful, academic way.