ALL HISTORICAL FIGURE SELECTIONS ARE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL
You must list at least THREE (3) SOURCES for the research and find pictures of your person as well.
YOUR SOURCES CAN NOT INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
WIKIANSWERS, WIKIPEDIA, or directly reference any Search Engine (GOOGLE, YAHOO, etc.)
I suggest you do your basic research at Biography.com, but you must find 3 additional sources of information and list them on your final project. Once your initial research is finished, I will show everyone the Powerpoint Template in class and teach you how to fill it out. I will be printing your MAIN PAGE and Posting it in the HALLWAY for others to see.
Good Luck!
Mr. S
You will need to copy the following questions into a Google DRIVE Document and SHARE that document with me to get started:
DOCUMENT TITLE: HFFP (Figure's Name) (Student Last Name) P(?)
HISTORICAL FIGURE BACKGROUND HISTORY NOTES WORKSHEET
Your Name:
Computer Science Period:
Date You Started The Project:
Why did you pick the person you picked?
Person's Name:
Time Period when they lived:
Place they lived (Best Known For):
Write a brief description of their background including where they were born/grew up, who their parents were, and about the early years of their life (4-5 sentences):
List 5-6 Personality Traits They Are Known For AND Why: (Brave, Courageous, Funny, Angry, etc):
Describe what was significant about their lives (What are they famous for)?
List and explain at least two OBSTACLES they had to deal with during the time they growing up, and two more while they were at the height of their fame:
List at least two IMPORTANT QUOTES from them. Explain what they mean. If there are not specific quotes, describe what they might have said if they were to have given a presentation to a crowd during the time they were most famous.
List 4-5 people who would have been their friends during the time they lived:
List at least two people who would have been against them and why:
List a famous event/day that they would have been alive to see or be part of:
Describe the society they were a part of and what it was like to live during that time period:
STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS (COMING SOON)
For your information use during our Research Lesson please use the following link to review the PowerPoint Presentation from class. Our vocabulary words are below.
Classroom PowerPoint Presentation on Basic Research (CLICK HERE)
WHY DO WE DO RESEARCH?
Five Main Reasons According To The Presentation
1. CREDIBILITY: Researching your topic and citing your sources helps lend credibility to your paper. It demonstrates that you sought out similar information from experts in the field, which makes what you're writing more believable.
2. PUBLICATION: Because research backs up your ideas with facts from established experts in the field, it's an industry standard. If you hope to publish in a scholarly journal, you'll have to conduct thorough research and cite it correctly to be taken seriously, and cite it correctly to be taken seriously
3. EDUCATION: Research gives you a broader understanding of your topic so you can speak with a more authoritative, informed voice. It allows you to understand both sides of an argument and any additional factors that contribute to your thesis statement.
4. RESEARCH SKILLS: Many instructors assign research papers so students can develop or strengthen their research skills. In that respect, research is important because it makes you better and finding information and backing up your ideas with facts.
5. PLAGIARISM: You may think you have a groundbreaking idea only to discover that a famous scientist already had this idea and wrote on it extensively. Taking credit for this idea, even though you thought it was original can still constitute academic dishonesty. Research helps you use that scientist's work to build on and add credibility to your idea.
VOCABULARY LIST WITH DEFINITIONS AND SAMPLE SENTENCES:
Compile: to get or gather together The student had to compile the data for the report.
Evaluate: estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of something
The student could not evaluate the data without organizing it first.
Research: a search for knowledge
The student will research a topic of choice for the upcoming assignment.
Extensively: in a widespread way
All of the information put together was extensively search.
Digital: in electronic form, transmitted electronically
Anyone can download a digital copy of a song from ITunes.
Organize: arrange by systematic planning and united effort
You will have an easier time creating an outline if you organize your list of sources first.
Information: knowledge acquired through study, experience, or instruction
There is a wealth of information online about your topic.
Include: have as a part, made up out of
All students must include their contact information on the top of the sheet.
Skill: an ability that is acquired by training
Natural ability only becomes a skill if you practice and train harder than you thought possible.
Provide: give something useful or necessary to
I will provide you with the notes and resources to be successful on the upcoming quiz/
Section: one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to create a whole object
The percussion section of the band provides the backbone for the music and the beat to march too.
Cite: make reference to
If you cite your references well, people will be able to review them easier.
Successfully: with success, in a successful manner, reach a goal
You can be successful at anything if you focus your mind, spirit, and effort to complete it.
Feature: prominent attribute or aspect of something
Our lesson will feature a Travel Brochure Project at the end.
Structure: framework, how something is constructed
The structure of the house was unsound after the earthquake.
Book: handwritten or printed work of fiction or non-fiction; usually on bound paper and covered
The primary book you will choose for your project is up to you.
ACADEMIC/LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Students will learn the basic ways to complete internet-based research. Students will focus on a famous historical figure and complete research about that person’s life, and a significant event during that time in history. Students will be required to create a summary project based on that event and that person. Students will review and comment on work created by their peers in class.
STUDENTS WILL ENTER THE CLASS QUIETLY AND BEGIN WORKING!
STUDENTS MUST START BY READING ALL DIRECTIONS ON CLASS WEBSITE! Students will use the resources in class to create a Facebook-Style page for a famous historical figure. The page created must center around a specific event from that person’s life, and research must be done to describe the person, event, and other people who would have been involved!
