Project Description:  You and your assigned team will complete a history/social studies research report and PowerPoint Presentation.  This project will be based on Internet research done in your social studies class and a 500-700 word report and a nine slide PowerPoint Presentation to be completed under your CORE class.

Project Details: 

Research Paper

Your research paper will consist of eight paragraphs.   One paragraph will be devoted to each of the following eight topics: 1.   An introduction,  2.  Geography,  3.  Religion,  4.  Culture,  5.  Political,  6.  Economics,  7.  Social Structures,  8.  A conclusion.

PowerPoint Presentation

Your PowerPoint Presentation will contain a title slide and one slide for each of your paragraph topics.  The slides should contain pictures and briefly convey the main point of the paragraph it represents.

Step 1 -- Begin research based on your CORE teacher.

1.    You will choose parts for each topic.  One of you will be the navigator and the other will be the scribe.

Navigator:  Will navigate through the research -- with direction and imput by the scribe.

Scribe:  Will take notes and help interpret research information.

The parts will switch for each paragraph/slide topic

Step 2 -- Begin research based on your CORE teacher.

Links to Research

Instructions:  Click to enter the Internet library containing information based on your assigned topic.  Your assigned topic should be listed under the name of your CORE teacher.  If you do NOT find your assigned topic listed under your CORE teacher please talk to your CORE or Social Studies teacher IMMEDIATELY.

More New Websites

Chapin-Pinotti

• China in the Middle Ages

• Ghana and Mali in Medieval Africa

Guadagnolo

• Medieval Europe

• The Renaissance

Hexberg

• The Reformation

• The Scientific Revolution

Hudson

• Islam in the Middle Ages

• Meso-American and Andean Civilization

Peterson

• The disintegration of the Roman Empire

• Medieval Japan 

Step 3 -- Download Forms

Forms Needed

To access a form -- click on the name, click on DOWNLOAD and then OPEN

OR

If the file is a PDF -- click on name and print

Research Note Sheet     -- This document is in PDF form.  You will print out a copy and divide the topics among the students in your group.  After you fill out this form -- you will have an easy outline for your paper.

PowerPoint Shell   -- This is a PowerPoint Presentation Shell.  Download a copy into your folder and save it under one of your last names and topic abbreviation: example:  chapinchina.  There are eight slides -- one for each topic listed on the research note sheet.  To complete your PowerPoint Presentation simply "bullet" the facts from your Research Note Sheet and add pictures.    

Five Steps to Proofreading -- This form is a checklist to make sure that your final paper is ready to turn in.