This year your student will be learning about several different regions of the Western Hemisphere. To supplement their text, they will be completing projects, in which they will show their final product to the school for World Festival Day. Please help your student formulate original ideas.
For this first project, students will be looking at the culture of the four regions of the United States. Students will be assigned a specific region to study and present to the class. Your student will need to answer the following questions:
What region did you choose?
What attracted people to come to America?
What countries settled here?
How did the people use the land for food and shelter?
Describe natural features found in this region.
What religions are practiced?
How many people first settled here?
What is the culture of the people that settled in this region?
When was this region first settled?
What states are in the region?
Create a timeline for the people that settled here. What did people have to do to come to America. The first day will begin with the person thinking of coming to America and the last day ending with them in America and settled in that region.
The answers to these questions should be typed and turned in the day of the presentation. The presentation should be five to ten minutes. In order for the presentation to be interesting, your student will need to choose topics which excite them. At least five of the above topics should be addressed. I want their originality to shine through.
Rubric for the Colony Regions Project
Demonstrate an understanding of Social Studies concepts 25 pts
Originality and creativity 10pts
Visual aids 5pts
Oral presentation 5pts
Presentation techniques (good eye contact, speaking clearly, enthusiastic, etc) 20pts
Typed answers to the thirteen questions 10pts
Timeliness (5-10 minutes) 5 pts
In-class brainstorming 10pts
Outside preparation 10pts
/100pts
DUE OCTOBER 16, 2009
LATE PROJECTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
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