Computer Research
Slide PowerPoint Presentation OR Google Slides.
If you have completed the theme/topic paper and it has been returned to you. . . please begin.
Explain your favorite tradition. . . here is my PowerPoint example: Holiday Tradition PowerPoint
AT LEAST:
1 Title Slide-with your name, class period, and title of tradition
10 Informational Slides with pictures, FACTS, backgrounds, and automatic transition (see google classroom for details)
MUST answer three questions:
How did it start? (back story . . .when . . .where)
How has it changed?
How is it celebrated NOW?
ONE Works Cited Slide (at least 3 sources)
You may use the Cite This For Me Google extension to complete the works cited
You will receive points for your evaluations of others
NO PERSONAL STORIES
Choose a Holiday Tradition that you are interested in.
Make it something that society celebrates:
Santa
Christmas Cards
Christmas Tree
Mistletoe
Review the Example (click on the picture to the right)
Meaning behind Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
November 20 & 24 (Friday and Monday classes)
Comparison Shopping for the Holidays?
Your Shopping List google doc
Find five items you would like to get or give then find three different places to purchase these items.
You may use the shop engines below or do your own research to find the best deals.
Shopzilla or Price Grabber
This assignments is also on Google Classroom for 11/18 & 11/19
Ever wonder what a Nor'Easter is when you listen to the weatherman in the morning?
Here is your chance to research our winter weather.
Link to help you:
WEATHER then WINTER STORMS or click on the picture to the left
November 10 & 11
(click here for google doc)
Helpful Links:
11/04/2020
Timeline with SIX events of ONE of the people involved (including Birth & Death)
You are also required to write a four sentence paragraph about your chosen person.
Bridget Bishop Rebecca Nurse Sarah Good Susannah Martin
Elizabeth Howe Sarah Wildes George Burroughs Martha Carrier
John Willard George Jacobs, Sr. John Proctor Samuel Wardwell
Martha Corey Mary Eastey Ann Pudeator Alice Parker
Mary Parker Wilmott Redd Margaret Scott
Helpful Link:
Columbus . . . hero or villain?
Use the internet to help you research to answer the questions about Christopher Columbus. After you have read about him, write a short paragraph about if he deserves a federal holiday.
Google Doc for Columbus Questions
Helpful Links:
http://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-christopher-columbus
http://biography.yourdictionary.com/articles/some-facts-about-christopher-columbus.html
http://www.theholidayspot.com/columbus_day/history.htm
Top Three Inventions of All Time!
What are inventions that you could not live without? Have you ever considered who invented this, when it came to be or even why someone took the time and effort to create it? Think beyond your cell phone and really imagine what life was like 500 or 1,000 years ago. What inventions have altered the course of human history?
Watch this short video on the six simple machines of physics.
Take the time to learn about these amazing and wondrous inventions that make your life better. You can start with the links provided but will end with your own research.
You will compile a list of the top three most important inventions. You will create any presentation you think will best convey your information. (PowerPoint, Prezi, Google Slides or Poster . . . some possible options) Make certain that your name appears on the presentation and that you properly cite your three sources. This will be viewed and evaluated by students. You will not be required to present on an individual basis.
Make certain to include pictures of each invention and inventor, and organize your information logically.
You must answer the following about EACH invention:
1. Who invented it?
2. When was it invented?
3. Why was it invented? Explain the need for this item
4. How is your life better because of this invention?
(Support this claim with at least two examples)
You will have three classes to prepare and one class to present. Keep your presentations from one and a half minutes to three minutes.
Rubric if you would like to see how you will be graded.
Some Helpful Links:
https://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/top-20-greatest-inventions-of-all-time
https://www.famousscientists.org/5-most-important-inventions-of-all-time/
https://interestingengineering.com/19-great-inventions-that-revolutionized-history
Here is an example that would be a 48/50 points: Example
Click Here or on the picture to the left to get to the article.
Click on the article then use the CONTROL + F
to search for specific phrases.
Plagiarism Worksheet
According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, to "plagiarize" means:
to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own
to use (another's production) without crediting the source
to commit literary theft
to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source
In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud. So when in doubt, please check your work prior to handing it in at one of the plagiarism checkers below.
https://www.grammarly.com/plagiarism-checker
https://www.quetext.com/
https://www.bibme.org/grammar-and-plagiarism/
Add this extension to Google Chrome. YOU MUST USE CHROME FOR THIS TO WORK
Learning to cite sources using MLA Format.
You will create a works cited page using three sources and MLA formatted: Times New Roman 12 pt, double spaced, in alphabetical order and hanging indent.
Book or Movie Summary
Learn to Summarize: Use your favorite book or movie as a guide.
(Nothing that would be considered inappropriate for school)
Set up
Characters
Time/Place--if necessary
Action/Resolution
How does it end?
MLA formatted ONE Page--no exceptions (NOT FINDING NEMO)
Pirates Biography
Due on 9/18/2020
Choose ONE person from the Movie Pirates of Silicon Valley .
You will have two class periods to create a ONE PAGE Biography.
click here for an EXAMPLE
Paper should be one page double spaced, and remember to start at the beginning.
When and where they were born?
What accomplishments make them notable in computer history?
Where are they now?
Pirates of Silicon Valley
As we watch the movie please follow along with the worksheet and answer each question.
I have a VHS copy and a DVD copy if you require one.
You can also watch the movie online
Pirates Questions Word Document