8th Grade Target/AC Social Studies 20th Century Project
8th Grade AC Georgia Studies 20th Century Project
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Working alone or in a pair, you are to create a 15-20 minute presentation for your decade. In your presentation, you should include all of the following for EACH decade:
1. Timeline Poster for the wall
• Include Significant Words, years & COLOR!! (5 points for following format)
2. Google Presentation (with at least 20 slides),
• at least 20 pictures---which can’t be included in the slide count,
• no more than 10 words per slide---in other words, you should be able to look at the bulleted info and discuss it---NOT READ IT (10 points for following recommended format)
Your Google presentation should include the following for your decade:
• 2 pieces of music (2 points)
• 5 pictures of a piece of art (5 points)
• 5 novels (5 points)
• key words of importance for Georgia history* (10 points)
• at least 15 historical events (discuss them thoroughly) (15 points)
• 5 restaurants/types of food/beverages that were popular (5 points)
• 5 sports that were popular (5 points)
• 3 dances that were popular (3 points)
• what the cost of living was (avg. income, avg. home price, avg. price for coffee, soda, etc.) (5 points)
• 5 major films and/or movie stars (5 points)
• 10 popular sayings/slang (10 points)
• 5 fashion trends (5 points)
Extra Credit (BOTH of you have to participate to get extra credit, if working with a partner)
• Up to 5 extra points if you come dressed as someone from your decade
• Up to 5 extra points if you bring in a popular food or drink from your decade and serve it to the class
• Up to 5 extra points if you demonstrate a dance from your decade
• Up to 5 extra points if you bring in & explain/demonstrate a popular game from your decade
Presentation
10 points- speaking clearly/eye contact & time frame is between 15-20 minutes (10)
Resources you should use: any relatives that lived during the decade, texts, and the internet. Cite all sources and provide a bibliography or 10 points will be deducted.
*I will give you the words. You explain their meaning and significance. This is the ONLY slide that should have more than 10 words on it. In other words, you will need to memorize or use note cards to present almost all of the information.
This is due on _________________________. We will use a minimum of 5 class periods to work on the assignment, therefore it should be thorough and extremely detailed.
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