Grade 8Social Studies Review 8th Grade: Take the Quizzes to start reviewing for the NY State Social Studies Exam: June 14 and 15
Social Studies Fair Project:
Parents responsibilities: to buy, to drive, to keep track of due dates, and to motivate.
Teacher's responsibilities: To help with reading comprehension, to assist with note taking, to keep track of due dates, and to provide class time and after school time for groups to work on project (in January on Mondays and Thursdays class time and after-school from 2:30-3:30 Mondays-Fridays, in February on Mondays class time and after school from 2:30-3:30 Mondays-Fridays, and in March class time for students to practice their presentation.)
Students' responsibilities: To read, to write notes, to type, to print at home project report and graphics, to cut, to paste, to be creative, to cooperate, to compromise, to do your best, and to keep track of due dates.
February: Tri fold poster board Month:
Parents, your child will need access to a color printer.
Each group will need to purchase a tri fold poster board , colored pencil, markers, glue, scissors, and other art supplies.
Each student is responsible for 1/3 of the information that goes on the tri fold poster board. The tri fold poster board is a visual representation of the paper. She/ he will summarize their two page report and retell the information through graphics. Each image should guide him/her in summarizing the paper. Due date: February 29, 2012
March: Oral presentation/ Model:
Each student will practice a 3 to 5 minute speech on his/her project using their tri fold poster board as a guide. They should not be reading off of the tri-fold or paper. They can use index cards to guide him or her along, but should not be reading off of the index card either. Due date: 3/1-3/6
Visual model of the project. This is a group effort. The group will create a model summarizing the entire project. The model depends on the topic. The model has to be placed in front of the tri-fold. Please do not go crazy with constructing a perfect model. The model does not account for much of the grade. The most important part of the project is the paper, the tri-fold, and the student's oral presentation. Due Date: Wednesday, March 21 from 6PM-7PM.
Social Studies Fair Setup: Wednesday, March 21 from 6PM-7PM.
o Student will need to bring their papers. Tri-fold, and visual model of the project
Social Studies fair: Thursday, March 22
o Students will present project to three different judges at three separate times from 8:30AM-1:30PM on Thursday, March 22
o Award Ceremony Thursday, March 22 From 7PM to 8PM
The fair is over on Thursday evening and student must take project home.
I will send home a rubric, but reserve the right to change the content at my discretion.
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