The focus of the unit is Social Injustice during The Great Depression. Your question, slides, and presentation should focus on the social injustice aspect of your topic.
You and your group members must come up with a Research Question: YOU MUST GET YOUR RESEARCH QUESTION APPROVED BY MRS. COLANDO BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR RESEARCH.
When examining Of Mice and Men, understanding this context and having adequate background knowledge to support your reading is crucial. You will gain knowledge for this project through research. Each student has been assigned a "weak one" social injustice to research:
WHERE YOU WILL GET YOUR INFORMATION - RESEARCH RESOURCES
You must include the following in your Google Slide Presentation:
Total Slides in Presentation - 20 (this is the minimum, may have more)
Title Page with Topic and Group Members Names
Page with Group Created Research Question
Table of Contents Slide
10 Content Slides with a title and text--must have information summarizing your research and IN YOUR OWN WORDS
5 Content Slides with direct important quotes from your research. You must also use parenthetical citation in these slides. After each quote, you must explaining the importance of the quote in your research
Summary Slide-summarizing all of the information in your presentation and answering the research question
Properly Formatted Works Cited Slide (minimum of Three approved sources in all: at least one library database source and at least two approved websites (see above list)
You may use more than three sources; however, you must have a minimum of these approved ones--any other sources are welcome as long as you have the three required ones
Meaningful Pictures/Graphics/Images must be used throughout the presentation (must be cited in MLA and in Works Cited Page)
YOU AND YOUR GROUP MEMBERS MUST WORK TOGETHER USING A SHARED DOCUMENT (ALSO YOU MUST SHARE THE DOCUMENT WITH ME)
**Each group will present their Google Slide project to the class (5 minutes minimum/10 minutes maximum)
**Remember the focus of our unit is on Social Injustice--so make sure your slides and presentation focus on the social injustice aspect of the topic!!
Sexism (Life for Women in the 1930s)
Ageism (Life for the Elderly in the 1930s)
Ableism (Life for the Mentally Ill/Disabled in the 1930s)
Ableism (Life for the Physically Disabled in the 1930s)
Racism (Life for African Americans in the 1930s)
Classism (Life for Migrant Workers in the 1930s)
*** These are the only sites you should be using for your research. ***
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