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Western Hills Middle School Library: Hazard - Famous Italians

Assignment

Research a famous Italian person to create a Google Slides presentation.  The presentation should contain 10 slides including the following information:

1. Name

2. Date of Birth

3. Place of Birth / Region

4. Accomplishments

5. Include any interesting facts

**Do not overload slides.  Remember to use brief phrases

 

Subscription Databases

Search for your topic in one of these databases.  See Mrs. Flynn for passwords when required.

Web Resources

Standards

Rhode Island School Library Standards

Standard 1.1:  Information-fluent learners use an inquiry process to connect to prior experience and background knowledge, wonder and ask questions, investigate, construct new understanding, express learning, and reflect on the process and product of learning.

Standard 2.1:  Information-fluent learners use multimedia literacy skills and knowledge to deconstruct and learn from texts in multiple formats through comprehension, analysis, interpretation, and evaluation.

Standard 3.1:  Information-fluent learners recognize the importance of accurate information to a democratic society and actively seek, evaluate, learn from, and use credible information from diverse community and global perspectives.


Common Core State Standards:

CC6-8WH/SS/S/TS7 - Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.9 - Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis reflection, and research.

CC.5.W.7 Research to Build and Present Knowledge: Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.

CC.5.R.I.7 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.