HIST192+(580)+American+Revolution+Project



In order to properly review for our quiz on the American Revolution, we will be spending the next two days in class using the mobile laptop labs to complete a culminating project that will integrate technology into the curriculum. The project will be described below in detail. You will be working with a partner to create a brief PowerPoint presentation that will address the basic information about a particular event.


 * __Objectives__**
 * Students will be able to demonstrate their knowledge of the unit by creating a PowerPoint presentation of a single event.
 * Students will be able to analyze and distinguish causes and effects for events.
 * Students will be able to evaluate the importance of the causes by supporting or refuting their own chosen cause.


 * __Topics__**
 * Project Topics will deal with the following events-Students will work with **__ONE__** other person
 * Pontiacs Rebellion Proclamation of 1763
 * Sugar Act
 * Quartering Act
 * Stamp Act-Declaratory Act
 * Townshend Acts
 * Boston Massacre
 * Boston Tea Party
 * Intolerable/Coercive Acts
 * First Continental Congress-Olive Branch Petition
 * Lexington and Concord


 * __Project Specifics__**
 * Your PowerPoint presentation must include all of the following information on **__two__** slides
 * the cause for the act/event
 * brief description of the act/event
 * effects of the act/event
 * Class notes and your textbook will serve as the basis for your research and content information. You must find **at least 3 scholarly facts** from the web and they must be cited in **MLA format**.
 * You must use ** at least three pieces of digital media **, not limited to an embedded video or digital image.
 * Your presentation does not need a title page.
 * The presentation ** will be submitted by 8 pm on the second day **. It may be completed outside of school, but must be submitted via the online drop-box on the class website.
 * On the third day, we will view the projects. They will be viewed from yudu.com (it is an online digital media viewer). Students will have a prescribed set of questions and a googledocs. quiz to complete.


 * Helpful Links**
 * Upper Dublin CFF: PowerPoint This is the district site for PowerPoint 101 and can assist you with the finer points of creating an acceptable presentation.
 * [|USHistory.org]
 * [|HistoryCentral]
 * [|hippocampus.org]
 * Visuals: Google Image Searches will yield sufficient results
 * Videos: [|YouTube!]

__**Project Rubric and Requirements: PLEASE READ BELOW!!!**__




 * __Sample PowerPoints__**




 * Sample Project Viewer**

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When you are finished....Take the following google docs quiz to prepare for the formal assessment.