Name________________________

Constitution Project Requirements

In this project, you will be creating an in-depth presentation of a US Constitution related topic, including appropriate images, texts, and links. A maximum of 10% of the material can be copied from published sources; the rest is to be original work.

1. Select a topic related to the United States Constitution. You may do some preliminary Internet searches to help find a topic idea. Some suggestions to consider include:

· Women’s rights

· Civil rights

· Famous Supreme Court cases

· The Articles of Confederation

· Constitutional Convention

· A Bill becomes law

· Segregation and desegregation

· The history of an Amendment

· Confederate States of America

· The Magna Carta

· The Electoral College

· Student rights

· Branches of Government

· Bill of Rights

· National Homeland Security

· Becoming and American - immigration

· Any related topic that you get approval for

Topic choice________________________________

2. Save all information you decide to use in your home directory Social Studies folder and keep a current “works cited” list in the same folder. Use the Internet, Encarta, and print material to fully research your topic.

3. You may produce a PowerPoint presentation or a newsletter. Use a storyboard to plan either one. REQUIRED.

4. PowerPoint must have 12 slides, including title and bibliography. Be sure to correctly reference the material and credit the source if not original.

5. The newsletter should be a “historical newspaper” using Microsoft Publisher to share your research in print form. Minimum of 4 pages with maximum of 6 pages.

6. Use the following ideas to create your final presentation/newsletter:

· An opening menu with large graphic and buttons to link main parts of the presentation

· Short biographies of major historical figures related to topic with picture(s)

· Timeline of major events connected to the chosen issue

· Summaries of important events or ideas

· Appropriate quotes or speeches, with commentary

· Created graphics or imported graphics (and sounds)

· Imported or created pictures, maps, graphs, and charts which enhance or explain the text on the page

· An “About the Author” article with picture and biographical note about YOU

· Appropriate citations and references for any outside sources used

· Elements YOU think belong here J

7. Present your project in class – Sept.19 DATE DUE

DUE DATES FOR CONSTITUTION PROJECT:

9/2– Project Contracts due (10 points)

9/ 7 – Storyboards due for multimedia project (25 points)

9/12 – 6 “Works Cited” references due plus “Research” folders in home directory with relevant material (50 points)

9/19 – Projects due - presented to class– 100 points

Sites to investigate for ideas and research:

http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDERAL/usconst.html#preamble

Complete constitution

www.yahooligans.com

do a search for “US Constitution” or your topic

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/Yahooligans/constitution

general site for starting a search

http://www.romingerlegal.com/supreme.htm

references for Supreme Court cases

http://www.supremecourthistory.org/

history of the Supreme Court

http://www.rochester.edu/SBA/history.html

Women’s suffrage and Susan B Anthony

http://www.pbs.org/onewoman/suffrage.html

Women’s suffrage

http://www.whistlestop.org/index.html

info on mid-1900’s and desegregation – other government related topics

http://www.sjbc.org/lr.htm

desegregation in Little Rock –1957

http://www.lib.odu.edu/aboutlib/spccol/desegregation.shtml

desegregation issues in education

http://www.stopthehate.org/about/

student civil rights

http://www.aclu.org/index.html

American Civil Liberties Union homepage