African American Studies: Research Project

Research Resources

You can either use NoodleBib or  this word template to type up your bibliography.  (Record you citations on citation slips you go!)

Issues and Controversies in American History (carmelms facts) ***Highly recommended***

Britannica Online (cougar research)

Jim Crow Laws:  The Martin Luther King National Historic Site provides a sampling of laws that paint a picture of the treatment of African-Americans in the US at the time of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

The History of Jim Crow:  The sites listed below are part of this comprehensive site that explores the complex African-American experience of segregation from the 1870s through the 1950s.

• Encyclopedia "This interactive encyclopedia offers teachers and students access to terms, people, and events related to the history of Jim Crow."
• First Account Narratives: Segregated Education
• First Account Narratives: Jim Crow Etiquette
• Image Gallery

The Civil Rights Era:  This is a searchable collection of primary source documents including photographs, personal letters and newspaper articles. This site is part of the African American Odyssey Library of Congress' American Memories Collection

Jim Crow Image Gallery  This page contains searchable collections of photographs, posters and pamphlets from the Jim Crow era. The images are accompanied by brief but informative descriptions.

Jim Crow Glossary Visit this link for thorough explanations of Jim Crow, Black Codes, Emancipation, Freedman's Bureau, Ku Klux Klan and Lynching.

Search Engines

• Google Advanced Search

Power Point Project Requirements

I) Each student will create a PowerPoint presentation which will be merged with  slides from everyone in the class to create a group presentation. 

           a) Intro Slide

1. Your topic will be the focal point of the slide. You can use Word Art if you like. 
2. Create, scan, or locate a picture on the internet and insert it onto the slide. (Be sure to cite the source of your pictures in your bibliography.)
3. Type a simple sentence at the bottom of the picture about your topic.
4. Be sure your name (first and last) appear on this slide.

b) Informative Slides  (a MINIMUM of 3 slides)

1. Twelve bullet notes (total for all of your informative slides) of information.
2. Each slide should have 2-4 bullet points. Think about which points go well together (as if they were in the same paragraph), and group them on one slide. 
3. Each slide should have either a title or a topic sentence.

c) Illustration Slide

1. Create, scan, or locate ONE picture on the internet and insert it onto the slide. (Be sure to cite the source of your pictures in your bibliography.)
2. Write a caption, explaining your illustration.

Optional

• You many include video or audio clips (speeches, music, news reels) in your slides, as long as they are directly related to your topic.

Bibliography (in printed Word document, NOT in a slide)

1. Include a bibliography for all of the source you used to gather your information. Your bibliography must include the source from which you obtained your pictures!!  If you use Google Image Search, be sure to give credit to the source of the picture not to Google!
2. Be sure to use proper MLA format.  Take advantage of NoodleBib or this bibliography template.

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Network Notes:

• TURNING IN YOUR COMPLETED PROJECT: You will save two copies of your finished slides: one in your network folder, and one in a special folder for Ms. Favor's or Ms. Glennon's  finished projects.

1. Be sure to save a copy of the finished slides  in your network folder

2. To turn in a copy of your slides to your teacher, click on "File", then "Save As"

3. From the pull-down menu where you find your network folder, select "public".

4. Inside the 7th grade folder there is a folder called "FAVOR" and one named "GLENNON" ( Inside the Favor folder, there is a folder for each section.) This is where you save your finished work in order for it to be turned in to your teacher.

5. Name your presentation with the capital letter you were assigned, followed by a space, then your last name. (example: "G clinton" or "W obama" or "B mccain")

POWERPOINT BASICS

Everything you need to know about PowerPoint for this assignment should be covered in this handout, "Instructions for PowerPoint".

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