Senior Project #1

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PROJECT 1 – FOUNDATIONS OF GOVERNMENT Power Point Documentary Create a Power Point Documentary that outlines and illustrates the importance and influence of a key historical event from the Colonial Period of U.S. History.

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Create a 11-slide Power Point Presentation over a specific event from the Colonial Period. Slide Requirements:

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Slide - Introduction Slides – Background (what led up to it) Slides – Main Components (tell what happened) Slides – Significance (how is the event important to American History) Slide – Works Cited

*If your project is NOT organized this way, it WILL NOT be graded! •

You will not be presenting your project, so make sure it can be understood printed out! • Content is most important (do not waste time with music, or backgrounds) • Make sure the content can be understood without a verbal explanation • KEEPA LOGof where you got your images(MUST include a Works Cited Slide) HISTORYOFGOVERNMENTOUTLINE

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INTRODUCT IO N: (1 Slide) • Include your name, teacher name(s), hour, and title of event

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION: (3 Slides) Introduce your event, some of the descriptions of the event, how significance it is the grand scheme of things, and how it applies to the Creation of the United States

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What is the larger context of history in which your event comesfrom? What led up to your event? Was it caused by something else?

MAIN COMPONENTS OF YOUR EVENT: (3 Slides)

Describe what the main parts of your event are….what is most important about your event

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SIGNIF IGANCE OF EVENT (3 Slides) • How did the event affect the future? What role did it play in the Creation of the United States?

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WORKS CITED (1 Slide) • You must site your information in the CORRECTformat • Minimum of 2 sources

*TURN IN : • Plan Sheet • Printed Out Power Point • Print Handouts – 3 per page (ask me if you don’t know how…donot print full page slides) • By Midnight on due date, copy and paste the content into a WORD document and submit to turnitin.com


Senior Project Plan Sheet – FOUNDATIONS OF GOVERNMENT Name: ________________________________ Date: _________________ Block: __________ Event: ________________________________________________________________________ Background Info:________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Main Components:________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Significance of Event:_____________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________ ______________________________________________________________________________


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