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Ken Burns' America Project Resource Page |
Project Objectives:
Project Timeline:
October 08, 2008: Project announcement and DVD video list distribute
October 10, 2008: Group sign-up and project selection
October 13, 2008: Early Bird video viewing in Room C-215 before/after school or during lunch periods begins
October 16-23, 2008: Student groups work in LHS Media Center creating projects AFTER viewing their video. (Student groups may also continue viewing video segments in Room C-215.)
October 20, 2008: HARD COPY BRIEFING. Student groups will turn in their folders for preliminary evaluation, including storyboards, notes sheet for video, and printed copies of online research, as well as Xeroxed copies of any text-based research.
October 21, 2008: Folders returned to groups. Groups continue to work on projects.
October 23, 2008: FINAL DAY TO WORK ON PROJECTS; PROJECTS DUE BY THE END OF THE PERIOD ON THIS DATE. GROUPS SHOULD PLAN TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR PROJECTS TO MRS. WAGLER AND MR. HUTCHISON BEFORE THE END OF THE CLASS PERIOD. FOLDERS ARE DUE IN AT THIS TIME AS WELL. No Exceptions.
October 28, 2008: Target date for evaluations to be completed and returned to groups.
Related Web Resources
Use the web sites listed below to assist you in doing your research. Remember, you MUST include a bibliography listing of all sources used in your research, including text-based, video (include the video AND segments you viewed), and web-based resources. (It is strongly recommended that Wikipedia NOT be used. If you use Wikipedia, you will also need to have a second source that collaborates it.)
Ken Burns' American Stories Resources
Ken Burns' American Stories site
Baseball Resources
Baseball (for teachers) Lessons page (check here for teacher created lessons, but also for related web pages that can help you with your project).
Baseball Resources page (This page includes a lot of text-based resources that will help as well as web-based resources.)
Baseball Players Gallery (This page includes several photographs of players from the era we are researching for this project.)
Brooklyn Bridge Resources
Brooklyn Bridge (official PBS site)
Brooklyn Bridge (for educators) (This page includes a lesson plan teachers can use, but also several resources that you can use for your project.)
Brooklyn Bridge Resources page (This page includes a lot of web-based resources that will be helpful.)
The Congress Resources
The Congress (official PBS site)
The Congress (for teachers) Lesson page (Includes a lesson that teachers can use in the classroom as well as resources that you can use for your project.)
The Congress Resources page (This page includes a large number of web-based resources that you can use for your project.)
Mark Twain Resources
Mark Twain (official PBS site)
Mark Twain "Learn More" page (This page includes lesson plans for teachers, but with links you can use, as well as other resources, other writings by Twain, and other links.)
Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton
and Susan B. Anthony Resources
Not For Ourselves Alone Resource page (includes classroom resources as well as writings, links, and other resources that will help you in your project).
The Statue of Liberty Resources
The Statue of Liberty (official PBS site)
The Statue of Liberty (for educators) Lesson page (includes lessons for teachers to use, but also several web-based resources you can use for your project).
The Statue of Liberty Resource page (a few resources that might be useful)
Horatio's Drive Resources
Horatio's Drive (official PBS site)
Horatio's Drive (for educators) Lesson page (includes lessons for teacher use, but also several web-based resources you can use for your project).
Horatio's Drive Resource page (includes other resources you can use for your project).
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson Resources
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (official PBS site)
Unforgivable Blackness (for educators) Lesson page (includes lessons for teachers to use but also several web-based resources you can use for your project)
Project Resources Depot |
Use the following links for any/all project resources for which you need extra copies. Microsoft Word is needed to open these files. (Power Point, or the available Power Point viewer, is needed to view the preliminary project presentation.)
Preliminary Project Presentation (Power Point)
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