RESEARCH PROJECT
We will be working on researching a topic that
is connected to Black History. In
addition we will be reading selections by African-American writers, and we will
be watching documentaries related to Black History. For the research project, we will spend
approximately three days in the computer lab or media center researching a
topic that you will choose from those listed below. In your research, you will consult a minimum
of three sources. You will also need to
find at least three pictures to include on your final project.
After completing your research, you will
compile your information onto foam board in an aesthetically pleasing way. Each fact on your poster should be documented
using parenthetical documentation. A
Works Cited page will be attached to your poster. Your poster will be graded according to
documentation, factual information, and creativity/aesthetics.
Topics:
The Scottsboro Trial
Plessey v.
Brown v. Board of Education of
Lynching in the South
Jim Crow Laws
Integration of
Freedom Rides/Freedom Riders
Freedom Summer
Bombing of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in
Birmingham, Alabama
Emmett Till
Medgar Evars
Check the following sources from the Media
Center databases:
Encyclopedia Britannica
History Resource Center
Check the following web site:
Welcome to African American History (click on
table of contents)
http://watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/index.html
Do not use Wikipedia!
Browse the site first before deciding if the
source of the information is reliable. Just because information is published on
the web, it may not be accurate. You will need the name of the article, the
home page title, and the URL.
(Suggestion: Print the article so you can highlight your notes from that
article.)
Be sure to give the page number(s) of each
note if you use any type of hard copy such as a book or a newspaper article.
We will create a Works Cited page using www.easybib.com.