Day 1 - As a team, review the Roles page and cooperatively decide who will fulfill each one. Your group should also discuss the four artifacts and come to a consensus on how to proceed. Day 1 & 2 - Using the resourses listed below, conduct your research. You may use additional resources not listed, but check with the instructor first. Be sure to keep in mind your role and the questions you want to find answers for. To assist your team in keeping track of ideas, questions to other team members or resources used, you can use this tool. Day 3 - The first order of business should be to discuss your research findings. Since this is the final day for conducting research, help those team members who need some extra assistance. Remember that part of your grade will be how well you can work collaboratively on this project. Then, begin work on the timeline. Remember that this should be a high level summary of the major events from 1860-1865. You may use TimeToast to create the timeline.The following Resources may help you gather information for your task: Economist
Day 4 - You should start to organize and focus your research findings and begin to create the layout for your campaign poster and outline for your campaign strategy speech.
Day 5 - Continue to develop poster and campaign strategy speech, paying particular attention to the Rubric for this project and the collaborative nature of the exercise.
Day 6 - Finalize all artifacts for this project and prepare for your presentation to President Lincoln (your classmates).
Day 7 - Present your campaign strategy and artifacts to President Lincoln (your classmates) for approval.
Your job interview will be assessed using the following Evaluation grid. Good luck!
Day 1 - As a team, review the Roles page and cooperatively decide who will fulfill each one. Your group should also discuss the four artifacts and come to a consensus on how to proceed.
Day 1 & 2 - Using the resourses listed below, conduct your research. You may use additional resources not listed, but check with the instructor first. Be sure to keep in mind your role and the questions you want to find answers for. To assist your team in keeping track of ideas, questions to other team members or resources used, you can use this tool.
Day 3 - The first order of business should be to discuss your research findings. Since this is the final day for conducting research, help those team members who need some extra assistance. Remember that part of your grade will be how well you can work collaboratively on this project. Then, begin work on the timeline. Remember that this should be a high level summary of the major events from 1860-1865. You may use TimeToast to create the timeline. The following Resources may help you gather information for your task:
Economist
Current Events Analyst
Industrial Analyst
- http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/meyer.industrialization
- http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/map.htm
- http://american_almanac.tripod.com/chaitlin.htm
Cultural AnalystDay 4 - You should start to organize and focus your research findings and begin to create the layout for your campaign poster and outline for your campaign strategy speech.
To give you some ideas on how Presidential speeches sound, visit this link - http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/speeches
Day 5 - Continue to develop poster and campaign strategy speech, paying particular attention to the Rubric for this project and the collaborative nature of the exercise.
Day 6 - Finalize all artifacts for this project and prepare for your presentation to President Lincoln (your classmates).
Day 7 - Present your campaign strategy and artifacts to President Lincoln (your classmates) for approval.
Your job interview will be assessed using the following Evaluation grid. Good luck!