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Greek M ythology R esearch P roject

The s ixth g rade s tudents a re b eginning t heir r esearch p roject o n a f igure f rom

Ancient G reece. E very s tudent w as g iven t he n ame o f h is o r h er f igure b efore E aster.

Each s tudent w ill c omplete a v ariety o f t asks e ach w eek. A ll o f t hese p ieces w ill b e

put t ogether i n a f inal p resentation i n t he c hurch b asement. B elow a re t he s teps t hat

the s tudents w ill f ollow:

1. 30 F acts – D ue A pril 1 2

( 25 p oints)

a. Facts s hould b e s tated u sing c omplete s entences, w ritten i n y our o wn

words, a nd n umbered 1 -‐30.

b. These f acts m ust b e t yped, T imes N ew R oman, s ize 1 4 f ont, a nd s ingle-‐

spaced. ( Done i n c lass)

2. Research M aterial – m ust h ave a t otal o f f ive s ources ( 10 p oints)

a. At l east t wo b ooks.

b. Other p ossible s ources

i. Encyclopedias

ii. Credible o nline s ources

iii. Magazines/Journals

iv. Anthologies

c. The f ollowing a re N OT a cceptable s ources o r n ot s ources a t a ll:

ii. Ask.com

iii. Answers.com

iv. Images.google.com

v. Google – t his i s a s earch e ngine a nd e quivalent t o s tating t hat

the i nformation y ou f ound w as a t t he l ibrary. T hat i s n ot

sufficient i nformation.

3. Bring r esearch m aterial s tarting M arch 3 0

. E verything w ill b e t yped i n L A

class.

4. Works C ited w ill b e t yped i n c lass a nd i s d ue F riday, A pril 1 5

. ( 25 p oints)

5. The f ollowing t wo p rojects a re t o b e c ompleted a t h ome a nd a re d ue F riday,

April 1 5

a. Diary E ntry – W rite a d iary e ntry h at y our f igure c ould h ave w ritten. I t

should c ontain a t l east t hree f acts t hat y ou l earned. B e c reative. T his

may b e h and-‐written. O n t he b ack l ist t he f acts a bout y our f igure. ( 20

points)

b. License P late – C reate a p ersonalized l icense p late f or y our p erson.

The p late m ay h ave n o m ore t hat s even l etters o r n umbers o r a

combination o f t he t wo a nd n eeds t o b e r elevant t o y our f igure. O n t he

back o f t he p late l ist t he f acts a bout y our f igure t hat a re t he r eason

you c hose t he p late. ( 20 p oints)

6. Write a n ewspaper a rticle a bout y our f igure – a f eature a rticle d ue A pril 1 8

(25 p oints)

a. A f eature a rticle i s a c reative a rticle t hat d eals w ith r eal e vents, i ssues,

and t rends. U nlike s traight n ews a rticles, i t p laces e mphasis o n t he

people i nvolved r ather t han o n t he f acts o f t he n ews. W rite a f eature

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