Research, Prepare, Present

Good morning,

In preparation for our reading of The Crucible (you have checked that out right?) you will be spending the next two days working on a mini-research project and preparing a presentation about a related topic.

• I will assign you to a group and I'll assign your group a topic.
• Share a presentation with each other in Google Docs so that you can all contribute what you find. Work quickly.  You should have 8-10 slides. 
• Consider history (origins), definitions, examples, important facts, impact on society, future significance, important individuals etc.
• Incorporate (and cite) images related to your topic to make your presentation interesting to your audience.
• Create three multiple choice questions that someone would be able to answer after listening to your presentation. Consider “why and how” questions first.  (Your group will turn in these questions tomorrow.)
• Each person in your group will be presenting this at least once to another group of peers.

Topics:

1.    Communism in the 1950’s
2.    Cold War Period (focus on 1950’s)
3.    Rise and Effects of McCarthyism
4.    Mass Hysteria
5.    Arthur Miller
6.    Puritan New England
7.    Salem Witch Trials

Comparing two poems...ugh...sort of...

Ok yesterday I taught some poetry and it wasn't that bad. I can do it for another day. One day at a time right? If I can do it you can do it. Today is going to be even better because I'm going to make you do all the work. (I love it when that happens.)

Your task: (With your group)

1. Take another look at the two poems we looked at yesterday. Mushrooms and A slender fellow in the grass.
2. Find something you think these two poems have in common. (They have more than one thing in common so you have choices here. Make a list before you choose.)
3. Find three other poems that have the same feature. (Poems you don't hate would be good.)
4. Create a presentation to share these three poems with the class. (Hint: GD...New...Presentation...Share it with group.) Decide who will read each part and what you want to say.
5. Find a visual (picture) to go with each poem you present.
   

Wow, that was fun (for me). Now I have to go find that Google Form I use when you are grading each other's presentations. Get to work people.