New 7th and 8th grade Projects due 2/27/14

Seventh Grade Black History Month PROJECT

Due February 28th, 2014

NO Late Projects will be accepted!

On the back of this paper you will find the names of twenty-two important, fascinating, and powerful African-Americans! Choose one for your research project.

You will do research on your chosen person covering the following areas:

Dates of birth and death; interesting events of his/her life; family, jobs; where they lived; contributions (important things they did) to the community and the United States of America

WHAT are you handing in? (The PRODUCT): 

You must submit one (1) of the following products:

**A graphic representation (cartoon) of at least 6 panels of the person’s life.

**A short story, poem, or play with the person as the main character (typed as described below).

**A traditional 2 page (12 point font, double-spaced, Times New Roman font) research report.

ALL options must contain all the required information.

ALL projects must be free of plagiarism and be entirely your own work!

***This project is worth 100 points as follows: Note-taking, 10 points; Plagiarism lesson, 10 points; proof-reading practice, 10 points; rough draft 20 points; final draft 50 points.

ALL projects MUST be given to me in a hard copy (on paper). I cannot, upload, download, or print your project for you. Parents, it is essential that you find a way for your child to print his/her project. If this cannot be done at home or at your job, consider the Free Library of Philadelphia, Kinkos, or Staples, etc….

I will not be accepting any electronically submitted projects this time!

You will have some research time in class, but you will also need to spend some time at home or at the library doing research.

CHOICES:

18^th & 19th Century

(1700s & 1800s)

James Forten

Solomon Northrup

Richard Allen

Absalom Jones

Henry Highland Garnet

Frederick Douglass

Sojourner Truth

Phyllis Wheatley

Osborne P. Anderson

Charlotte Forten Grimke

Charles Lenox Redmond

Sarah Redmond

Martin Delany

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

William Still

Henry Brown

Mary Ann Shadd

20^th Century

(1900s)

Thurgood Marshall

Bayard Rustin

Medgar Evers

Ralph Abernathy

A. Philip Randolph

Ella Baker

List Of Poets for African-American Poetry Project

8^th Grade  February 2014

Maya Angelou James Baldwin Toni Cade Bambara Amiri Bakara Gwendolyn Brooks Countee Cullen

Paul Laurence Dunbar Mari Evans Nikki Giovanni Robert Hayden bell hooks Langston Hughes

Audre Lord Toni Morrison Ishmael Reed Sonia Sanchez Ntozake Shange Alice Walker

TASK:  You will research ONE of the above listed African-American poets—this includes the life and work of one of the poets.

You will then write a two-page paper (double-spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman).

The paper will include ONE page on the life of the poet:

·      Birth, death

·      Area in which he/she grew up

·      Family life

·      Experiences as an African-American writer in the era in which he/she lived

·      Major themes of work (poems)

The SECOND page will be an analysis of one of the writer’s poems:

·      Figurative language (similes, metaphors, personification, etc…)

·      Setting

·      Theme

This project will be due Thursday, 2/27/2014  NO EXCEPTIONS!

This is a 100 point major project for the third marking period.  ***This project is worth 100 points as follows: Note-taking, 10 points; Plagiarism lesson, 10 points; proof-reading practice, 10 points; rough draft 20 points; final draft 50 points.

PLEASE NOTE: ALL projects MUST be printed out as a hard copy. Absolutely NO electronic submissions will be accepted. SO, please make plans to print your paper at home or at the Free Library.