Age+of+Discovery+Assignment


 * Age of Discovery Research Project **


 * Objectives:**

Students will examine Meso-American cultures. Students will survey famous European explorations. Students will analyze primary source documents. Students will construct digital presentations detailing their findings.


 * Directions:**

1. Students will work in pairs.

2. Each student will randomly draw a research topic from the chosen set.

3. Students will utilize Chromebooks to research information on the internet. a. Each group must have at least four sources. Each individual must have at least two sources b. Each group must have at least one primary source.

4. Groups should then create an outline organizing their information.

5. Next, each group should begin to search for images that best fit their outline topics.

6. Students will then construct a digital story of their findings: a. Students can utilize, Googledocs, Powerpoint, Photostory, animoto or any other presentation format b. The last slide should contain a list of sources in MLA format c. The presentation should be at least **three minutes**. 7. Project is due on January 19th, 2016