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Bio Poem Instructions

Estimated time to complete: Thirty Minutes to ONE Hour
 
Your Task: Choose a location, event, or historical figure we have studied this unit. Use your notes and the textbook to create an acrostic poem.

An Acrostic Poem is a poem where the first letter of each line spells a word and each line gives details and helps explain the chosen word.

Example 1: Poems

Poems should show
Originality,
Explain something important, and
Make
Sense
Estimated Time to Complete: 30 Minutes to ONE Hour

Your Task: Answer the following questions in complete sentences on your a Word Document. Find the image you want to analyze at either The Library of Congress or The National Archives. 

1. What exactly do you see in the painting / photograph?
2. Study the people and/or objects in the image one by one. What similarities and differences do you see?
3. How are the people dressed?
4. What are they doing?
5. Imagine you are in the picture. What might you hear or smell?
6. What is unique about this image that the artist / photographer wanted to capture?
7. What happened right before this image?
8. What is about to happen after this image?
 

Estimated Time to Complete: ONE to TWO Hours

Your Task: Create an advertisement for a technological advance or major event in history. This should be a one-page ad that could appear in a newspaper or magazine.

Your ad must include:
 A drawing of the item or the location of the event
 Why people should be interested
 A price
 A listing of what the item does or what the event is about
 Color throughout

Estimated Time to Complete: as much time as needed

Your task: Create a map of a historical event that includes illustrations and captions highlighting key information. Your map should be neat and colored.

Your map must include:
1. The basic map of your event.
2. Choose a minimum of 5 specific details of the event that you want to represent on your map.
3. Either a picture or a 3 sentence caption for 5 different events. Each item should be in the proper location on the map.
4. A legend and relative scale.
5. Color on the entire map.
 

Estimated Time to Complete: 1 period

Your task: Create a timeline of a historical period that includes illustrations and captions highlighting key information. Your timeline should be neat and colored.

Your map must include:
1. The basic timeline of your historical period.
2. Choose a minimum of 10 specific events that you want to represent on your timeline.
3. A 2-3 sentence caption for each event along with the correct date when it occurred.
4. A picture for at least 4 of the events.
5. Color throughout.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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