Global Issues
Requirements-You may work with ONE partner, but each grade level may only choose from their classmates.
-You must randomly select a number assigned to a continent -You must decide to either do a research paper or a presentation -You must select a topic from your assigned continent that is an important issue from the last 100 years to focus on -The topic must be something written about in the news -The topic must be something that impacts/impacted at least 1000 people -must use at least ten resources, none of which can be wikipedia (although Wikipedia is a good place to start looking for references/resources!) Important Dates4/17: choose pairs/individual; receive assigned continent; choose paper/presentation format; begin research
4/18: Continue researching; submit TYPED list of references to ms.arceo.homework[at]gmail[dot]com 4/25: Outline of paper or presentation |
Choices
6th grade
Alone paper: 3 pages typed, double-spaced, APA format, 12 point, Times New Roman font presentation: at least a five minute presentation Pairs paper: 5 pages typed, double-spaced, APA format, 12 point, Times New Roman font presentation: at least a seven minute presentation 7th grade Alone paper: 4 pages typed, double-spaced, APA format, 12 point, Times New Roman font presentation: at least a six minute presentation Pairs paper: 6 pages typed, double-spaced, APA format, 12 point, Times New Roman font presentation: at least an eight minute presentation 8th grade Alone paper: 6 pages typed, double-spaced, APA format, 12 point, Times New Roman font presentation: at least a seven minute presentation Pairs paper: 8 pages typed, double-spaced, APA format, 12 point, Times New Roman font presentation: at least a nine minute presentation |