It is time to make one HUGE timeline
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It is time to make one HUGE timeline! You will be helping create a giant timeline of European places, people, and events with the 7 th graders from Teams Sigma and Gr 8 t. Each of you will draw a place/person/event from Europe’s past. Your job will then be to research and gather as much information as you can about your person/place/or event. The more details you can find the easier it will be to write about it. Name of the person/place/event: Year or range of years: City/Country/countries involved:
YES , you need to record your sources! Keep track of websites you use below. (Copy and paste the full URL. You do NOT need to use complete MLA citation format. ) (Example: http: //www. historynet. com/world-war-ii-the-liberation-of-paris. htm)
Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? Step 1: Without doing any research, fill out as many questions as you can on the next 6 pages. Step 2: Read about your topic; as you read, additional questions you should answer and eliminate questions that are irrelevant. Step 3: Once you find an answer to your question, write it below your question. Example: 2. Who had control of Paris before it was liberated? Answer – Germany
Location? 1. Answer: 2. Answer: 3. Answer: What do you want to know about its location?
Who? 1. Answer: 2. Answer: 3. Answer: What questions do you have about who is involved with this?
What? 1. Answer: 2. Answer: 3. Answer: What questions do you have about what this is/what happened?
Why? 1. Answer: 2. Answer: 3. Answer: What questions do you have about why this happened?
How? 1. Answer: 2. Answer: 3. Answer: What questions do you have about how this was achieved?
How? 1. Answer: 2. Answer: 3. Answer: What questions do you have about how this was achieved?
What makes this significant in European History? In other words, why do you think the teachers thought this was important enough to add to this timeline? I think this was significant in European history because…
You be the Teacher Pretend you are trying to explain your person/place /event to a 4 th grader. Using all the information you have found, type up in Pages a clear paragraph thoroughly explaining all that you know about your person/place/ or event. Be sure put the information in your own words or you will be redoing it! Your first draft of this paragraph is due Tuesday!
You be the Editor ON TUESDAY: You will now need to peer edit a classmate’s write up and vice versa. Editor #1’s Initials Editor #2’s Initials Once you have had at least two people look over and suggest some corrections you may… go ahead and relax. We’ll work on your final draft after
You be the Graphic Designer MONDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING BREAK: You will now take your paragraph and create a page to go in our 7 th grade timeline. Because this is a 3 -team project, it is critically important that you format your timeline page the SAME as the instructions.