What Are The Projects?

What are the Projects?

Choose 3 class projects

For essays use Microsoft Word

PROJECT #1 Reflections on 9/11

Essay - Tell your story.

Where were you and how did you find out about 9/11?

How did it impact your life or your family's life?

Include Word Art , Clip Art or Photo 9/11 news

PROJECT #2 WHO AM I

Essay about you. Describe where you were born?

What were you like as a child? Who are your family members?

How many places have you lived? What are the best things about you as a person?

Include Word Art , Clip Art and/or Photo

PROJECT #3 Black History

Research a contemporary or historical figure.

Use the Internet links to help you choose. Google

Print (remember to make printouts at 80% and b/w)

Read and reflect on their life.

Imagine you are going out to dinner with this person.

Write a dialogue of your conversation or a commentary of the event.

Show that you know why the person is famous in your conversation..

PROJECT #4 Women's History

Research a contemporary or historical female figure.

Use the Internet links to help you choose. Google

Print (remember to make printouts at 80% and b/w)

Read and reflect on her life.

Imagine this person is your sister that you haven't seen in a long time.

Write her a letter letting her know how you are.

Give her some advice.

PROJECT #5 PowerPoint

Collaborate with partner or team

Decide on theme

Each PowerPoint will have 3 pages or more

Include digital portraits adjusted in PhotoShop

Haiku or poems Haiku examples

Animation

PROJECT #6 Love Designs

Pick a partner to work with

Open Illustrator Save As (your name)

Follow the classroom instruction sheet to create stars/hearts with fill colors and strokes

Open text box to type your name/poem or sayings

Feel free to experiment with different tools

Remember to Save many times during your work

PROJECT #7 MultiCultural Newsletter

Large team/class project

Research the flora of your hometown (flowering or non-flowering plants) Google...........Images..Search (plants and your country)

example: ..................................(Plants Jamaica)

Copy and paste photos and information into your folder

Visit the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens to search for botanic examples

Take digital pictures or sketch the plants

Download or scan your pictures

Save them on a floppy disk

Write a paragraph about your country and the flora you selected

Import your writing and pictures into Quark

When your team is finished designing the newsletter page - print