2nd Grade Research Project

Who should they choose? The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore near Keystone, South Dakota, in the United States. The memorial currently shows the faces of four Presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. The park has room for one more former President.

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Topics □ Select a former president for your research. Research □ Using the approved websites document attached, gather print and electronic resources. □ Use “Note Taking Sheet” to gather and organize your research in your own words – Organizer 1. □ Create additional research questions. Technology Infused Research Project □ Create a PowerPoint which includes:  Name, number of Presidency and how many terms he served.  Where was he educated?  What jobs did he have before he became President?  During his Presidency, what were some of his major accomplishments?  What challenges did he face in office?  Why should he be remembered as a great leader?  Select the picture to be used to carve his head into the mountain and why it was selected.  Bibliography listing: website and title/author/copyright date of each book– Organizer 2. Presentation □ Present to your class and post on your teacher’s website for at home viewing. □ Present your information in a clear, organized way using appropriate expression and eye-contact. □ Answer all questions asked by the audience.

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How to Use PowerPoint

1. Click on Start 2. Click on Programs 3. Click on Microsoft Office 4. Click on PowerPoint 5. Select New Slide 6. Select the formatted page you want 7. Click on the outlined boxes and type in your information 8. When complete with that page hold, down Ctrl and M at the same time. 9. Then follow steps 5 to 7 until all your information is inserted.

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How to Use Slide Show

1. Click on Slide Show Tab 2. Click on From Beginning 3. Click enter to go to the next page 4. To exit Slide Show hit enter again

How to insert Clip Art

1. Click inside the PowerPoint slide 2. Click on Insert Tab (up top) 3. Click on Clip Art 4. Type item you are searching for. Make sure you have checked off the small box that says include office.com content 5. Click on image you want 6. Click on the down arrow on the side, hit insert 7. Adjust image to the size you want by clicking on image, go to the corner, hold down right button and drag to the size you want Mount Olive Township Public Schools

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How to Insert Clip Art Found on Internet

1. Go to Google 2. Click on the Images word 3. Type in the name of the image 4. Find image you like 5. Click on picture with RIGHT side of mouse 6. Click on copy image… 7. Go to your Power Point 8. Click on box 9. Right Click, press insert image 10. Adjust image size by clicking the corner of the box and dragging

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How to insert Sounds

1. Click on your slide 2. Click on Insert tab 3. Click on Audio small arrow 4. Click on Record Audio 5. Click on red circle button 6. Click on blue square button to stop 7. Hit OK, your speaker symbol will be inserted 8. You can right click and drag it to where you want it

How to insert Moving Text and Pictures

1. Click on slide 2. Click on Animations tab 3. Click on which star you want. You will see a little box that says a number 4. You can play around with it to see which one you like the best Mount Olive Township Public Schools

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Approved Websites The following are some sites that may be used for Internet research. Hold down control and click on the link to enter the site. www.whitehouse.gov www.infoplease.com www.awesomelibrary.org www.factmonster.com www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/presidents-day/past-presidents-of-usa.html

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My President Notes:_________________________________________ Organizer 1 Answer the following questions about your president: 1. President’s name ___________________________________________ 2. Presidential number__________________________________________ 3. Where was he educated and for what? ____________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 4. What jobs did he have before he became President? _________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________ 5. During his Presidency, what were some of his major accomplishments? __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

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6. Why should he be remembered as a great leader? ___________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 7. What challenges did he face during his Presidency? __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

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Additional questions generated by students

Question: __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Answer: __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Question: __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Answer: __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

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Primary Source Sheet (Organizer 2) Book: MLA Style Bibliography

Author: ,

(last name)

(first name)

Title:

. Copyright year: ___________. Example: Sampson, Jill. Zebras. 2004. Website Source: MLA Style Bibliography

Title of website or database:

Example: “Abraham Lincoln.” http://www.ushistory.com>.

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Technology Component Pre-write

Cover slide:  President’s name centered at top  Your name  Teacher’s name and grade  Date

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Picture Slide:  Insert picture to be used to sculpt his head into Mount Rushmore. (Use how-to sheet for inserting clipart off the web.)  President’s name at top  Brief explanation at the bottom about why you selected this picture to be used.

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Fact Slide 1:  Use a convincing fact about your President to persuade your audience about why he should be on Mount Rushmore. Additional:  Use clipart and/or movie clips and/or sound inserts. (See how-to sheets for these.)

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Fact Slide 2:  Use a convincing fact about your President to persuade your audience about why he should be on Mount Rushmore. Additional:  Use clipart and/or movie clips and/or sound inserts. (See how-to sheets for these.)

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Fact Slide 3:  Use a convincing fact about your President to persuade your audience about why he should be on Mount Rushmore. Additional:  Use clipart and/or movie clips and/or sound inserts. (See how-to sheets for these.)

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Fact Slide 4:  Use a convincing fact about your President to persuade your audience about why he should be on Mount Rushmore. Additional:  Use clipart and/or movie clips and/or sound inserts. (See how-to sheets for these.)

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Fact Slide 5:  Use a convincing fact about your President to persuade your audience about why he should be on Mount Rushmore. Additional:  Use clipart and/or movie clips and/or sound inserts. (See how-to sheets for these.)

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Fact Slide 6:  Use a convincing fact about your President to persuade your audience about why he should be on Mount Rushmore. Additional:  Use clipart and/or movie clips and/or sound inserts. (See how-to sheets for these.)

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Fact Slide 7:  Use a convincing fact about your President to persuade your audience about why he should be on Mount Rushmore. Additional:  Use clipart and/or movie clips and/or sound inserts. (See how-to sheets for these.)

Final slide will include: Bibliography Mount Olive Township Public Schools

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Scaffolding for Learning Benchmark Lessons:       

Mini – Lessons:

Journeys interactive White board lesson Zaner – Bloser strategies for writing President’s Song on PowerPoint Rock – N – Roll Presidents packet Show finished reports of both basic and high-level Power Point Show rubric Display a poster of all the presidents (Can be found under Google images)

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Who Should I Choose?

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PowerPoint Insert clip art found on the internet Slide show Insert clip art Insert sounds Insert moving pictures Create note cards for PowerPoint presentations

Complete organizer 1 Complete technology component rewrite organizer Possible Teaching points: Ideas, organization, word choice, sentence fluency, voice

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Brainstorm class list of presidents How to find resources Display their research questions (Organizer 1) How to document their resources (Organizer 2) Generating their own questions Technology component pre-write organizer (drafting) Publishing – review conventions

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 Sharing/partnering for Organizer 1, peers help to elaborate (drafting) Sharing/partnering for Organizer 2, peers help to elaborate, check for rubric components

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Journeys interactive White Board Zaner-Bloser strategies for writing Models of the Washington Power Points Approved search engines Instruct How-To on opening a Power Point Days 16-20 are lessons on the various tabs found in Power Point – EXPLORE Upload all presentations onto teacher’s webpage

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Completing Organizer 1 (research) Completing Organizer 2 (drafting/planning) Can refer back to their Journeys book to identify various crafts to writing Generate their Power Point

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Presenting & Sharing:   

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Turn in a completed printed Power Point Celebration – individually report their projects to class Upload students projects onto your website for parents sharing Several parent days to share Power Points

Research Rubric (Grades K-5) Expert Wow!

Practitioner You made it!

Apprentice Almost there…

Novice You’re on Your Way…

__Research is clearly focused on one topic. __Contains factual details that support the research questions. __ Writing is clearly organized. __ Effective transitions. __ No mistakes in capitalization, punctuation, grammar, or spelling. __ Effectively used prewriting organizers to record information. __ Wrote all notes using own words and key facts.

__ Research is focused on one topic. __Contains factual details that mostly support the research questions. __ Writing is organized. __ Supportive transitions. __ Few mistakes in capitalization, punctuation, grammar, or spelling.

__ Research topic is unfocused and vague. __ Contains factual details that somewhat support the research questions. __ Writing is somewhat organized. __ Weak transitions. __ Some mistakes in capitalization, punctuation, grammar, or spelling. __ Partially used pre-writing organizers to record information. __ Wrote some notes that were copied word-for-word from the source.

__ Research lacks a clear topic. __ Contains details that do not support the research topic.

Sources

__ Many relevant sources were cited. (Print and online sources)

__ Relevant sources were cited. (Print and online sources)

__ Some relevant sources were cited. (Print and online sources)

__ Few relevant sources were cited. (Print and online sources)

Technology

__ Student independently utilized technology to effectively communicate ideas. __ Presented all information in a clear, organized way. __ Spoke clearly with appropriate expression; effective eye-contact. ___ Can answer all questions asked by the audience.

__ Student independently utilized technology to communicate ideas.

__ Student demonstrates little understanding of how to use technology to communicate ideas. __ Presented information in a disorganized way; difficult to understand some of the time. __ Spoke softly with little expression; fair eye-contact. __ Answered some questions asked by the audience.

__ Student lacks understanding of how to use the technology to communicate ideas. __ Presented information that was poorly organized; overall, very difficult to understand. __ Presenter was unclear with no expression; little to no eyecontact. __ Unable to answer questions asked by the audience.

Content Knowledge (Facts and Ideas)

Organization/ Conventions

Pre-writing/ Planning/ Note-taking

Sharing and Presenting Information

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__ Used pre-writing organizers to record information. __ Wrote most notes using own words and key facts.

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__ Writing is not organized. __ Missing transitions. __ Many mistakes in capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and/or spelling that interfere with meaning. __ Ineffectively used prewriting organizers to record information. __ Copied most or all of the notes word-for-word from the source.

Day 1 Introduce new unit: Writing a Research Project a. Journeys interactive Whiteboard lesson found in Think Central and discuss b. Rock ‘N’ Roll Presidents – There is a great booklet in the back that will also introduce the unit. Along with suggested resources and activities.

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Brainstorm: Brainstorm Show finished report of Presidents as a class PowerPoint of George a. By the end of the Washington lesson, they need to a. Discuss throughout have decided what the components president they will b. Then show rubric research. under ELMO - Ideas - Organization - Conventions - Sources - Research that went into it - Presentation

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Resource Day Show students the various resources available that they can use. 1. Books from library 2. Search engines (refer to the list given to the approved websites in your research report) 3. * Anything additional would be recognized when completing a rubric during grading.

Research Day #1 Complete Organizer 1 on questions you will be answering in your research report. a. Model how to answer those questions and how they can ask their own. b. Show Organizer 2. Students need to document where they are getting their information from. c. This will also be in their PowerPoint at the end under bibliography.

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Research Day #2 Continue with Organizer 1 on questions you will be answering in your report. a. Remind them they need to document where they are getting their information from on Organizer 2. (Pull students to discuss their progress)

Research Day #3 Continue with Organizer 1 on questions you will be answering in your report. a. Remind them they need to document where they are getting their information from on Organizer 2. (Pull students to discuss their progress)

Research Day #4 Continue with Organizer 1 on questions you will be answering in your report. a. Remind them they need to document where they are getting their information from on Organizer 2. (Pull students to discuss their progress)

b. Possible Teaching Point: How to get on the approved websites

b. Possible Teaching Point: How to skim through information to find your answer

b. Possible Teaching point: How to document their resources in their biography

Research Day #5 Continue with Organizer 1 on questions you will be answering in your report. a. Remind them they need to document where they are getting their information from on Organizer 2. (Pull students to discuss their progress)

Research Day #6 Continue with Organizer 1 on questions you will be answering in your report. a. Remind them they need to document where they are getting their information from on Organizer 2. (Pull students to discuss their progress)

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b. Possible Teaching point: to elaborate WITH A PARTNER on past answers with another sentence supporting the first

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Drafting/ Planning #1 Students will be completing their slide packet all week using the information in their Organizer 1 from their research week. a. Mini-lesson Model under ELMO how you complete your slides

Drafting/Planning #2 Students will be completing their slide packet all week using the information in their Organizer 1 from their research week. After monitoring the first day of how students are planning, incorporate mini lessons on fixing common mistakes you are seeing during this process.

Drafting/Planning #3 Students will be completing their slide packet all week using the information in their Organizer 1 from their research week.

Drafting/Planning #4 Students will be completing their slide packet all week using the information in their Organizer 1 from their research week.

Drafting/Planning #5 Students will be completing their slide packet all week using the information in their Organizer 1 from their research week.

a. Possible Teaching Point: WORD CHOICE: Exact nouns, verbs are used. Words may need to be explained

a. SENTENCE FLUENCY: Sentences are different lengths. Compound sentences are used.

b. Possible Teaching Point: IDEAS: are introduced and there are details

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a. Possible Teaching Point: ORGANIZATION: Time order words or other linking words are used

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a. Possible Teaching point: VOICE: The writing sounds very interesting and formal

Day 16 Technology COMPONENT

Day 17 Technology COMPONENT

Mini-lessons could be on: work on your president 1. Opening PowerPoint 2. Talk about all the tabs this week. on top - This is a week for a. Home EXPLORING PowerPoint b. Insert * The following week c. Design there are many Teaching d. Transitions Points you can show to e. Animations the group on the smart f. Slide show board then they can use g. Review their lap tops to ‘PLAY h. View AROUND’! i. Use the ‘How-to’s’

-You are not going to

Day 18 Technology COMPONENT Take all week to work on exploring this component. Also refer to the rubric when explaining what the project should look like for the technology/ presentation component.

Have fun this week 

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Day 19 Technology COMPONENT

Day 20 Technology COMPONENT

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Publishing - Students will now take their drafting/ planning slide packet and put into a PowerPoint

Publishing -Students will now take their drafting/planning slide packet and put into a PowerPoint

Publishing - Students will now take their drafting/planning slide packet and put into a PowerPoint

Publishing - Students will now take their drafting/planning slide packet and put into a PowerPoint

Publishing - Students will now take their drafting/planning slide packet and put into a PowerPoint

a. Possible Teaching Point all week: CONVENTIONS!

a. Possible Teaching Point all week: CONVENTIONS!

a. Possible Teaching Point all week: CONVENTIONS!

a. Possible Teaching Point all week: CONVENTIONS!

a. Possible Teaching Point all week: CONVENTIONS!

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CELEBRATIONS! CELEBRATIONS! !!! !!

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Other Resources for Teachers:

 PowerPoint 2nd Grade Research File Contains: o Higher and Lower PowerPoint Research Examples o President’s Song

 2nd Grade Research PDF File Contains: o Rock and Roll Presidents Packet  Article on the history of Mt. Rushmore  Student Activities for visualizing the dimensions of Mt. Rushmore  Booklets to create  Easy Reader on the Presidents of Mount Rushmore Mount Olive Township Public Schools

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