Name: 5th Grade Presidential Project Report After researching your chosen American President, you will submit a five paragraph factual report, give a presentation, and create a project. This packet will provide you with all of the necessary information you will need to complete the project. You will be given one day at school to do research, but the majority of this project will be completed at home. DUE DATE: ALL PROJECTS ARE DUE MONDAY, NOVEMBER, 23. WE WILL BEGIN PRESENTATIONS ON THAT DAY © Poster © Prezi Power Point Diorama of President Your Choice (Must be approved by teacher) Project Timeline/Things to Work O1 + Monday, Nov. 9" students will be able to use time in the computer lab to do research ‘©The public library will be a great resource for you to get a book on your president © Rough Draft: © Make sure you gather adequate facts on their early life, time during their presidency, and life after their presidency © Don't forget a quality introduction and conclusion * Create a notecard for your presentation. Try to keep your speech to approximately 3 minutes.Required Components of Presidential Project Report Requirements Research paper MUST include all of the following points Title/Cover Page: 10 Points 1 The title for your report U Picture of your president Full heading (First name, last name, date) Paragraph #1 - Introduction 10 Px Introduce your president and summarize his life 1 Brief story or trivia about your president (Thesis statement (stating ideas to come in your body paragraphs) Paragraph #2 — Early Life 15 Points 0 Birth, family life & education Paragraph #3~ Presidency 15 Points U Term(s) of office, political party affiliation, vice-president(s) 1D Important events/acts that occurred during presidency (© People who influenced this president Paragraph #4 After the Presidency 15 Points © Place of residence (Activities the president did during this time (Date and cause of death or if living what is he doing now Paragraph #5 - Conclusion 10 Points (0. Explain how your president contributes to America and why he should be considered a great American (0. The legacy of this President 0 Interesting/well known quote A couple of statements that will make people think positively about your president. (Your title should come from these statements)Work Cited Page—See format 5 Points (1 Correct format of work cited (Atleast 3 factual reference book or Encyclopedia article on president 11 Internet—reliable website pertaining to your president Mechanics, Structure, and Organization 20 Points O. Final draft must be typed—12 point font 1 All sections must be in the order given (Check that your grammar, spelling, and punctuation are correct © Make sure to use complete sentences ‘© Proofread your repoit for errors before you hand it in 1 Rough draft and all research will be turned in with the final draft ‘Websites Relating to the Presidency hitp:/ /www.archives.gov/ presidential libraries /index him! hitp:/ /americanpresidents.org/ hitp:/ /www.whitehouse gov history /life utp {se blo org /i/presient hitp:/ /ap grolier.com/ AmericanPresident http://www lib:msu.edu/ vineent/ presidents/index.htm, http://www historychannel.com/speeches/archive?.html hhttp,/ /usinfo.state.gov /usa/infousa/ facts/speeches.tm Speeches: ‘+ http:/ /archer2000 ¢ripod,com/1900.html, + http://www ib msuedu/vincent/ presidents/, Favorite foods, sports, ete: http://www whitehouse gov/kids /presidents/Presidents Report Outline Name. —_______ First, read as much information about the president as you can find, As you're finding out about your president, take notes on key information, such as important, critical events in the president's life, people who influenced his life, major world events during his life, etc. Also make note of ALL the books and source you use during your research (this will make your work cited page easier) This outline must be turned in with your final draft. #1 Introduction Paragraph ” Introduce your president and summarizing his life. Brief story or trivia about your president. Thesis statement: This should be an overall statement that introduces all the other paragraphs:#2 Early Life Paragraph Date and place of birth: Parents (including occupations) Relatives (brothers, sisters, and other significant family members) Education Important people or events that molded this president's character Early career Marriage, children What led to this man running for president?#3 The Presidency Paragraph Term(s) of office ee Political party affiliation (Micro resicerit (a) eteesistseee tetsu seee gets eels eeee detec eee Cesee CEH EE Important events/acts that occurred during this presidency (at least 5-7 things) _ People who influenced this presidentafter the Presidency Paragraph Place of residence iasaissadnsansassiaasiaasind Is there a presidential library? Lf so, details Activities the president did during this time Date and cause of death or what is he doing now #5 Closing Paragraph ; State why your president would be considered a contributor and a great American The legacy of this president Well-known quote or speech A couple of statements that will make people think positively about your president_Work Cited ; You are required to keep track of all the resources that you used to get your information about your president. Write down each book, encyclopedia, and internet data you use. Then keep the materials so you have them to put together your work cited page together at the end.Work Cited Format - Follow instructions exactly MLA Citation Formats Fill in the Blanks. Transfer to your bibliography exactly as you have filled out. Use underlines, quotes, and punctuation exactly as indicated, Take special note of ‘the punctuation that follows each item in the citing (they need to be exact). Remember, for each entry you need to keep the first line at the margin and then indent all lines of the entry after that. This is called a hanging indentation. Keep your entries single spaced, but skip lines between each one. Your work cited page should be alphabetical by last name then websites. BOOK BY ONE AUTHOR ‘Author's Last Name, Author's First Name, Zniticl, Title of book (underlined), Place of Publication: Publishing company, ‘Year of Publication EXAMPLE: Smith, Eric 5. Seals. Boston: Little Brown, 2000. BOOK WITH NO NAMED AUTHOR Title of book (underlined). Place of Publicati Publishing company, Year of Publication. EXAMPLE A Day in the Life of the Soviet Union. New York: HarperCollins, 1999. ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE WITH AUTHOR ‘Author's Last Nome, ‘Author's First Name, Ziti! Title of article (quotation marks). Title of Eneyclopedia(umderlined) Place of Publication: Publisher Year EXAMPLE Mackey, Robert R. Chicago: World Book, Inc., 2005.ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE WITHOUT AUTHOR Title of article (quetation marks). Title of EneyclopediaCundertined) Place of Publication: Publis Yeor of Publication EXAMPLE | “Norfolk Terrier.” World Book. Chicago: World Book, Inc., 2002. WEBSITE WITH AUTHOR* i ‘Author Last Name, Author First Nome. None of WebPage Day Month Year of posting Name of institution/org, affiliated with the site, Day month year you accessed site “Entive web address, EXAMPLE Felluga, Dino. Underoradvate Guide to Literary Theory. 17 Dec. 1999, Purdue University. 15 Nov. 2000 . WEBSITE WITH NO AUTHOR* Name of Web Page. Day Month Year of posting Name of institution/org. affiliated with the site Dey month ‘year you accessed site. . * Not all websites provide all of the information asked for in these citation forms. This is because there is no set format for publishing a website. Do the best you can to gather the information, but if you cannot fill in one of the blanks simply print what you have.Name Paragraph # Rough Draft Due DateFifth Grade President Research Project Internet Research Links ‘+ Presidents in Alphabetical Order: httip://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents) © American Presidents Life Portraits http://americanpresidents.org © What isa Portrait? http://americanpresidents.org/gallery ‘© Smithsonian Guide bittpr//smithsonian kids.us/oresident/gallery/main.cim Fun Internet Links * Presidential Occupations Timeline httin://americanpresidents.orp/classroom/timeline_offices.asp Presidential Occupations Quiz htto://whitehouse gov/kids/pres occ/quis/ + Do You Want to be President for a Day? hetpi//pbskids.ora/democracy/oresforaday/index. html ‘+ American Presidents Timeline Quiz htto//americanpresidents.org/classroom/timeline quiz.asp + IFYou Were President Game hetp://scholastic.com/kids/oresident/ © Name the President htto://primarveames.com/presidents/start-htm