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Doing the Decades: Group Investigations
in Twentieth Century U. S. History
Family Scrapbook Requirements
In addition to General Project Requirements, a family scrapbook should conform to the following criteria.
Content:
- Answer all investigative questions about group themes in the final presentation.
- Use a minimum of 10 secondary and 15 primary sources
in each individual's research. The 15 primary sources must be represented
in the final presentation, along with documentation of a sampling of the
secondary sources.
- Use a minimum of 10 American Memory primary sources in the final presentation.
- Hand in a complete works cited list for each individual's section of the presentation on the day of the final presentation.
- Sources gathered from electronic media (Internet, CD-ROMs, online databases,
computer software, videotape, audiotape). For Internet sources (photos, maps, audio recordings, documents,
movies), use Citing Electronic Sources, Learning
Page, Library of Congress.
- Content must represent accurate information from the time
period of your investigation.
- In constructing the scrapbook, consider how many families (one or more), but also the locations of their homes/residences.
- Broaden the emphasis of the scrapbook to include all themes by making it a record of not only local events, but travel, military service, overseas business, and other more distant trends and events.
Design:
If you choose to make an electronic family scrapbook, follow these guidelines.
- Make font styles and sizes easy to read from the rear of the room.
- Create good contrast between background colors and text.
- Illustrations, photos, and graphics should be understandable, appropriate and easy to read from the rear of the room.
- The presentation should reflect clear organization and synchronization with narration.
- Use audio and video excerpts as illustrative sources, not as narration.
- Use creativity in design. Avoid clutter, unreadable text, and poor use of color combinations.
- Buttons and arrows, if present, should be highly visible, clearly labeled and functional. Establish color contrast and use readable sizes and effective placement.
- Place citations on slides in a section below graphics and other main text entries.
If you choose to create a hard copy scrapbook, keep these guidelines in mind.
- Clear organization should be present, using visuals and text to tell the story and answer the questions for investigation.
- Make it personal. Remember, this is a memory book that tells a ten-year story about one or two families. What would they put in it that would respond to your questions?
- Citations should be included in the text.
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