1. Objective: Check progress, learn how to properly cite research.
Project Check In
Objective: Check progress, learn how to properly cite research.

2. Home Page Needs to be aesthetically pleasing
Needs to meet the requirements found on p.4
Needs to be the first page on your website

3. Research Page
Pick one topic (either a famous battle or a famous person)
5 pictures (can be done in a slideshow)
500 word summary (roughly one page)
One piece of multimedia related to your topic
Aesthetically pleasing

4. Works Cited Page Easy Bib (www.easybib.com)
Useful Resources
Requirements
Easy Bib (
Citation Machine (
Bibme (
Links to at least 3 other websites, with a brief description above each link
This page must be well organized and neat
You must also include information on where you got your pictures, videos, and other media
You must include the date and time that you accessed the information

5. Presentation
Presentations should be 2-3 minutes in length, and will be limited to 3 minutes. If you go over time, Mr. Stanley will end your presentation and you will lose points. Likewise if you are significantly under 2 minutes you will be penalized
The majority of this time will be spent on your Research page, but be sure to show your Home page and Works Cited page
When you are presenting be sure to make eye contact with the audience, speak in a loud and clear voice, and avoid fidgeting. You also need to avoid reading from your website; your audience can read your content if they wish.
You may play media such as music or videos but they cannot take up too much time. You will be penalized if too much time is spent showing media.
Finally, while listening to other student’s presentations you must show respect. If this is an issue you will be docked points.

6. Scoring Guide Category Score Home Page __/20 Research page __/30
Works Cited
__/10
Presentation
__/40

7. Why Works Cited?
Gives due credit to people who work hard to create something
Useful for keeping track of where you found resources
Allows teacher to check your work
Can serve as a stepping stone for further research

8. How to set up a Works Cited page
Most bibliography tools will do most of the work for you
It is helpful to keep a notepad handy while researching so that you can write down URL’s and the time of access
Time of access is important in case the website changes
Entries are to be sorted alphabetically

9. Mixer
SILENTLY move around the room and find several other people that have similar topics
Find them by SILENTLY acting out what your topic is (using gestures, hand signals, faces, etc.)
Once told by the teacher, begin sharing notes with these other students
This way you can get ahead on your research and help others out