1. Echo Project

2. This project is all about making a personal connection to events of the past – learning from stories and seeing how they fit in your own life?
Talking to and interviewing family members/friends/neighbours who lived through significant events ad gaining insight in to their experiences
Why?

3. What? Essential Question
1. Write an essential question – this is an overarching research question that will frame your project – should reflect a topic that interests you. Note: your question will likely change as you conduct your research but use it as a starting off point.
What? Essential Question

4. 2. Gather your research. Use primary sources such as an interview but there are other options as well – family photos, letters, news reports, music/other creative work
3. Also conduct further background research on your topic using secondary sources from the internet/library etc.
What? Research

5. Communicate your findings/answer to your essential question this can be in any format such as:
Performance
Written piece
Talk or presentation/Pecha Kutcha
Poster
Video
Scrapbook
Be creative! No Power Points!
What? Presentation

6. Include a 1 page response titled Echo Project: Critical Inquiry
Your essential question should be written and the top and the following response should answer that question
What? 1 page response

7. When? Essential Question Due: May 16th Presentations Begin: June 11th
* We will have class time to work on this project alongside our regular lessons
Examples can be found at:
examples.html
When?