1. Civil Rights Movement a collaboration web experience that incorporates both historic content and quality resources to help Carmella Parente’s 11 th grade American History students connect to the Civil Rights era. Project design team introductions oShelley Nugent- oMelissa Chrusch- oChris Powers– oNeil Dumadag- Jonathan Lerman-

2. Civil Rights Movement Project Utilize primary documents from the civil rights era Construct document-based questions Develop a speech defending a social topic they feel passionate about.

3. Relevance Healy’s Research Has on our Project (AHS) Impacted how we approached our project visually (not too flashy or distracting) Helped us to create quality questions that make students reflect on information We followed the suggestion of incorporating technology with other elements (not all web-based; also writing prompts, and oral presentation)

4. Highlights of the website Civil Rights Civil Rights Interaction between media and information A variety of online resources Accessibility to assignments online Site is user friendly and understandable

5. Student Assessment The student assignment is a rubric graded in six categories Including: –Content presentation –Clarity –Organization –Time management