2. Mrs. McCauley’s Class 2014 5 th 6 Weeks Research Project

3. Pick a topic from the following choices:

5. You will need to find at least THREE different sources for your research and cite them.

6. Citation Example Always look for the following information:  Author’s name  Titles- Book, Magazine or Newspaper, Encyclopedia Article, Web page title  Dates-Copyright date, date published  Web address Examples Book (Author. Title of book. City of Publication, Publisher, Copyright date.) Fradin, Dennis. Rhode Island. New York: Children’s Press, 1995.

7. Ways to present your research

9. Events (You are not limited to just these) Louisiana Purchase Lewis & Clark Expedition Florida Acquisition Texas Annexation Acquisition of Oregon Country Trail of Tears Mexican Cession The Compromise of 1850 Battle of Gettysburg Underground Railroad

10. People (You are not limited to just these) Thomas Jefferson Lewis & Clark Expedition Andrew Jackson James Monroe James K. Polk Chief Joseph Sacagawea Frederick Douglas Harriet Tubman Abraham Lincoln Clara Barton William Sherman

11. Inventions Bifocals Cotton Gin Lightening Rod Circulating Library Franklin Stove Spinning Jenny Light Bulb Mass production Hot-air balloon Railroads Telegraph

12. Arts and culture Clothing schools Artists Music Daily life

13. Maps./documents Emancipation Proclamation Harper’s Weekly Chinese exclusion law Missouri Compromise Homestead Act Kansas Nebraska Act

14. Grading Rubric

15. Due April 16th