Introduction to 8th grade multimedia Decades project.

1. Decades Timeline Project Mr. DeFord and Mrs. Johnson

2. Choose a Category for Research Choose your Top 3 No guarantees Groups will be balanced Group dynamic will be considered Daily work grade Slackers will be removed and given an alternative assignment

3. Research Category #1 Fashion and Fads Lifestyle Food and beverage Clothing styles Recreation Slang

4. Research Category #2 The Arts and Entertainment Music Literature Painting Theatre Dance Movies and television Celebrities

5. Research Category #3 Sports Growth in popular sports Sporting events, tournaments, and games Sports celebrities Attitudes and perceptions toward women and minorities Famous records set

6. Research Category #4 War and Politics Key political leaders Enemies and allies Wars and military actions Political events and movements Principal players (political parties, countries and people)

7. Research Category #5 Technology, Science and Innovation Prominent scientists and inventors Mind blowing inventions Medical breakthroughs Major accomplishments Trains, Planes and Automobiles

8. Research Category #6 Disasters Destruction and Mayhem Natural Disasters Hurricanes, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, etc. Manmade Disasters Ecological Technological/Industrial

9. Project Requirements Each group will be responsible for contributing: Cheetah Decades Wiki Participation - 20 pts Decades Table: at least 1 event per decade with explanation, media links, and source links Media choice should represent the decade, be prepared to justify your choice 1 event that shows what was going on in Grand Junction related to your category Multimedia Timeline – 20 pts Minimum 10 events that contain image/audio/video files Daily Work Grade – 5 pts/day Optional – for enhanced grade Bring in artifacts from any decade in any category

10. Resources Books and print: Start with books and print materials to build a framework of essential information related to your research category. Take notes on Defining events Important people Innovations and advances

11. Resources Electronic Resources: Use electronic resources to search for images, audio and video that captures the essence of your decade. Draw on primary source material in Library of Congress and other sites Whenever possible, use media that is licensed for re-use (creative commons, public domain, GNU). Some copyrighted material may be used, but ALL must be given proper attribution. Analyze for authenticity and importance to the decade

12. Planning Work as a TEAM. Discuss project requirements and divide duties in a fair and equal manner. TEAMWORK!

14. Take good notes and keep them in team folder

15. Save image and media files in the proper folders in Mr. DeFord’s R drive folder. Be sure to name files descriptively

16. Give saved files descriptive names so you can locate them later

17. Stay focused

18. Remember your assigned tasks

19. Refer to the scoring guide for expectations

20. Use time wisely – it is limited