GT Social Studies Extra
Credit Opportunity for the Second Nine Weeks
On
Halloween, Mrs. Connor introduced you to several fall “remembrance of the dead”
holidays from around the world. For
extra credit this nine weeks, you may do a mini-research project on a winter
holiday. The final product will be
displayed for the classes to read. You
may add up to 10 points on your lowest quiz or mini-project grade with successful
completion of this extra credit. It is
due by B.O.C. on November 14. I do not take late extra credit. You may turn it in early.
You may do
this electronically or by hand, but all of the following needs to be on ONE
SIDE of a normal size (8 ½ x 11) piece of printer paper:
- · Name of the holiday
- · 2-3 pictures that represent the
holiday (these may be photographs, hand-drawn, electronically drawn, whatever,
but be sure to give credit to the artist or photographer)
- · A small map with key and a title showing
where in the world this holiday is traditionally celebrated (you will need to
get a small, blank, world map and color it in)
- · An original, brief explanation of the holiday: who celebrates it, why
they celebrate it, how they celebrate it, super-important facts/tidbits,
super-interesting facts/tidbits (2- 3 paragraphs)
On the BACK
of the paper OR on a separate sheet
of paper – create a Works Consulted page.
This is how you will document all the sources you used to create the
holiday information sheet. You will use
MLA format. You may use the
district-provided Noodle Tools for easy formatting. There are other sites out there that will
help you cite your sources, and you may use any resources you have access to.
Only one
person per period may do the same winter holiday. I will do this on a first-request,
first-approved basis. Please send to me
via email (Jennifer.connor@SpringBranchISD.com) your TOP 3 requests. Make sure your first and last name and
period are in the body of the email.
I will reply to your email with your approved topic. I will follow the
time stamps of the emails. You MAY
request to do a holiday that is not on this list – in fact, that would be great
so that I can expand the list! Please
send me the name of the holiday, so I can look it up before I approve it.
Christmas
Dongzhi Festival
Eid al Fitir
Hanukkah
Kwanzaa
Lunar New Year
Maha Shivaratri
Mardi Gras
Mauna Agyaras
St. Lucia Day
Three Kings Day
Tu Bishvat/Tu B'Shevat
Western New Year
Winter Solstice
Rubric
______(1)
title of holiday is correct, capitalized and easy to read
______(1)
pictures reflect the spirit of the holiday
______(2)
map has a title and key and clearly shows where the holiday is celebrated in
the world
______(4)
paragraph is original – not taken
from another source – you consulted SEVERAL
sources to read about the holiday then
summarized the information into your own
words
______(2)
all non-original pictures are cited, each source you read about the holiday is
cited in MLA format
– you may get points for the other
sections if the Works Consulted page
is not in the correct
format, BUT you cannot get any
points at all if it is missing
altogether.
