Election by the Numbers This will be an individual online project –This project is integrated with Social Studies –Each student will research the population of many states form the year 1800 and 2000 –Each student will use Microsoft Excel to organize and analysis your data –Each student will create a PowerPoint presentation to present your research findings –Each student will post their PowerPoint presentation on the Internet

Review of Social Studies Concepts The Electoral College had 138 votes in 1800 and 538 votes in 2000 Compare and Contrast the elections of 1800 and 2000 Elector Votes are based on the population of each state In a Presidential Election the House of Representatives will determine the President if neither party wins the majority of the elector votes.

Present You will need to find historical facts that are related to the election of 1800 The information you collect also needs to be able to be collected for the year 2000, i.e population and registered voters Past The number of Electoral Votes in 2000 is different than in 1800 Will the number of electoral votes in this country ever change again?

Microsoft Excel Design Excel is a powerful program to manipulate large sets of data We will enter population and growth rates of many states form 1800 and 2000 Using formulas we will calculate percentages of the Electoral College and determine its “Presidential Worth” We will the predict the number of Electoral Votes of specific states in the year 2040.

PowerPoint Presentation The audience for your presentation is the entire world Each student will post their presentation on Mr. Rioux’s homepage Each student will be required to complete a self analysis of their project and critique two other projects PowerPoint Presentation will be evaluated on 80% for content and 20% for presentation design

Social Studies Review Notes by Mr. Ramthun We will visit to collect our data A census is the actual counting of people. A census is performed every ten years because populations tend to shift throughout the country. The number of representatives that a state has is dependent upon population.

Microsoft Excel Tips Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet that we began working with last year We will create formulas and design our own formulas as well Always label all categorizes and use borders to separate your columns

PowerPoint Presentation Tips Notes are adapted from a PowerPoint presentation by Gregg Ladd. Created on December 12,2001 A PowerPoint presentation is an outline of main points from a specific topic Avoid wordiness in your slide structure and limit each slide to five points Use different font sizes for main points and secondary points The color of the words should sharply contrast the background color

PowerPoint Presentation Tips Notes are adapted from a PowerPoint presentation by Gregg Ladd. Created on December 12,2001 Data presented in graphs are easy to read and emphasizes important facts Spelling should always be correct and double-checked Summarizes the main points at the end of your presentation

Final Evaluation Your final evaluation will be as follows: –10% Class Participation –40% Excel Document –40% PowerPoint Presentation –10% Self and Peer Evaluations You will find additional rubrics describing each category in our next lesson

In Summary You will use the Internet to collect data You will use the skills and concept from Social Studies to help understand the data You will use Excel to organize and analyze the data You will PowerPoint to present your information on the World Wide Web You will evaluate your own work as well as two peers.