1. My Family
Heritage Project

2. Students will be researching a country that is directly related to their family’s ancestors. They will create a power point presentation at school that includes statistical information, traditional dress, traditional celebrations, and traditional foods for their chosen country.
We will be researching a little at school, however students will need to do research at home in order to finish up the before Christmas. I have links to student friendly search engines on our class website; .
I will include a rough draft page for each slide that the students will be creating on their power points. They will need to write in and edit the rough draft before we begin typing the final presentation.
Below you will find the due dates for each part of this project.
Research and rough drafts due: December 4th
Power point due: December 11th
Presentations in class: December 15th & 16th

3. Country’s Name: ___________________
Cover Slide
Country’s Name: ___________________
(Country’s Flag)
(We will cut and paste the flags into the power point)
Student’s Name: _____________________

4. Slide One Statistical Information
(County’s Name) Quick Facts
Continent: __________
Capital: ____________
Population: _________
Leader name and title: ___________________
Monetary Unit: ___________________
Country
Map: we will cut and paste into the power point in class.

5. Cultural Traditions and Celebrations
Slide Two
Cultural Traditions and Celebrations
Key Points about country traditions.
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Pictures: 2

6. Cultural Traditions Brainstorming
1.__________________________________
2.__________________________________
3.__________________________________
4.__________________________________
5.__________________________________
Topic Sentence
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Detail Sentence: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Detail Sentence: __________________________________________________________________________________________
Concluding Sentence
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7. Country Traditions
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8. Traditional Country Foods
Slide Three
Traditional Country Foods
Paragraph about traditional foods.
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Pictures: 2

9. Traditional Foods Brainstorming
1.__________________________________
2.__________________________________
3.__________________________________
4.__________________________________
5.__________________________________
Topic Sentence
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Detail Sentence: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Detail Sentence: __________________________________________________________________________________________
Concluding Sentence
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10. Country Foods
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11. Traditional Country Dress
Slide Four
Traditional Country Dress
Paragraph about traditional foods.
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Pictures: 2

12. Traditional Dress Brainstorming
1.__________________________________
2.__________________________________
3.__________________________________
4.__________________________________
5.__________________________________
Topic Sentence
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Detail Sentence: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Detail Sentence: __________________________________________________________________________________________
Concluding Sentence
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

13. Traditional Dress
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14. My Heritage Power Point Project Rubric
Standard 3 2 1
W.3.2 Write informative text to examine a topic, convey ideas and information clearly.
W.3.4 Produce writing with appropriate development and organization.
W.3.5 Develop and strengthen writing with planning, revising, and editing.
Traditions
Paragraph is clear and organized well. It is reads smoothly and conveys appropriate information.
Paragraph is missing clarity or organization. Information is still understood by reader.
Paragraph is missing clarity or organization. Information is not understood by reader.
Foods
Dress
W.3.6 Use technology to produce and publish writing.
Power point is complete including cover page, flag, name, quick facts, photos, and 3 key points.
Power Point is missing 1-2 elements required to be complete.
Power Point is missing more than 2 elements required to be complete.
L.3.2 Demonstrates command of the conventions; capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
Power point has correct capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
Power point has 1-3 errors in capitalization, punctuation, or spelling.
Power point has more than 3 errors in capitalization, punctuation, or spelling.
L.3.1 Demonstrates command of grammar and usage when writing and speaking.
Power points use correct grammar and complete sentences.
Power point has 1-3 errors in grammar or sentence completion.
Power point has more than 3 errors in capitalization, punctuation, or spelling
Project and research is completed on time.
Power point and rough draft are finished by appropriate due dates.
Power point or rough draft was late.
Power point and rough draft were not completed on time.
Total Score & Comments
+ /24