1. Title Slide Include an image and title of your project Also include your name

2. Historical Question What historical question will you be answering? –Most of you will be asking “why was important?” –Your historical question will help you arrive at your thesis statement

3. Thesis statement This is your position statement. In it, you will state why your topic is important In a “nutshell,” you explain the direction your project will go.

4. Background/Historical Context In order for your audience to understand your argument, you need to provide a little background for your topic. Set the stage for your topic. –What was going on that made your person do the things that made him or her important?

5. Reasons for your position In the next few slides, you will provide reasons for your position, supported by evidence. The evidence must include: –An explanation of how three or more primary sources supports your reasons –Parenthetical citations that tell where you got your information.

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9. Perspectives Provide evidence for your position using two (2) of the following social science perspectives: –Geographic –Cultural –Political –Economic –Sociological

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11. Conclusion Current Issues & Events On this slide (you may add more slides if you wish), you will explain why studying this historical question helps us to understand current issues and events.

12. Bibliography Create a bibliography with at least 4 different sources you used in your above Powerpoint. You can use a website like Easybib.com to create your entries or do them by hand using the following information: Book with 1 author: Author last name, First name. Italicized Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Date of publication. Print. Walker, Sally M. We Are The Weather Makers: The History of Climate Change. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2009. Print. Newspaper article from a library database Author’s last name, First name. “Title of Article in Quotations.” Title of Newspaper date of publication. Title of Database. Web. Date of access. Benson, Josh. “Shoddy Construction Found at Homes in New Jersey.” New York Times 1 Apr. 2005 :n. pag. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Nov. 2009. (if pages are not available, use n. pag.) Web Site Author or Editor's Name (if known). "Title of the Page." Title of the Overall Web Site. Publisher or Sponsor of the Site (if known), day, month and year of publication or last update (if known). Medium of publication. Day, month and year of access. “Calcium and Bone Health.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3 Dec. 2008. Web. 1 Dec. 2009. Online video (i.e. YouTube) “Title of Video.” Website. Date of publication or last update. Web. Date of access. “How to Make an Origami Butterfly.” YouTube. 11 June 2009. Web. 1 Dec. 2010.