A Middle School Project on Terrorism
for 6th, 7th, & 8th Grade
Michael Nelson
Elk City Elementary and Junior High School nelsonm@jsd241.org
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A Middle School Project on Terrorism
for 6th, 7th, & 8th Grade
Michael Nelson
Elk City Elementary and Junior High School nelsonm@jsd241.org
Class, we are about to begin a process of creating a historical document by writing a document and deciding if the men or group you chose were a terrorist or patriot. For this document I want you to do a research paper on the man or group you have picked. I hope your document will include pictures of the men or women in their respective country. If you can find any documents, or memorabilia; please get pictures of it, or copies to include in your paper. Also, you will want the popular songs while they were alive and what was their favorite movie if possible. You will get extra credit if you can find a copy of their favorite song of the time and include it with your document.
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1. Search the library
2. Bring your list of questions
3. Pencil, pad, to jot down notes with.
4. The Internet is a good source but be careful make sure the document is educationally sound.
5. Use magazines like National Geographic for articles
6. Depending on your subject newspapers may also be a source.
7. Put your entire document in the yellow folder after it has been peer edited and corrected for mistakes.
You will have four parts to your document. The first portion will be a general description of the group or man; develop a personality profile of the man or group; the who, what, where, when, why portion of your paper. The second section will be to describe them as a patriot. What did they do that created a positive impact, how did they go about it, and whom did it affect in a positive manner, etc. The third portion of your paper will be to prove that the person or group was a terrorist. This section will show the opposite of section two writing about the negative impact they created and who was directly and indirectly affected. The last section of your paper is for you to make a value judgment. Decide if we should remember them as a patriot or terrorists and why.
1. Define terrorist and patriot explain how they are alike and how they are different.
2. Where did they live and when?
3. What did they do, you need many examples here not two or three.
4. What was happening in the world or the country at that time?
5. What was the food like, the best, the worst and the most interesting?
6. Who were their leaders or role models, please describe them?
7. Where, what, and who was targeted.
8. What tools did you have to do your job, Explain?
9. Did it accomplish more than one objective and what were they?
10. Please describe where they lived and slept.
11. When did the action take place?
12. Please describe the land and the weather.
13. What or who did the group target and why?
14. What was the most frightening thing that happened?
15. How do you think this experience has changed your life?
16. How was the attack or attacks carried out?
17. Who as impacted the most?
18. What do you think that our country learned from this?
19. Why was the country divided?
20. What were the causes?
21. What were the effects?
22. How do you feel the event changed our country?
23. What were some of the favorite songs they may have listened to?
24. Is there a movie of about the attack or event?
25. Why did they go to the trouble of planning and carrying out this event and were they right to do so?
26. What were the criticisms of the actions taken, and how did you feel about them?
27. Is their cause a just one, explain in detail and give examples.
28. Do you have anything you would like to add to our document?
29. You will want to include a map of the country or areas affected.
30. If you can find written articles include them in your paper.
31. I want you to create a list of new words and acronyms you used in this document.
32. You must make a bibliography of all sources you have used
33.
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Your grades will reflect the effort you have put into the document.
I expect to find that you have indeed used spell check.
That your paper has been peer edited prior to publication to eliminate most of those pesky silly English mistakes
50% of your grade will come from what and how you wrote your paper. Did you follow the recipe I gave you and did you cover all of the items? Did you give credit to where you found your information, like using a site on the
Internet, or encyclopedia?
15% for the glossary of new words you learned
20% for your personal page, did you draw comparisons and contrasts of the event? Did you insert pictures from the digital camera or the Internet?
5% for copies of pictures or of their memorabilia
5% for including the map or maps of your person and his picture.
5% for a political cartoon of the time or event.
Do not forget if you can find the music that your subject may have listened to or a song and you have a copy with your document, yep, you now have earned a bonus 10%. J
This report is made up of five separate pages. Each of the pages is worth a total of 100 points. 10% of each page is for spelling (I expect them to use spell check so there should be few of these errors.) 40% for English and correct grammar usage. 50% will be earned for developing their content and accuracy of material presented. Their content needs to answer the following:
1. Who were they?
2. What did they do?
3. When did they do it?
4. What was the cause and whom did it affect?
5. Who was impacted and how, and how has history recorded it?
The last two pages are their glossary and their bibliography in that order. They too will be worth 100 points. They can earn up to 50 points on each page.
The glossary needs to be in alphabetical order. The definitions need to be correct and complete. Many or most of them will have acronyms that will also need to be defined.
The bibliography will be graded on page set up. It also will be in alphabetical order. Books will use:
Author (last name first). Title. City where the book was published: Publisher, copyright date.
Magazines or periodicals will use:
Author (last name first). Title. “Title of the article.” Title of the magazine Date (day, month, year): Page numbers of the article
1. A beginning learner
a. Will have 60 to 70% of the items above correct on their paper.
b. There will be five identifiable pages.
c. They may not have used spell check
d. There may be some English and grammar errors
e. Some of their data on page one may be opinion rather than facts
f. The glossary and bibliography may not be complete or in alphabetical order.
2. A developing learner
a. Will have 71 to 80% of the items above correct on their paper
b. The Five papers are better developed and have fewer mistakes than a beginning learner.
c. They will have some spelling mistakes but fewer than a beginning learner.
d. There will be some grammar errors but far fewer than a beginning learner
e. Their opinion page is not well developed and has some mistakes.
f. The glossary and bibliography will have few errors.
3. The accomplished learner
a. This paper will score at 81 to 90%
b. This is a better paper showing personal input that is accurate and written in an interesting manner with fewer errors.
c. The five pages are well developed and show few errors.
d. The student’s paper has few or no spelling errors.
e. The student obviously knows the difference between fact and opinion.
f. The glossary and bibliography is almost error free.
4. The exemplary paper
a. This is a paper scoring 91+%.
b. This paper has almost no errors in any portion.
c. The paper will be interesting, creative, and factual to read.
d. The five pages are written in details that often include similes and metaphors.
e. The student may have included some extra credit work.
The paper shows the student has explored the subject freely, accurately, that stir the mind in this field of thought.
After completing your written document I want you to make a list of new vocabulary words and their definitions this will be labeled glossary
At the end of the document I want you to write a personal page about your subject and make a firm decision, were the a patriot or a terrorist (No they cannot be both). What is it that you have learned from conducting the research?
Now be sure to make two copies. One is for me. The other will be for our library and others to check out.
This paper is due on November1st, yes, of course I WOULD BE GLAD TO GET THEM SOONER J
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Include misconceptions or stumbling blocks that you anticipate and suggest how to get around them.
Describe variations and adaptations
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List here the sources of any images, music or text that you're using. Provide links back to the original source.
List any books and other analog media that you used as information sources as well.
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Based on a template from The WebQuest Page