20 Essential Questions

The project that I will work on with students is a repeat from last year. I started a technology club with 2nd and 3rd grade students last year and our debut was a Black History Museum. Students selected a Famous African American (certain people were excluded, ex. M.L. King, Barack Obama, etc.) of their choice and had to complete online research on that person and they were taught how to make their first multimedia product which was a power point presentation from the information that they gathered. The students showcased their work at the Black History Museum, where table were set up with artifacts that symbolized that person and classes, teachers, administrators were invited to view the presentations. The standards that will be covered are as follow...
1.B.1a Establish purpose for reading, 1.B.1b Identify genres from fiction to nonfiction, 1.C.1d Summarize text, Write to Communicate - 3.A.1, 3.B.1a, 3.B.1b, 3.C.1a, 3.C.1b(Write in complete sentences, pre-writing, demonstrate focus, organization in writing,write for variety of purposes, create media production to convey meaning, Social Science - 16.A.1b Ask historical questions. The NETS*S that we will cover is 2. Communicate and Collaboration and 3. Research and Information.
20 Essential Questions

1.Who is considered a Famous African America?
2.How can you find information on Famous African Americans?
3.What is Black History Month?
4.When is Black History Month celebrated?
5.What Famous African American do you want to learn more about?
6.Why do you want to study that person?
7.What genre of reading will your research be categorized?
8.When was the famous African American that you selected born?
9.Where was this person born?
10.If the person is not living, when did they make their transition?
11. What do you want your audience to learn from your presentation?
12. How will you organize your information to convey it to an audience?
13. How will creating a power point presentation help explain your Famous African American person?
14. How many slides will your power point contain?
15. Will you add sound or music to your presentation?
16. Will you have transitions?
17. Will you add video footage to your presentation?
18. Where will you place your bibliography page?
19. What artifacts will you use to support your presentation?
20. How will you present your power point to the school?
21. How many people do you think will see your presentation?