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Mr. Frassetto 7th

Grade History Day Project

History Day Project

Directions: A 5 paragraph biography of any individual in the 7th or 8th grade

textbook. Also, a 36” X 48” tri-fold about an event, time period, or organization

the person was involved in or associated with will be due on the same due date.

The History Day Project will count as a grade for your social studies class. The

entire project will count as 30% of the 3rd marking period grade. Every school

day late will be -10%. I will accept it up until the end of the 3rd marking period for

half credit. If the History Day Project is incomplete, an “I” will be given for the 3rd

marking period. The due date is Friday, March 2nd. The 5-10 minute

presentations will begin March 5th and end March 9th.

Process: Time will be given to every student in computers class to research

the person chosen and to write the 5 paragraph biography. Tri-folds must be

completed on your own time or in art class or club. Students will be given some

time to correct and proof read their 5 paragraph biographies in English class.

During presentation week, students will present their tri-folds and biographies for

5-10 minutes in front of the class. Grades will be given in 3 ways: 5 paragraph

biographies, Tri-fold, and presentation. Each will be worth 100 points.

Mr. Frassetto 7th


5 paragraph biography:

At least 2 credible internet sources

Bibliography (See attachment for example)

At least 5 paragraphs (1st – Introduction about chosen person, 2nd - Early

Life, 3rd – Career, 4th – Later Life, 5th – Impact/Conclusion)

Typed in 12 font Arial or Times New Roman

Double spaced

The biography must be set up in the correct format (see attachment for

example)

Make sure the biography is free from grammatical errors

Content/Organization 40%, Grammar 30%, Format 20%, Sources 10%,

Tri-fold:

Must be on a 36”X48” tri-fold (See examples)

Must be about an event, time period, or organization the person was

involved in or associated with

Must have at least 250 words but no more than 500 words

Must contain at least 5 pictures (color)

Must have a caption under each picture

Must have a title and main theme in the middle section

Must have 2 topics or categories on each of the side panels (4 total)

Must be done neatly and artistically

Content/Organization 30%, Grammar 20%, Pictures/captions 20%,

Neatness/creativity 20%, Sources 10%

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Presentation:

5-10 minutes in length (25%)

Good, accurate information (25%)

Organized/good flow (25%)

Voice Projected/proper English (25%)

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First name Last name

History Day Project

7th Grade

Mr. Frassetto

Date (March 2nd, 2012)

Title (centered)

Your introductory paragraph will begin here. Make sure it is indented and

left-aligned. Remember, if you use information from one of your sources, you

must include proper in-text citing. Use two spaces after every period. Ask an

English or Social Studies teacher to proof read it before you hand it in. You may

also ask a computers teacher for help with proper in-text citing, format, and

bibliography. Most likely, they will be able to help you improve your paper.

Remember that your thesis statement must be included at the end of this

paragraph. An example of a thesis statement would be: The unbalanced

wealth in Latin American countries caused the people to revolt. If this was your

thesis statement, the rest of your paper would have to be specifically focused on

proving this point.

Your second paragraph will start here. The margins for this example are

also proper. Look at the following pages for an example of a proper bibliography,

in-text citing, and credible sources. When you use a source, you must use in-text

citing after the sentence used with either the website or author’s last name and

page number (Smith, p. 19). Allow me to mention one more point; do not use the

word “I” in your paper.

Mr. Frassetto 7th


Works Cited (Heading centered, Arial, 12 pt font, underlined)

Poynton, Thomas. United States. Whitehouse. Sam Adams. New York: Time,

2007. Web. <www.whitehouse.com>.

(Single space citations, everything after first line indented) (Double space between citations only) Smoe, Joe. S. Adams. Chicago: Publisher, 2011. 35-45. Web.

<www.sadams.com>.

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