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World War I PowerPoint Projects ActivityWorld War I PowerPoint Projects Activity
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Seneca Valley School District
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9th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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World War I PowerPoint Projects

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Use these project guidelines as a start to designing your own class PowerPoint project and to consider what elements you would like to assign and assess in your class. While the resource begins with instructions for researching World War I topics, the project materials, such as the timeline and rubric, can really be adapted for use in other subject areas. 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

world war i

Additional Tags

wwi, powerpoint project, powerpoint rubric, social studies

Pros

  • Rubric takes into consideration length of presentation, PowerPoint skills, timeliness, and peer/self evaluation
  • Can download and edit document

Cons

  • Content expectations are vague and will need further clarification
  • Instructor may wish to include more specific expectations for self and peer evaluation sheets

Common Core

SL.9-10.5 SL.11-12.5 WHST.9-10.7 WHST.9-10.8 WHST.11-12.7 WHST.11-12.8

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