PELHAM HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER

The mission of Pelham High School is to educate students so that they may pursue life goals, 
participate fully as active citizens, and become socially responsible community members.

PELHAM HIGH SCHOOL MEDIA CENTER
85 Marsh Road Pelham, New Hampshire 03087  603-635-2115

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U.S. History 

               Mrs. Bailly-Burton and Mrs. Strauss

     Through the Decades 1930's-1950's

         REFLECTIVE JOURNAL OR HISTORICAL NOVEL

PROJECT

Dust Storm in the Texas Panhandle
  Credit:  Library of Congress Memory Project, Arthur Rothstein, photographer

               Project

        :  Write a reflective journal or historical novel, focusing on one family's 
                                        life for a thirty year period, which reflects the economic and social 
                                        milieu (surroundings, environment, atmosphere) of the times.                    
                                  
                                          If you add graphics (see rubric), please make sure you are using works that 
                                          are in the public domain.  Click here for sources.  Do not plagiarize!  Avoid cutting and pasting.
                                          For more information on plagiarism, click here.  For the PHS statement on plagiarism, click here.
                                          For information on how to cite your sources, click here.

                                         
        Required length

         Minimum of 12 pages (not to exceed 20), typed, double spaced, MLA format, plus your worksheets
                 and Author's Note.

                   Due Date:  Monday, May 16th.               
        Required format:           
        Worksheets  (G1, R1, R2, R3, R4) 

        One page Author's Note (personal reflection essay)- click here (not included in 12 p.)

        Journal/novel turned into Ms. Bailly-Burton

        Works Cited Page

        File of journal/novel emailed to Mrs. Strauss or turned in on a disk

        Oral Presentation to share a few distinctive details about your project                               

        Planning Your Project
                

KEEP IT SIMPLE!

Does writing make you want to growl?

Just think like a tiger 

GRRRR!!!^*

Get organized

Reflect

Research

Refine

Review

Click on each step for Required worksheets

Elizabeth Strauss, Media Generalist
Pelham High School Library Media Center
bstrauss@pelhamsd.org