LibGuides: Gill St. Bernard's Middle School Library: 6th Grade Ancient Egypt

6th Grade Ancient Egypt Project

Facts on File - Ancient and Medieval History Scroll down to find Ancient and Medieval History under History.
Gale - Middle School Virtual Reference Library Click on Middle School Virtual Reference Library and search for your topic there.
EBSCO - Academic Search Premier A good database to search about a topic's modern significance.
Salem Press - Great Events from History

Purdue OWL Check this out for formatting questions about your paper or for how to cite sources in your parenthetical citations within your paper.

Monday/Tuesday, April 26 - Ancient EgyptTopic Selection due. Hand in topic selection Worksheet to Mr. Bednarsky.
Wednesday, May 5 - 10-15 notecards due.
Wednesday, May 12 - Outline due
Wednesday, May 19 - Rough Draft Due
Wednesday, May 26 - Final Project Due (Choose Paper or Presentation Below)
- 3-5 page paper
  - MLA formatted
  - Works Cited page (from NoodleTools)
  - In-text citations
  - Completed Research Evaluation stapled to end of paper (paper, works cited, research evaluation stapled)
- Google Slide Presentation
  - 1 Title Slide
  - 7-8 content slides with in-text citations
    - Each slide should have content (writing, not just pictures)
  - 1 Works Cited slide
  - Completed Research Evaluation stapled to printout of slides

Research and Formatting Rubric

Formatting (5 pts)

Paper = MLA Formatted (Times New Roman, Size 12, 1-inch margins) - 5 pts
Presentation = Content in a clearly readable font & consistently formatted - 5 pts

Research (10 pts)

Works Cited Page (10 pts)

Titled Works Cited (centered) - 2 pts
Hanging indent and alphabetically listed – 3 pts
All sources in Works Cited in paper/presentation & all souces in paper/presentation in Works Cited - 5 pts

Total Score – 25 pts