A Home Scavenger Hunt
Find items throughout your home to complete this
scavenger hunt! To complete this assignment successfully
you must...
1. Create your own Google Slideshow using the template I have provided
2. Make a slide for each item you find in your search
3. The item MUST be something you found IN your HOME,
pictures from the Internet do not count!
FIND AS
4. Include a picture and brief explanation the item with its
MANY OF
point value earned
THE ITEMS
5. Your final entries must add up to at least 100 points
AS YOU CAN!
6. Attach your slideshow to the assignment and submit
This assignment is due SUNDAY, April 5th! - Happy hunting!
Primary
Sources
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FIRST-HAND
accounts and
artifacts from an
event or era
They are original
documents and
items, unaltered
Secondary
Sources
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Documents or
artifacts made
AFTER the event
Accounts from
people who did not
experience the
event themselves
A Home Scavenger Hunt
Requirements for each slide...
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Open the template attached to the assignment in Google
Classroom
Create a slide for each item you find and include:
a. a picture,
b. a title, identifying the item
c. identify it as a primary or secondary source
d. a brief explanation of why the item was chosen,
e. it’s point value according to the matrix on the next
slide
You must choose AT LEAST 4 primary source items and 2
secondary source items (Watch for REQUIRED items)
The item MUST be something you found IN your HOME,
pictures from the Internet do not count!
Your total item values must add up to at least 100 points
A Home Scavenger Hunt
Extra Credit Option
● For every 10 points, over 100, you can earn up to
1 point of EXTRA CREDIT
● Your extra entries must be complete to be
considered for EXTRA CREDIT
List of Primary Sources
(choose at least 4)
ITEM
VALUE
A diary/journal/first-hand account of an event
15
Something made before you were born
5
A photo of an important event you attended (wedding/family event/etc)
5
Something that that represents your family history (scrapbook, family bible, an heirloom/etc)
10
An artifact that represents culture or history (ex. Old sewing machine, a wedding dress, ethnic
costume, record player)
15
A form of communication that is NOT electronic
10
An artifact that you would want to represent you if it was found in 100 years
5
REQUIRED: Write a traditional ACE paragraph in response to this prompt: “Which American Ideal most
represents your family’s history?”
25
What values or events in your family history relate to this ideal? Cite those values/events in your response.
List of Secondary Sources
(choose at least 2)
ITEM
POINT VALUE
A replica of an item
15
A link to a newspaper article written by someone who was not at the event
personally
5
A photoshopped image of a historical event (school appropriate)
10
A link to a 3-5 minute video review of a historical event/era that we have covered
so far this year WITH a three sentence summary of the video
25
Title of Item
Description of item
Item type (primary/secondary)
Point Value: