US History Honors—Semester B
Extension Activity 2 of 2
Objectives

Identify and understand key people of the 1940s to 1960s
Submitting Assignments
Create a PowerPoint, Prezi, or Google Slides and email project as an attachment.
Write US-History-Extension2 in the subject line.
Assignment
The 1940s to 1960s was an exciting time in the history of the United States! Choose
one topic from the box below and create a PowerPoint. Remember to use your own
words when writing on each slide.
1) Martin Luther King, Jr.
2) John F. Kennedy
3) Rosie the Riveter
4) Joseph McCarthy
5) Gerald Ford
6) Rosa Parks
Slide 1= Title Page
-Type your name and the topic of Presentation.
Slides 2-7= The information about your topic
-Each slide should have no more than 5 sentences and no less than 3.
-Pictures/graphics should be included in at least 4 of the slides.
-The font color, style, and size should be easy to read.
-Sound should not be used in your presentation.
Include the information below in your project:
• A picture of the individual you chose
• Who were they? Why are they important?
• When were the relevant?
• What did they do?
• What is their lasting impact on US society?
Slide 8= Bibliography/Works Cited Slide
- Use at least 3 books or websites.
- Use MLA format. Websites used for pictures/graphics should also be
included.
-The websites below will help you make the Bibliography.
http://www.citationmachine.net/
http://www.openc.k12.or.us/citeintro/citeintro.php?Grd=Sec
http://www.easybib.com
Social Studies Project Rubric
Excellent
20-19
Very Good
18-16
Good
15-14
Satisfactory
14-12
Unsatisfactory
11 and under
Accuracy
No mistakes,
scholarly and
accurate.
Excellent
knowledge of
the topic
shown
Some, but
not many,
mistakes
made, good
knowledge
shown.
Several
mistakes
made, fair
knowledge of
the topic
shown.
Many mistakes
made. Does not
show an
adequate
knowledge of
the topic.
Use of content
details
Used many
details in a
thorough and
expert
manner.
Applied
integrated
concepts;
made
connections
between facts
and ideas.
Grammar,
Sentence
structure and
word choice
were without
flaws and
professional
in nature.
Professional
appearance
Very clever;
creatively
designed
Few if any
mistakes, any
mistakes must
be minor in
nature, very
good
knowledge of
the topic
shown.
Used many
details to
illustrate
topic.
Used some
details to
illustrate
topic
Used no content
details. Made
factual errors.
Clearly
understood
topic well.
Understood
topic.
Used one or
two details,
alluded to
details
vaguely.
Followed
directions,
had a basic
knowledge of
the topic.
were without
flaws and
professional
in nature. are
quality in
nature.
Occasional
errors but
not enough
to distract.
Distracting
errors,
difficult to
read.
Fragmented
sentences and
grammar. Very
difficult to
understand
Quality
appearance.
Displays
creative
thinking
Neat and
orderly, easy
to follow.
Shows some
creative
thinking
Moderately
neat, almost
distracting.
Lacks
creativity
Lacks neatness
and orderliness.
Hard to
understand.
Copied from
another source.
Demonstrated
learning and
understanding
Mechanics
(Grammar,
Sentence
structure and
word choice)
Neat, orderly
and Creative
Thinking not
justified; no
evidence that
knowledge was
acquired.