Historical Poem Assignment
Using the song lyrics "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" as a model, write a poem which contains a minimum of 8 stanzas (4 lines each). Take details from your news article and include them in your poem. Create a title for your poem and be sure to use at least 3 poetic devices in your poem.
Along with your poem, be sure to submit:
Prewriting Checklist
Historical Poem Checklist
Reflection sheet
Works Cited (MLA format)
Here are resources to help you from Ms. Joubert:
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Poem/Song Lyrics)
Sources for News Articles
Database Newspaper Resources
1) Click on the image to the left to access the Gale Databases
2) Click on the Britannica or Newspaper Icons to access articles.
Industrial Revolution
Ms. Franklin, World History Grade 9
Assignment Sheet: Industrial Revolution Project
Project Rubric: Industrial Revolution Rubric
Note Sheet: Industrial Revolution Note Sheet
Resources
1) Click on the image to the left to access the Gale Databases
2) Click on the Encyclopedia Britannica
3) Click on the links below to access articles
Industrial Revolution - good intro with links to all topics
Industrial Revolution in the United States - Library of Congress Collection
Inventions -
Inventions and Inventors - Book Series
National Geographic - Industrial Revolution and Technology
History of Technology - use the table of contents to skip to the Industrial Revolution section
Timeline of the Industrial Revolution - Historic UK
The Most Important Inventions of the Industrial Revolution - ThoughtC0
Timeline
Britannica Timeline of Industrial Revolution
Inventions and Inventors - Book Series
Timeline of the Industrial Revolution - Historic UK
Child Labor
Child Labor - Britannica Article
Child Labor During the British Industrial Revolution - Economic History Association
Child Labor in America - Library of Congress Collection
Entrepreneurs/Industrialists
Industrial Revolution in the United States - Library of Congress Collection
Read this article to get names - then enter the names in the Britannica or in the Biography Database on the Gale Pages
Social Impacts
Industrial Revolution Cause and Effect - Britannica
Diagnosing Holden
Summary: Your job is to use evidence from The Catcher in the Rye, combined with medical research, to determine if Holden Caulfield has a diagnosable illness.
Resources:
1) Click on the image to the left to access the Gale Databases
2) Click on the Encyclopedia Britannica
3) Click on the links below to access information on possible diagnoses
Adolescence - this describes the behavior of teenagers
3) From the Britannica article, click on the box with the check mark to generate the citation from the article. Include this on your assignment sheet.
4) From the Britannica article above, click on the "Related" Tab. Then Click on "Web's Best Sites". You can use those sites to find additional articles or information. Put the URL into Zoterobib (see link at top of page) to generate a citation for the website.
5) Click on the image to the left to access the Gale Databases. Use the Psychology data base to access additional articles or information. Each article will have the citation at the bottom.