Night: Museum Gallery Walk

To Kill a Mockingbird Museum Gallery Walk

Objective: Before we read To Kill a Mockingbird (a southern drama set in 1933-1935), we will complete a short research project on a topic of choice related either to the 30s or to the 50s. You will be presenting your research to the class. Projects are DUE on Monday Jan 30th.

Directions: In preparation for our reading of To Kill A Mockingbird, each of you will be creating a museum “display” that will showcase an important aspect of the time period between when To Kill a Mockingbird was set and when it was published. Your presentation should stand alone, as we will complete a gallery walk for peer observation, grading and presentation.

*Students will work independently or in a team based on topic interest to produce a museum “display” that explores a person, place, or event of interest from this time period.

Your exhibit should…  be organized in a way that helps the viewer explore your topic.  provide ample information about your topic.  utilize a variety of visuals that convey important details about your topic.  be engaging and easy to follow.  showcase and analyze an important piece of rhetoric-speech, poem, essay, song lyrics (primary source)  utilize at least three credible sources and have a work cited page. (For help with your Works Cited page, use citationmachine.net or easybib.com)

Steps to follow: 1. As a group, create your research questions and give each group member a specific question(s) to focus their research. 2. As an individual, focus your research on your specific question. Use our school resources or the Spokane Public Library resources to do your research to be certain that your sources are credible. 3. You must take notes on THREE different sources, and turn in your notes for a grade (rubric coming soon). Your notes may be done electronically or on note cards. Please include the following information for each source: - Full MLA citation - Summary of source - Evaluation of credibility - Reflection on how it could be used in your presentation Review the following website on research notes and create a specific way to organize your information for all of your sources: http://www.easybib.com/guides/students/writing-guide/ii-research/e-taking-notes/

* Remember that we will be posting these displays up around the room and using computer stations so that we can have a gallery walk. During the gallery walk, other students will be examining your display and reading the information you have provided. Informational text/Visuals:  Attention getting statement/title  Ample and well-developed background information to help the reader understand the topic  Ample interesting well explained visuals  Reflection/Statement of relevance of the topic to the overall time period. What effect did your person, place, or event have on the world and individuals of the time? Important Text:  Choose a piece of text important to the time period and to your subject  Thoroughly analyze it using SOAPSTone  Be able to explain how it is relevant to the time period and the overall message Notecards and Works Cited  Be sure all of the sources consulted are identified in proper Works Cited format. As you complete your research, keep track of the source information. Use the research handout given for notecard format (Three per person). Both citationmachine.net and easybib.com can help you create a correct Works Cited page (one per team / display).

Gallery Walk: You will need to visit a minimum of 10 displays and fill out the handout information. This will be turned in at the end of the gallery walk.

Topics-- the 1930s and 1950s: (Choose one or have your topic approved) Important events Important people Important places + Issues + Groups  Stock Market Crash  Martin Luther King,  Brown v. Board of  The Dust Bowl Jr. Education  The New Deal  Langston Hughes  Monroeville, Alabama  The Montgomery  Harper Lee  Plessy v. Ferguson Bus Boycott  Truman Capote  Ku Klux Klan (KKK)  Greensboro Lunch  Rosa Parks  14th and 15th Counter Sit-in  President Hoover Amendment  Selma to  President FD Montgomery March Roosevelt  The Little Rock Nine