Scrapbook

=Washington D.C. Scrapbook. THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE REVISED ON OCTOBER 4TH, 2011... STAND BY FOR SLIGHT CHANGES.=

The Washington D.C. Scrapbook will count as a 50 point Summative in Social Studies.

Your D.C. Passport and your D.C. Close-Up Project will be included among your Captioned Who's Who and Hotspot Photos and Photo Collages as will be your final D.C. Projects in your other classes.

The Scrapbook Work Day is Tuesday, November 23rd.

The Scrapbook is due on Tuesday, December 7th.

Here are the instructions and rubric you've been provided in class. Instructions are also copied below.



Scrapbook Rubric

** D.C. Reflections Project **

Many say that the trip to D.C. is one that you will always remember. Most of the chaperones and even some of your parents can attest to that fact. This trip is one to remember, and the remarkable thing is that along with creating lifelong memories, you will also have the opportunity to learn so much about the capitol of this great country. Following the trip you will be capturing all of those memories and all that you have learned and putting it in a scrapbook that will be designed and created by you. In addition to counting as a grade, we hope the memories encased in this scrapbook will remain with you as you grow older. Below you will find the requirements as well as a daily checklist to help you while you are in D.C.

** The Portfolio will contain the following items: ** > > > Your portfolio will be graded and count in all of your classes as a major grade. It is important that you realize that the following will be considered when it is being graded: > Order of materials in portfolio > Completeness > Grammar/spelling > Creativity and theme > Neatness > > > > > > > ** Photographs ** > Photos can be taken by yourself or a friend. Postcards, brochures and even images from the Internet may also be used to fulfill the photograph requirements. Each photograph must be accompanied by one typed sentence caption that contains pertinent, descriptive facts. > **Good Example:** The Bureau of Engraving and Printing prints the nation’s postage stamps and over $450 million a day in U.S. currency. > **Bad Example:** This is a picture of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing > > ** Who’s Who Pictures ** > Photo of yourself alone at a favorite spot on the trip and caption > Photo of you and your partner and caption > Photo of your group and chaperone and caption > > ** The Memorials & Other Hot Spots ** > ** (pick at least 7) ** > Arlington National Cemetery Custis Lee Mansion > Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Lincoln Memorial > Grant’s Memorial Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial > Marine Corps War Memorial Tomb of the Unknowns /Changing of the Guard > Jefferson Memorial Vietnam War Memorial > Kennedy Grave Site Vietnam War Women’s Memorial > Korean War Veterans Memorial Washington Monument > World War II Memorial White House > Pentagon Mount Vernon > > > Students will use recorded observations and memorable moments during the trip to write a “DC Reflections” essay. || > |||| ** Global Languages ** || ** Pen Pal Postcard ** > Students will write a postcard to their pen pals in French or Spanish that shares the highlights of their trip to Washington D.C. . Students may purchase a postcard while in DC or turn one of their trip photos into a postcard. || > |||| ** Social Studies ** || ** DC Close UP Project ** > During the trip you will be prompted to take thoughtful photographs and reflect in writing about a theme in American History that you see represented in DC. Your 10-15 slide PowerPoint will be printed as handouts to include in your scrapbook. || > |||| ** Math ** || ** Bird’s Eye View ** > During your 3-day adventure you will be keeping a log of all of the places you visit. (Major monuments, museums, etc.) Upon your return you will be given a map where you will plot your route. From there you will use the scale on the map to calculate the distance traveled from a bird’s eye view. This means we will be connecting each location on the map with a straight line. All of the line segments will be added together and conversions will be made to figure your total miles traveled. This will also be a fun way to look back and see your trip “mapped out”. || > |||| ** Science ** || > === Natural History Museum Room Study === Choose any room of interest in this museum. You are to devote a minimum of three 8 ½ x 11 pages (1 page front and back + 1 front) to what you learned in this room. Be sure to include the museum name and name of the room you studied, your 4 pictures, 4 descriptive captions of each picture, and a summary of any other interesting facts or information that you learned in the room as a whole. || > || ** Physical/Health ** > ** Education ** > > (You will complete this part of the scrapbook whether you are in Physical Ed/Health right now or not.) |||| ** Food Journal/Calorie Count ** > **The students will be keeping a log of __all__ the food they eat on the trip.** When we return home we will use the amount of calories taken in to evaluate choices. We will calculate calories using the pyramid tracker option located on the web URL: __http://www.mypyramid.gov/.__ || > || || || || >
 * **Table of Contents**—actually we will give you the order that we should find things in your portfolio. If things are not in that specific order you will lose points.
 * **Photographs** or postcards (see full description below)
 * Pictures of yourself and your partners etc.
 * Pictures of memorials and other hot spots
 * A photo collage of your other best pictures and candid shots
 * ** Vietnam Wall Rubbing **
 * ** Your DC Passport Sections 1, 2, & 3 **
 * **Social Studies**-- DC Close-Up Project
 * **English**—DC Reflections Essay
 * **Math**--Birds Eye View
 * **Science**-- Room Study
 * **Foreign Language**— Pen Pal Post Card
 * **Health/PE**—Food Journal/Calorie Count
 * ** Language Arts ** || ** Washington D.C. Reflections Essay **
 *  ** Due DATE: Tuesday, December 7th ** ||