St. Patrick's Day PPT

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		6th PowerPoint Rubric 7th and 8th PowerPoint Rubric

6th, 7th, and 8th projects must include:
   Three origins of St. Patrick’s Day
   Three symbols of the holiday and their origins
   Extensive graphics and animation
   Solid research (Word document) with a Works Cited page of sources

7th and 8th must additionally include:
   Three American traditions
   Three “other” Irish topics
   8th only - PowerPoint must be digitally narrated and must run itself



	Citing Sources in MLA Required for 7th & 8th Extra Credit for 6th

Web Sites for General Information
Basic information: Wikipedia St. Patrick’s Day Encylopedia Britannica St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day wilstar	History of St. Patrick’s Day	March Links
Holiday Spot	Happy St. Patrick’s Day	St. Patrick’s Day in the Classroom
St. Patrick	St. Patrick’s Day page	St. Patrick’s Day Symbols
St. Patrick’s Day	the Shamrock	English-zone.com
St. Patrick’s Day www.TwilightBridge.com	Irish Symbols and the Irish Flag	Annie’s St. Patrick’s Day Symbols Page
St. Brigit and St. Patrick, and Their Legends	St. Patrick’s Day	St. Patrick’s Day (By Curtis)
Steps for Success Create a PowerPoint outline of all you need. As you do research, you can fill in the origins and symbols as you go. Copy all research information into a Word document	Tips for working with sound files in PowerPoint: Copy sound file into St. Patrick’s Day folder (not PPT file) Insert (not Open) sound int PPT from your folder (not Miss O’s) Link animation “with previous” to sound file in custom animation Set sound to play for x-number of slides *Page - Adding sound to PowerPoint

Project Topic Suggestions		“Other” Categories Associated with Ireland (Only applies to 7th and 8th grade projects)
Origins St. Patrick His life (could be all 3 origins) When the holiday began When it was first celebrated in the U.S. The Celts and the Druids		Irish Authors Beckett \| Bowen \| Edgeworth \| Heaney \| Joyce \| Mangan \| Maturin \| O'Brien \| Stoker \| Swift \| Wilde \| Yeats	Irish Poetry Irish Poetry Limericks Irish Ghost Stories
Symbols		Irish Mythology Irish Mythology Celtic Origin of Arthurian Literature	Irish History Irish History on the Web Irish Timeline of History Topics: the Celts Irish Potato Famine Irish Immigration Irish Castles
The Shamrock Leprechauns The Color Green The Harp The Celtic Cross The Blarney Stone The Rainbow	Goblins Elves Shillelagh Fairies (Faeries) Pot of gold
American Traditions (7th and 8th grade only) parades celebrating the holiday in schools		Ireland’s Geography	Irish Music Songs - Folk Songs - Rock Bands U2 The Chieftains
		Irish Foods	Actors and Actresses Maureen O’Hara Pierce Brosnan John Ford (Director)
Just for Fun (Not part of the project) Scavenger Hunts How to Make Internet Scavenger Hunts St. Patrick’s Day trivia hunt St. Patrick’s Day Internet Scavenger Hunt		Sports Irish associated athletic teams Notre Dame Fighting Irish Boston Celtics	Classic Films Internet Movie Database The Quiet Man Going My Way Michael Collins Far and Away The Fighting Sullivans The Fighting 69th Darby O’Gill and the Little People

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