Our Town Project:
This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land
Directions: You will be working in teams of four or five. Your team will create a book about your towns: Setauket, Stony Brook, and Old Field. Each team member will select one of the following topics and create 2-3 pages for the book. Note: If there are only four group members, the group will need to decide how to complete all five topics.
This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land
Directions: You will be working in teams of four or five. Your team will create a book about your towns: Setauket, Stony Brook, and Old Field. Each team member will select one of the following topics and create 2-3 pages for the book. Note: If there are only four group members, the group will need to decide how to complete all five topics.
Topic
Guiding Questions
Statistics:
What is the population of these towns?
What is the ethnicity of the people?
Average income?
Number of children in a family?
Average home price?
Write a 100-word article about the towns today.
Entertainment:
What can a family do for fun?
What are some activities locals take part in?
Night life?
Write a 100-word review of one location.
Places to Eat:
What restaurants are popular?
Family friendly?
Romantic?
The hot spot?
Write a 100-word review of one location.
Ward Melville High School:
Size of school
Number of students
Number graduating/going to college
Changes at the HS that have taken place
Write a 100-word article about Ward Melville High School: Then and Now
History:
(3 pages required, one page for each town)
When were the towns established?
Where did the town names originate?
How were boundaries determined?
Write a 200-word article discussing the history of each of the three towns.
CAUTION:
THE GUIDING QUESTIONS ARE ONLY TO GUIDE YOU!
YOU SHOULD BE COVERING MUCH MORE THAN THIS!
EXAMPLE
Ward Melville HS
This is a model of what
one page could look like.
Notice the pictures and the writing!
*All topics need to include pictures!
(see written assignment for model)
COVER PAGE:
Each group MUST include a COVER PAGE with a title. You may decide to elect a group member to create an artistic cover with pictures or an original piece of artwork.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Each group MUST include a TABLE OF CONTENTS page that includes each group members name with the part he/she completed. Also, your pages MUST be numbered and the Table of Contents should provide a description of what is on each page.
Example:
History of Our Towns……………………………………………… 5-7
Ward Melville High School………………………………………..8-9
Entertainment………………………………………………………..10-12
WORKS CITED:
The LAST PAGE of each book will include a WORKS CITED. The words WORKS CITED should be in all capitals, centered on the top of the page. Use Moodle Tools to enter the websites you acquired the information from. YOU must keep track of the websites as you work! You may not use Wikipedia as a source!
Academic Integrity
Noodletools Citation System
Citation Style for Research Papers
RUBRIC FOR GRADING MUROLO/MAIRE
Our Town Project:
This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land
Group Member
Responsibility
Assignment
Possible Points
Points Received
Cover Page
1 2 3 4 5
Table of Contents
1 2 3 4 5
Completed Book
50
Effort: Tuesday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Effort: Wednesday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Effort: Thursday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Effort: Monday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
TOTAL
