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Thumbnail Research

This project focuses on creating thumbnails that showcase significant and enjoyable events from your decade. Students will research noteworthy happenings, such as government decisions, technological advancements, and cultural shifts, using credible sources. Each thumbnail will consist of one main topic and three subtopics, accompanied by a compilation of facts. A structured approach, emphasizing clarity, fluency, and proper citation, will guide students through their research and writing process, fostering creativity and insight into the past. ###

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Thumbnail Research

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  1. Thumbnail Research

  2. What is a Thumbnail? • A fun/interesting event that happened in your decade. • President • Decisions of the Federal Government • War • Newsworthy event • Science • New Technology/Inventions • Entertainment • Fashion and Fads • Sports • What have you found that is fun from your decade?

  3. Sources for Thumbnail • Books Only! • Use Table of Contents • Use History Notes • Use the MLA format

  4. Get Fit, Slim Down General Thumbnail • Subtopic/Slug • Subtopic/Slug • Subtopic/Slug

  5. Source Card 1 Jensen, Carl. Stories that Changed America: Muckrakers of the 20th Century. New York: Seven Stories, 2000. 56-72. Print.

  6. Thumbnail Fact Example Subtopic 1 1 • 1 Fact Per Notecard 25

  7. Our Goal For Today • Look through your decade books to get ideas for thumbnails. • After you have chosen one thumbnail to research, begin to Get Fit, Slim Down. • Create book citations • Begin to research

  8. Where are we going? • Total of two thumbnails • 4-5 facts per subtopic/slug (12-15 total for Thumbail) • We will be using our paragraph organizers to create two paragraphs and typing a two paragraph essay. • HAVE FUN! The hard part of our research project is done.

  9. Tuesday, April 22 • Each thumbnail is a separate paragraph. They will be turned in at different times. • By the end of class: • 1 Thumbnail with three subtopics (Get Fit, Slim Down) • All notes done by the end of class • 4-5 facts for each subtopic • 12-15 TOTAL • After all facts are done for ONE thumbnail, start paragraph.

  10. Wednesday, April 24

  11. Editing • Complete one paragraph organizer • EDIT: • Capital Letters • Spelling- Use Dictionary • Number Rules • Highlight ALL transitions on draft • Read through paragraph multiple times to check fluency.

  12. Begin Writing • Do you have access to a computer outside of class? If so, you may type your paragraph. • Before you type you NEED to have an edited paragraph organizer. • If you are handwriting, please use pen. • Only use one side of the paper • TAKE YOUR TIME!

  13. Grading • Strong Thumbnail Topic • Quality of Facts • Sentence Variety and Structure • Fluency • For each Thumbnail: • 5 points for notecards and source cards • 15 points for each paragraph

  14. Assignment Notebooks • Thumbnail

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