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60's Research Topics


    1.)  Smiley face J

    2.)  Twiggy, model

    3.)  The Vietnam War

    4.)  JFK

    5.)Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

    6.)  Peace Sign

    7.)  The Beatles

    8.)  Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are

    9.)   Andy Warhol

    10.)Martin Luther King, Jr.

    11.)Muhammad Ali

    12.) Joe Namath

    13.)  Mickey Mantle

    14.)Bob Dylan

    15.)Janis Joplin

    16.)Jimi Hendrix

    17.)The Beach Boys

    18.)  Elvis

    19.)Wilt Chamberlain (the Boston Celtics)

    20.) Richard Nixon

    21.)Mick Jagger/The Rolling Stones

    22.)“The Twist”

    23.)The Moon Walk (not the dance!)

    24.)Civil Rights

    25.)Neil Armstrong

    26.)John Glenn

    27.) Segregation

    28.)Freedom Riders

    29.)60’s toys/products/inventions

    30.)Any other people, places, things, events, etc. that interest you! J

 

 

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Creative Title (really stretch your brain!)                                              

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Interesting, Descriptive Lead (hook the reader!)                                    

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Paraphrasing (stick to main facts and in your own words!)                        

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Semicolon  (combine two sentences)                                                  

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3 transitions (use the pink sheet and don’t forget your commas)*            

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Conventions (grammar, spelling, punctuation)   

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Works Cited using GVSD Style Manual or EasyBib      

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Rubric handed in        

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Total Score:

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