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Shoeless
Joe
Research
your assigned topic by filling in five note cards with information. Only
one source card is required for this project. Use the Internet if you
can. Prepare a short (1-2 minute) explanation for your assigned topic.
Note &
Source cards = 20 pts.
Presentation = 20 pts.
- Find
out about the baseball card industry. When did it start? What caused
its popularity? Which cards are most valuable? Etc.
- Find
out about the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- Research
a famous Chicago gangster, circa 1920.
- What
was Wrigley Field like in 1920?
- What
was Comiskey Park like in 1920?
- Find
out about Ty Cobb.
- Find
out about Babe Ruth.
- Find
out about Joe DiMaggio.
- Find
out about Willie Mays.
- Research
Fenway Park.
- Research
and describe the World Series of 1919 and the "Black Sox"
scandal that same year.
- Compare
the salaries and working conditions of a baseball player in 1919 and
2000.
- Find
out about W.P. Kinsella.
- Describe
the life of J.D. Salinger.
- Describe
types and costs of popular cars driven around 1920.
- What
kind of fashion was popular for women in 1920?
- How
long has the hot dog been around? Has it always been associated with
baseball?
- Describe
the early days of Coca-Cola.
- What
did you have to do to earn a medical degree in 1920?
- Chart
a course for a trip in a little Datsun from Iowa to Boston, MA. How
would you go? How long would it take? How much would it cost?
- Learn
about Ray's hometown of Deer Lodge, Montana.
- Chart
a course of a trip in a little Datsun from Boston, MA to Minnesota.
How would you go? How long would it take? How much would it cost?
- Find
out about the state of Iowa. Why would Ray like it there?
- Find
a painting or an artist who depicts a baseball scene. Describe it
and connect it in some way to the novel.
- How
is Iowa City, the town model for River City in the musical The
Music Man, depicted in the song "Trouble?"
- Find
out information about Ray's alma mater, the University of Iowa.
- What
are the possibilities of time travel, according to scientific research?
- What
is/ was life like in a traveling carnival?
- Teach
the class how to "keep the book" during a baseball game.
- What
did Shoeless Joe do after he was banned?
What is currently being done to get him into the Hall
of Fame?
It should
be evident that you are well-prepared to present your project to the class.
This includes having rehearsed it beforehand. You will be evaluated on
your informational aspects, apparent effort, and overall presentation
quality.
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hastily
put together, little informative aspects, poor effort
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little
preparation, somewhat informative, below avg. effort
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prepared
& informative avg. effort, avg. participation
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well-prepared,
very informative, very good effort
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excellent
preparation, very informative, excellent effort
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Your notecard
grade will be based on how much information you have researched and how
well you have organized, paraphrased, and summarized it. Notecards should
also follow the standard MLA format (like a research paper). Your source
cards should also follow MLA standards for bibliographical entries.
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notecards, not properly cited, does not follow MLA standard format,
info not efficiently organized
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<3
notecards, not properly cited, loosely follows MLA format, info
somewhat organized
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3-5
notecards, properly cited, follows MLA format, info is adequately
organized
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5
notecards, properly cited, follows MLA format, info well organized
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5+
notecards, properly cited, excellent organization, very good effort
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Total points presentation:
_____ X 4 = _____/ 20
Total points note/source cards: _____ X 4 = _____/ 20
Total overall points: _____/ 40
Content Standards: 7, 8, 9, 12
Process Standards: 16, 18, 19
Throughout
this unit, we have examined the various themes of Shoeless Joe.
Such themes are religion, faith, love, and so on. Your job is to find
a quote in the book which you think typifies a theme of the book (feel
free to think of your own theme if you like). The body of your essay should
cover three important things:
- Explain
what the quotation means.
- Explain
the importance of the quotation in terms of characters in the book.
- Explain
the importance of the quotation in terms of your own life.
All references
to the book (and there should be quite a few), must have a page number
in parenthesis (Kinsella, 100). Your essay needs an introduction, body,
and conclusion, and should be at least 2-3 pages in length. It also needs
to be typed or word processed.
Any questions?
Ask me.
This is due ________.
To earn an
"A," your paper must
- be well-thought
out and organized,
- thoroughly
answer all necessary criteria,
- be over
two full pages in length,
- be free
of grammatical and mechanical errors,
- contain
several text citations.'
To earn a
"B," your paper must
- be logical
and organized,
- answer
all necessary criteria,
- be at
least two full pages in length,
- contain
only a few grammatical or mechanical errors,
- contain
many textual citations.
To earn a
"C," your paper must
- be fairly
organized and coherent,
- answer
most criteria,
- be at
least two full pages in length,
- contain
a few major grammatical or mechanical errors, some minor,
- contain
some textual citations.
To earn a
"D," your paper must
- be unorganized
and somewhat incoherent,
- fail to
adequately answer all necessary criteria,
- be two
pages or less in length,
- contain
some major grammatical or mechanical errors, few minor,
- contain
little or no textual citations.
To earn a
"F," your paper must
- be poorly
organized, sloppy, and show little to no effort,
- very little
of the necessary criteria,
- be less
than two full pages in length,
- contain
several grammatical or mechanical errors,
- contain
little to no textual citations.
Content Standards:
6, 13
Process Standards: 16, 19
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