Cultures PowerPoint Project – 6th Social Studies
Created by K Crossley, 5/12/07; updated 5/14/12
You will be creating a PowerPoint or Flipchart presentation about a country of your choice.
You will need to cite your sources on NoodleTools. You must cite CultureGrams for one of your countries, and cite each image you use, except those from ClipArt. You can also use NoodleTools electronic note cards to take notes from these sections: Background, The People, Customs and Courtesies, Lifestyles, Society, Did You Know and Country and Development Data. Be sure to attach your note cards to the appropriate citation. Using electronic note cards will enable you to work on this project at home, and also to copy and paste notes from the NoodleTools note cards into your PowerPoint or Flipchart presentation, if you wish.
CultureGrams – This is where you will collect the information about your country.
NoodleTools: Follow this path: reference – online – other – no, this is not duplicated from aprinted source – database publisher is ProQuest. Do NOT provide a URL.
Pictures
You are limited to 5 pictures in your PowerPoint, so choose carefully. You may use the following sources:
1. CultureGrams Photo Gallery – Just type your country into the search box or find your country in the box in the upper left corner. The Photo Gallery is under "Additional Content" on the right side of the country page.
NoodleTools: Click on the photograph to enlarge it and look for info about the photograph at the end of the caption. Cite as Painting, Sculpture or Photograph – Painting, Sculpture, photograph, etc. – online – photograph that exists only online – website is "CultureGrams Photo Gallery" – publisher or sponsor is ProQuest. Do NOT provide a URL.
2. Pics4Learning
NoodleTools: Click on the photograph and look for information about it below the photograph. Cite as “Painting, Sculpture or Photograph” → Painting, Sculpture, photograph, etc. → online → photograph that exists only the web – title of image is “name” – website is Pics4Learning – sponsor is Tech4Learning. Do NOT provide a URL.
3. Microsoft Clip Art and Media
NoodleTools: You do NOT have to cite clip art from this website.
4. PicSearch™
NoodleTools: Click on the photograph to see the original website where the photograph was found. Cite this website. Copy the “Source URL” from the top of the webpage and include as the URL.
Maps
Use the links below to find maps of your country to include in your presentation.
CultureGrams
NoodleTools: If you have cited the article, you do NOT have to cite the map separately.
Encyclopedia Britannnica – Type your country into the search box, and look on the right under “Multimedia” to find both maps and photos.
NoodleTools: Cite the article in Britannica where you find the map. Do NOT a URL.
Flags
You can find your country's flag in CultureGrams.
NoodleTools: Since you have cited the article about your country, you do NOT have to cite the flag separately.
World Flag Database – Click on the first letter of your country to find your country’s flag and also some basic info about your country.
NoodleTools: Cite as a website. DO include the URL.
