Clash of the Titans, Grade 11

Objective: Students will present to the class a multimedia presentation on Booker T. Washington or W.E.B. Du Bois.

Subject: Social Studies

Materials: Computers that have multimedia programs, video camera, slides, camera, varying types of materials depending on what you have available.

Procedure:

1. This activity is going to depend on the type of technology that you have available. Some will have access to computers on which a multimedia presentation can be constructed. Some may have Windows and access to a program such as Microsoft Office PowerPoint that can be used. Others can use varying types of media such as video cameras, slides, posters, recordings of music, or mobiles.

2. Students will choose to work on either Booker T. Washington or W.E.B. Du Bois.

3. Research your person. Since students are working on this individually, you may only want to take one aspect of the subject's life for the presentation. For example, Booker T. Washington's 1895 "Atlanta Address."

4. Put together a presentation using varying media.

5. Present your project to the class.