1. Choose a topic from U.S. History 1900-1980.
Your topic could be a person or an event.
Example Battle of Midway (W.W.II) or Thurgood Marshall
check with Mr.. Holmes for topic approval.
2. Find information about your topic from at least
2 different sources. You will have to site those sources in
your project.
3. Make a 1 page draft layout on paper. Put the
information that tells the story down on paper. include 3-4
paragraphs of text and 1-2 images and 1 or
links to other web sites with useful information about your
topic.
4. Use netscape composer, Microsoft word, or another
page maker program to create an HTML document.
HTML is the language computers
use to read and post web pages.
5. Specifications for Web page
A. A Title
must appear at the top (in the title bar)
B. Put a heading using 18 pt font
at the top of the page.
C. Put 3 or 4 paragraphs
of information about your topic. Do not plagiarize text from other web
sites
or books.
D. Put at least one graphic on
the page. Do not use a copyrighted image. Be sure to give
credit
if you use a graphic from a web site. You can find non copyrighted
graphics
by searching for them on "Google." Type: non copyright image ______.
example search: non copyright image Thurgood Marshall .
E. Have a Bibliography section where you list at least 2 resources you used to complete the assignment.
F. Have a Links section Where you have one or two
links to other web sites with information on your
topic.
g. Use a simple background color and clear color
for text. The page must be readable.
H, You can use the scanner in class to scan an image
you created for your project.