Extra+Credit

**Instructions:** **Learning Targets:**
 * Extra Credit**
 * Select **one** of the Extra Credit options from the list below. **You may not use the same option in a different Quarter.**
 * **For a maximum score, be sure that your mini project meets the expectations of the** __**Learning Targets**__**.**
 * **You are entitled to** __**1**__ **Extra Credit Project Per Quarter.**
 * **Up to 100 Points will be added to your** __**Extra Credit Column**__ **.**
 * **Be able to express the significance of the topic that you have chosen through the provided medium that you will be presenting your topic.**
 * **Use creativity to enhance the topic's meaningfulness and reach multiple audiences and intelligence levels. Your finished product should appeal to both adults and inspire those younger than you. **
 * **Demonstrate interest in the topic through effort and ingenuity.**
 * **Demonstrate self-directed learning through self-led research.**
 * **Demonstrate authentic research through the use of sophisticated resources and text materials. At least 3 Sources are required total. **
 * **Form clearly stated main ideas.**
 * **Contain a properly MLA Formatted Works Cited Page.**

**US History**
 * 1) Gettysburg Address Rap, Poem, or Pidgin Skit
 * 2) American War Battle Scene Comic or Reenactment Video
 * 3) Magazine Article or Commercial Selling a Product invented during America's First Industrial Revolution, Guilded Age, Roaring 1920s or Cold War Era.
 * 4) Presidential Campaign Short Story: Use the Factual Campaigns of at least 3 Victorious Presidents to string together a story for your Fictional Presidential Candidate.
 * 5) //Manifest Destiny// Canvas: Use paint and canvas to create a 3'-3' Poster that illustrates the definition of //Manifest Destiny// for multiple audiences.

**World History**
 * 1)  Creation Myth Comic Strip: Choose a Creation Myth from Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, India or China and develop a comic strip based on the story. This requires the Myth as the Primary Source and 2 Secondary Sources explaining the civilization in which the Myth you chose was created.
 * 2)  World Nation Battle Scene Comic or Reenactment Video (Nation should not be USA.)
 * 3)  Magazine Article or Commercial Selling a Product or Idea invented during the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Renaissance, Enlightenment.
 * 4)  World Leader's Rise to Prominence Short Story: Create a fictional character whose rise to paramount leadership parallels a World Leader from Classic, Modern or Contemporary Times.
 * 5)  Select a Classic Civilization Philosophy or Government Model that is reflected in any of today's societies then create a canvas that illustrates the definition of that philosophy for multiple audiences. Examples: Ten Commandments, Beatitudes, 8 Fold Path, Nirvana, Legalism, Democracy, Mandate of Heaven, Hammurabi's Code, Karma, Dharma. **Canvas should be no larger than 3'-3'.**