City+Project

US CITIES WITH LATINO INFLUENCE

There are many cities in the United States with large populations of Latin Americans from many different countries. Your assignment is to research a city in the United States that has a high population of Latin Americans (or Latinos). In groups of three or four, you will create a powerpoint presentation in GoogleDrive to share the information you discover about their contributions to the current city they live in. Please be sure to split the information and presentation equally.

What you will cover in your presentation includes the following:


 * 1) **Where** the majority of the Latino population is from (choose the two largest groups)
 * 2) **Why** they immigrated from their country (ex: war, poverty, few opportunities, civil rights, freedom etc…)
 * 3) **When** that population immigrated (recently, long ago, over a period of time)
 * 4) **What** they contribute to the culture of the city including:
 * Food and restaurants
 * Festivals and celebrations
 * Music and dance (Concerts, bands, radio stations, dance studios etc...)
 * Art or fashion
 * Any other major cultural contributions you discover
 * 5.**Who** they are:
 * Pick 3: General jobs, Family life, everyday life, education, religious beliefs, general activities
 * At least one prominent person from the Latino community (doctors, politcians, artists, musicians etc...)
 * At least one prominent person from the Latino community (doctors, politcians, artists, musicians etc...)

The cities you will be researching are:


 * New York
 * Miami
 * Los Angeles
 * Chicago
 * Washington, DC
 * San Antonio

This project will be worth 100 points and will be presented on Tuesday, September 30th. You will class Friday and Monday to work.


 * Information || Little information was covered and not in an interesting way

10 || Some of the information was covered in a somewhat interesting manner 20 || Most of the information was covered in an interesting manner

30 || All of the information was well-covered in an interesting manner

35 ||
 * Accuracy || Presentation was very inaccurate or culturally insensitive

5 || Presentation was partly accurate and culturally sensitive 10 || Presentation was generally accurate and culturally sensitive 15 || Presentation was accurate and culturally sensitive

20 ||
 * Powerpoint || Presentation was not well-made nor engaging including few visuals and too much text

1 || Presentation partly well-made and engaging including few visuals, but too much text 5 || Presentation was made somewhat well and engaging including some visuals and not too much text 10 || Presentation was well-made and engaging including visuals and not too much text

15 ||
 * Sources || An accurate source was not turned in or included in the Works Cited in the presentation

0 || At least one accurate source has been turned in late but not included for each person in MLA format at the end of presentation

2 || At least one accurate source has been turned in late and included for each person in MLA format at the end of the presentation 6 || At least one accurate source has been turned in on time and included for each person in MLA format at the end of the presentation

10 ||
 * Participation (average of group grade and teacher observation) || The student barely participated in the planning and execution of the presentation

5 || The student somewhat participated in the planning and execution of the presentation

10 || The student mostly participated in the planning and execution of the presentation 15 || The student fully participated in the planning and execution of the presentation

20 || Total points: 100