Presentation format: oral presentation
time limit: 3-5 minutes
visual aids: 3-5 visual aids (photographs, slides, video, music, other images per teacher approval)

to meet the minimum requirements for this project you must:

choose a topic related to chinese american life
construct a research question
create a thesis/argument out of the research question
express a clear thesis
speak for 3-5 minutes
cite five different sources using the mla documentation style
directly quote from 5 sources
paraphrase 4 sources
effectively use 3 visual aids
refer to note cards without reading from them
click here to view the mla style guide.

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What can be inferred from the political cartoon in the passage? a. the democratic party also chose the lion to represent them in addition to the donkey. b. in nast's view, the republican party was the largest and most influential political group. c. nast thought the democrats of his day were aggressive and maybe even frightening. d. political parties were responsible for causing inflation and destroying government reform.

Recall that garrett hongo’s poetry often explores themes about the topics of alienation and discrimination, particularly of asian american people. which elements of the poem "the legend” support themes about these topics? check all that apply. imagery of an “asian, thai or vietnamese” man who is alone and wearing dingy clothes diction, such as “just done his wash for the week” imagery of snow falling softly one evening in chicago diction, such as “dressed as one of the poor / in rumpled suit pants” and “a babbling no one understands” the perspective of a boy who gets lost in the crowd

Read the following excerpt from "the city without us" by alan weisman: almost every other compound in nature contracts when frozen, but h20 (water) molecules do the opposite, organizing themselves into elegant hexagonal crystals that take up about 9 percent more space than they did when sloshing around in a liquid state. pretty six-sided crystals suggest snowflakes so gossamer it's hard to conceive of them pushing apart slabs of sidewalk. which statement best describes the effect of the metaphor on the excerpt's meaning? o a. it likens h2o molecules to hexagonal crystals, which are actually larger than people imagine. o b. it makes the frozen crystals seem like friends to the city to contrast with what a deceitful foe they are. o c. it compares the sloshing liquid to a river of water able to push apart the sidewalk o d. it compares the frozen crystals to delicately lacy snowflakes having an unexpected strength (apex)