Name/Date/Block_________________________________________

ResearchProjectInstructions

1) Selectoneofthe4researchquestionstoconductyourresearchon

WhowasChinuaAchebeandwhydidhewriteThingsFallApart?
WhoaretheIbopeople?Whataresomeuniqueaspectstotheirculturalgroups?HowdoesthisrelatetoThingsFallApart?
HowdidColonizationaffectNigeria?HowdoescolonizationrelatetoThingsFallApart

?
WhatroledidmissionariesplayinNigeria?HowdoesthisrelatetoThingsFallApart

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2)Findatleast3RELIABLEsourcesthatansweryourresearchquestionandcompletethedialecticaljournal
withnotestoplanandorganizeyourresearch.
3)Createaposterofanysizeyouwantthatincludes:
PosterRequirements
1. Clearlyincludestitleofsubject
2. Explainswhatthetopicis
3. ExplainshowthetopicisrelatedtoThingsFallApart
4. Providesimportantdates,facts,names
5. Asksaquestion
6. Includesanimageandamapofthelocationsthatarementionedinyourresearch
7. Isnicelywrittenandcreative

4)TypeupanMLAformatWorkCitedDocumentthatincludesanappropriatelyformattedcopyofallyour
research.Usehttp://www.easybib.com/andcopyandpasteyourweblinks,thenyoucangenerateanMLA
formattedWorksCiteddocument.Youmayneedtomanuallytypeinsometitles,ifitdoesntrecognizethelinks.
Whenyouredone,youcangenerateaworksciteddirectlyintoGoogledocs,andprintorsharewithmeat
ctesch@realmcharterschool.org

5)Whenyouturninyourposteron9/12youneedtoturninthispacket,withthedialecticaljournalandtheMLA
worksciteddocument.
ResearchProjectRubric
90100%

8089%

Posterincludes
allitemson
checklist
MLAworks
cited
Dialectical
Journal

7079%
Posterincludes
allitemson
checklist
MLAworks
citedhas
errors
Dialectical
journal

6069%
Posterhas
mostitems
MLAworks
citedor
Dialectical
Journal
missing

5059%
Posterhas
someitems
Missingone
orbothof
the
supporting
documents

Completed
Dialectical
Journaland
MLA
documentno
poster

SampleStudent
English10
BlockE
9116

WorksCited:ColonialisminNigeria

ByProxy:HausaImperialAgentsandMiddleBeltConsciousnessinNigeria."TheRootsofNigeria'sReligiousand
EthnicConflict."PublicRadioInternational.N.p.,n.d.Web.05Sept.2016.
Globalblackhist."RoleofMissionariesinColonizationofAfricansGlobalBlackHistory."

GlobalBlackHistory.
N.p.,03Dec.2015.Web.05Sept.2016.
"19thCenturyWhiteMissionaries."BBC.com.BBC,n.d.Web.1Sept.2016.
Slattery,Katherine."TheIgboPeople:OriginsandHistory."UCR.edu,n.d.Web.2May2016.

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SuggestedResourcesfortheResearchProjecttogetyoustarted:
ResourcesonChinuaAchebe

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/26/ourlivingancestorchri
sabanirememberschinuaachebe.html

http://humanities.wisc.edu/assets/misc/Chinua_Achebe_Overview.pdf

http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/unbound/interviews/ba20000802.ht
m

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/23/world/africa/chinuaachebenigerian
writerdiesat82.html?_r=0

https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0812/achebe.html

ResourcesonColonialisminNigeria

http://humanities.wisc.edu/assets/misc/Teaching_Colonial_Representation_(hando
ut).pdf

http://www.theglobalist.com/nigeriascurrenttroublesanditsbritishcolonialroots
/

https://oldnaija.wordpress.com/2014/11/05/colonialruleinnigeriaandnigeriasstr
uggleforindependence/

http://africanews.uk/nigeriahistoryprecolonialera11270/

http://www.bbc.com/news/worldafrica11443601

IboPeopleresources

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Igbo

http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/igbo/igbo1.htm

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Igbo_People

http://connectnigeria.com/articles/2015/01/seveninterestingfactsaboutth
eigbos/

http://buzznigeria.com/igbopeople/

MissionariesinNigeria

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/8chapter4.shtml

http://www.globalblackhistory.com/2012/10/roleofmissionariesincolonizationo
fafricans.html

http://www.pri.org/stories/20140310/rootsnigeriasreligiousandethnicconflict

http://eujournal.org/index.php/esj/article/viewFile/3557/3397

Name_______________________________
Block/Date________________

ResearchQuestion_____________________________________________________________

3)Readthroughthethreesourcesandtakenotesontheminthedialecticaljournalhere:

Titleofarticle
Author
Source(website,etc)

Whatimportantinformationfromthissourcecan
youincludeinyourpresentation?

HowdoesthisrelatetoThingsFallApart?