Election by the Numbers

• This will be an individual online project– This project is integrated with Social Studies

– Each student will research the population of many states form the year 1800 and 2000

– Each student will use Microsoft Excel to organize and analysis your data

– Each student will create a PowerPoint presentation to present your research findings

– Each student will post their PowerPoint presentation on the Internet

Review of Social Studies Concepts• The Electoral College had 138 votes in

1800 and 538 votes in 2000

• Compare and Contrast the elections of 1800 and 2000

• Elector Votes are based on the population of each state

• In a Presidential Election the House of Representatives will determine the President if neither party wins the majority of the elector votes.

Present

• You will need to find historical facts that are related to the election of 1800

• The information you collect also needs to be able to be collected for the year 2000, i.e population and registered voters

Past

• The number of Electoral Votes in 2000 is different than in 1800

•Will the number of electoral votes in this country ever change again?

Microsoft Excel Design

• Excel is a powerful program to manipulate large sets of data

• We will enter population and growth rates of many states form 1800 and 2000

• Using formulas we will calculate percentages of the Electoral College and determine its “Presidential Worth”

• We will the predict the number of Electoral Votes of specific states in the year 2040.

PowerPoint Presentation

• The audience for your presentation is the entire world

• Each student will post their presentation on Mr. Rioux’s homepage

• Each student will be required to complete a self analysis of their project and critique two other projects

• PowerPoint Presentation will be evaluated on 80% for content and 20% for presentation design

Social Studies Review Notes by Mr. Ramthun

• We will visit www.census.gov to collect our data

• A census is the actual counting of people. • A census is performed every ten years

because populations tend to shift throughout the country.

• The number of representatives that a state has is dependent upon population.

Microsoft Excel Tips

• Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet that we began working with last year

• We will create formulas and design our own formulas as well

• Always label all categorizes and use borders to separate your columns

PowerPoint Presentation TipsNotes are adapted from a PowerPoint presentation by Gregg Ladd. Created on

December 12,2001

• A PowerPoint presentation is an outline of main points from a specific topic

• Avoid wordiness in your slide structure and limit each slide to five points

• Use different font sizes for main points and secondary points

• The color of the words should sharply contrast the background color

PowerPoint Presentation TipsNotes are adapted from a PowerPoint presentation by Gregg Ladd. Created on

December 12,2001

• Data presented in graphs are easy to read and emphasizes important facts

• Spelling should always be correct and double-checked

• Summarizes the main points at the end of your presentation

Final Evaluation

• Your final evaluation will be as follows:– 10% Class Participation

– 40% Excel Document

– 40% PowerPoint Presentation

– 10% Self and Peer Evaluations

• You will find additional rubrics describing each category in our next lesson

In Summary

• You will use the Internet to collect data

• You will use the skills and concept from Social Studies to help understand the data

• You will use Excel to organize and analyze the data

• You will PowerPoint to present your information on the World Wide Web

• You will evaluate your own work as well as two peers.