History Day - Backboard
Developed by Kathy Alban - Corona Fundamental Intermediate School

Place the title of your project near the top of the board - it can even be above the project, resting on the top of the board. Subheadings should be scaled down in size. It's a good idea to indicate where your conclusions are located simply by using the heading, "conclusions."

Tips:

1. Use bold colors on your board. Don't use flourescent or neon colors.

2. Most visuals and captions should be placed on mats ( pieces of cardboard or other backing that is cut in the shape of the visual or caption.)

3. Use a variety of visuals if possible: pictures (photos, copies, or hand-drawn), charts, graphs, maps, political cartoons, timelines.

 

Projects are to "SHOW" what you have learned.

Other tips (by Mr. Rangel)

1. Get an image that represents both sided of the conflict and place them in the middle section next to their point of view.

2. Do not have any hand-written text on your board. Type it out and place it on a mat before pasting it on the board.

3. Make sure your colors are coordintating. Don't just use blue, then green, then red, then yellow, etc. Pick two contrasting colors, and use only them.

4. Every picture should have a caption that describes it.

5. Anticipate what questions your reader will ask, and answer it. Example: Who is the man in the picture? When was that picture taken?