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US History Projects
U. S. HISTORY PROJECT-1ST NINE WEEKS 1. Design a booklet which illustrates and explains an important person, or event, in U.S. history from 1789 through 1900 for each letter of the alphabet. Example: A for John Adams, John Adams was a leader of the revolution, our first vice president of the United States, served one term as our second President, kept us out of war with France despite the XYZ affair, passed the Alien and Sedition Acts which hurt his reelection campaign. 2. Create a timeline for the following events. Be sure to use specific dates when appropriate and eras when appropriate. For example, Mr. Adams(1967-present). Mr. Adams’ Birthday-April 15, 1967. Civil War Populism Spanish-American War War of 1812 Progressive movement Era of Good Feeling Dred Scott Decision Declaration of Independence Election of Lincoln Constitution Ratified The Gilded Age Jacksonian Democracy Federalist Era California Gold Rush American Revolution Seneca Falls Declaration Battle of Gettysburg Appomatox Court House Emancipation Proclamation Battle of Little Big Horn Louisiana Purchase Missouri Compromise Kansas-Nebraska Act Marbury v. Madison Mexican War Reconstruction Gilded Age Monroe Doctrine Completion of Transcontinental Railroad 3. Grade will be based on creativity and quality of the illustrations and explanations. Please be neat and make your work attractive. Timeline completed correctly 25 points Event/person explanation thorough 40 points Illustrations 25 points Overall presentation 10 points choice of items, creativity, additional items provided, depth of explanation) PROJECT DUE DATE: OCTOBER 19, 2009. COUNT AS A TEST GRADE.
1. Design a booklet which illustrates and explains an important person, or event in 2. Create a timeline for the following events. Be sure to use specific dates when appropriate and eras when appropriate. For example, Mr. Adams(1967-present). Mr. Adams’ Birthday-April 15, 1967. WWI WWII Vietnam War Korean War Red Scare(1st and 2nd) McCarthyism Progressive Movement New Deal Depression Civil Rights Movement Fall of communism D-Day First Atomic Bomb dropped Pearl Harbor Bombed Cold War Cuban Missile Crisis Gulf War Watergate Prohibition New Frontier Great Society Fair Deal US Olympic Hockey Team Defeates Jazz Age Rise of Rock n’ Roll 3. Grade will be based on creativity and quality of the illustrations and explanations. Please be neat and make your work attractive. Timeline completed correctly 15 points Event/person explanation thorough 45 points Illustrations 20 points Overall presentation 20 points choice of items, creativity, additional items provided, depth of explanation) PROJECT DUE DATE: January 12, 2009. NO LATE PROJECTS WILL BE ACCEPTED. COUNTS AS TWO TEST GRADES.
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