Freedom Riders

You are travelling through the South with the Freedom Riders in 1961.  You are to create a blogsite on blogger.com that tells of your experience during this time period.  You will design your blogsite to look as much as it can as if it was created in the early 60s.  Things that you will want to have as postings:

1.  The route of the Freedom Rides using maps

2. Examples of Jim Crow Laws they were fighting against

3. Heroes of the Freedom Rides

4. A posting that gives a photo exhibit of your experience

5. A reflection blog that talks about your experience

6. Any other item you think people should know about your time as a Freedom Rider.


Examples of what blogs look like:

http://militarygear.com/asp/

http://www.tmmkkt22.blogspot.com/

http://www.buenosairesperception.blogspot.com/

Here is a website about one freedom rider's experience:

http://biology.clc.uc.edu/fankhauser/Society/freedom_rides/Freedom_Ride_DBF.htm#DBF%20joins


Please post your blog address as well as your name and block in the comments section below.  Blogs are due on Monday, June 6th.

Essay for WW2 Test

The DBQ question is:

How did WW2 affect the lives of women, African-Americans, and Japanese-Americans in the United States?

You will need to provide two supporting documents for each group, for a total of six.  Written documents can be no longer than half a page each and you must provide at least two of them.  You must also provide one or two photographs and at least one political cartoon. 

Due at the beginning of class on Friday.

Assignments for Fakebook Page Wall

Block 1
Bryan-Harry Truman
Jenny-Adolph Hitler
Marc- Benito Mussolini
Brinston-Hirohito
Sam- Winston Churchill
Dayshawna-Tojo
Ryan-Dwight Eisenhower
Lilly-Rosey the Riveter
Anthony K.- Douglas Macarthur
Carley- George Patton
Julian- Neville Chamberlain
Isaiah- Fransisco Franco
Devin- Josef Stalin
Cindy- Robert Oppenheimer
Katlyn- Ann Frank
Faica- Charles DeGaulle
Anthony P.- Tuskegee Airmen
Amanda- Eleanor Roosevelt
Huy- A. Philip Randolph
Kiara- Albert Einstein


Block 2
Roudy- Harry Truman
Michael- Benito Mussolini
Laionel- Josef Stalin
Lyndon- Dwight Eisenhower
Chisom- Adolph Hitler
Adalia- Rosey the Riveter
Jashawn- Hirohito
Joshua- Winston Churchill
Cody- Douglas Macarthur
Sarah- Ann Frank
Jose- Robert Oppenheimer
Wilfredo- Neville Chamberlain
Asha- Tuskegee Airmen
Britany- Francisco Franco


Block 4
Damiah- Harry Truman
Garrens- Benito Mussolini
Danielle- Adolph Hitler
Kahdiem- Dwight Eisenhower
Nehemie- Winston Churchill
Hanz-Lee- Rosey the Riveter
Dorian- Josef Stalin
Francisco- Neville chamberlain
De-Chelle- Hirohito
Devante- Robert Oppenheimer
Jesse- Douglas Macarthur
Sam- Ann Frank
Kiari- Neville Chamberlain
Tairyn-Francisco Franco


Block 6
Darwing-Harry Truman
Misholkin-Adolph Hitler
Evan- Benito Mussolini
Claudelande-Hirohito
Marcdala- Winston Churchill
Michael-Tojo
Jalen-Dwight Eisenhower
Alan-Rosey the Riveter
Makisha- Douglas Macarthur
Natheeshia- George Patton
Julius- Neville Chamberlain
Caleb- Fransisco Franco
Chatira- Josef Stalin
Lucson- Robert Oppenheimer
Brandon- Ann Frank
Chris- Charles DeGaulle

Virtual Time Capsule

You are going to create a virtual time capsule from the 1930s that will tell the people digging it up in 2011 what America was like during the Great Depression. You will:

Choose one from each of the following
Create a glog dedicated to diplaying your choices using links (Don't forget there are 8 total)
Don't forget to explain what each item is on your glog
Turn in a written report detailing what you chose and why you chose it. (One paragraph for each item)

This will count as a project grade and is due on Thursday, 4/14.

Song
Movie
Radio Program
Ticket stub to a sporting event
Article of clothing
Book
Poster of a famous person
Photograph of a famous event

Study Guide for Twenties Exam

Read Chapter 11

Topics:

Progress vs. Fundamentalism
   Harlem Renaissance
   Rise of KKK
   Science vs. Bible
   Scopes Monkey Trial
   Women's advancement
   Immigration Restriction
   Red Scare
   Sacco and Venzetti

Mass Consumerism
   Assembly line
   Credit vs. Cash
   Laissez Faire
   Advertisements
   Rise of the Radio
   Transportation innovations
   Luxuries become Necessities

Prohibition
   Volstead Act
   Big City Crime
   Enforcement
   Speakeasies

Essay Question for Exam on 1920s

To what extent was the decade between 1920 and 1930 a time of advancement for women, immigrants, and African-Americans?

1920s Magazine Continued US II Honors

Supplement Material:

You will add the following:

2 advertisements
1 graphic (map, chart, etc)
Letter to the editor
Political Cartoon

1920s Magazine US II Honors

Using Microsoft Publisher, you are to complete the following project:

Your job is to create a magazine covering aspects of culture, politics, arts, music, lifestyles and the like from the 1920's. You will create a magazine that is reflective of the time period. Your magazine will be published in the classroom and should be reflective of the 1920's as much as possible. In the course of your project, you will mimic a magazine's content and style, making a 1920's edition that is reflective of that magazine's format.
Magazine Requirements:

1. You will choose a magazine format which you will imitate. After analyzing the current magazine's format and describing the relevant style and content of the magazine's creators + the typical reader, you will create a magazine that mimics that format. The magazines you can choose from are (most of these magazines did not exist in the 1920's, but we are more concerned with their format):
   1. Time 9. Life
   2. Newsweek 10. Entertainment Weekly
   3. Sports Illustrated 11. People
   4. Vogue 12. Forbes
   5. McCall's 13. Fortune
   6. Vanity Fair 14. Rolling Stone
   7. Harper's 15. Vibe
   8. Ladies Home Journal 16. Outdoors
   9.  
2. You will create a magazine with the following components according to the format of one above:
   1. Cover Page (Lead story, picture, title of magazine, editors/contributors, & date)
   2. Table of Contents (this has to be created last)
   3. Four feature or news articles. Articles must be written as if they could be in your model magazine during the 1920's (e.g. in a 1920's issue of Time). Each group member is responsible for 1. They can be about any significant event, trend or development during the 1920's.
   4. - Articles should be typed in column format, like a newspaper or magazine
3. Keep margins of 1 inch all around

....4. -The page on which your article is written should be in magazine format; that is, no large expanses of blank paper. You might wrap the article around a picture or an advertisement.
....5. Your articles must correspond to the date of your magazine and have some perspective of time. For instance, if your magazine is written in 1927, you cannot write about the stock market crash of 1929, and any articles about Babe Ruth must either be about the glorious 1927 season or retrospectives about his still vibrant career.

Glog on Harlem Renaissance

You are to create a layered glog (layered means that when the viewer clicks on a picture or icon, a video or article pops up) detailing the Harlem Renaissance.  It must feature all four of the following elements:
Art
Literature
Music
Theater

You will then write a 6 paragraph essay on your findings (the four middle paragraphs will discuss each of the above mentioned elements) to be turned in on Friday March 11th.  The essay is worth a test grade while the glog, which will be presented on Friday in class, is worth a project grade.  Those who are not prepared on Friday to present will lose 50% of the grade if they need to present on Monday.

Propoganda Poster

Using the glog site, create an original poster about the First World War using one of the techniques discussed in class, such as:

Recruitment:
 Early enthusiasm
 Join your buddies
 Doing your part

Colonial Participation

War Bonds:
 Patriotism
 Fear
 Guilt
 Immigration

Promoting Behavior:
 Saving food
 Working Hard
 Keeping secrets

Due on Wednesday, 3/2

Essay Question WWI

To what extent was the United States moraly, politicaly, or economicaly justified in joining World War One?

Facebook Profiles for WWII

Using the following site, create a Facebook page for the historical figure that you have been assigned.  http://www.myfakewall.com/

The final product will be turned in as a printed sheet to be displayed.  Examples are located here:
http://www.myfakewall.com/w/Franklin+D+Roosevelt
http://www.myfakewall.com/w/Ben+Franklin_1

You should have a minimum of:
5 friends
7 posts from yourself
5 posts from other people
Full bio information
6 pictures

The final product is due on Thursday, May 19th and is worth a project grade.

Imperialism Test Essay Question

Five paragraph essay using specific examples from the unit answering all three of the following questions.

 

What were the benefits of American Imperialism (using specific examples)?

 

 

What were the costs of American Imperialism (using specific examples)? 

How did American Imperialism compare or contrast to European Imperialism?

Due Tuesday, 2/8

A New Canal

The nation of Panama has declared that they will be closing the Panama Canal to foreign ships as of 2012.  It is vital for US interests that we find a new way to get ships back and forth between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.  Using the information sheet provided, you will plan the next canal.  You will:

1. Demonstrate where the new canal will be on the map provided.
2. Fill out the chart explaining any political, military and economic issues that arise from your canal placement.

This info sheet is due at the end of the block.

Study guide for mid-term

The midterm will focus mostly on chapters 4-9.  It is made up of 60 multiple choice questions ( 24 stand alone and 36 document related) as well as an essay worth the remaining 40 points.  To get all 40 points on the essay, it must include:

A strong thesis in the opening paragraph
3 well developed supporting paragraphs that use the documents provided in the test.
A strong conclusion.

It would be in your best interest to study old tests and quizzes as well as homework assignments passed back.

Imperialism Newsletter

You are to design and create a 4 page newsletter using microsoft office publisher that will discuss American imperialism in the year 1900.  You will be writing in the year 1900.  You must include at least 4 the following topics:

The sinking of the Maine
The Battle of Manila Bay
The Battle of San Juan Hill
A brief bio of Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders (Remember he is not president yet!)
The revolt in the Philippines
Hawaiian annexation
Anti-imperialist movement

You must also have:
 a political cartoon
two photographs
a letter to the editer


Due on Wednesday, Jan 19th.