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NEWS STORIES OF THE 20 CENTUTY PROJECT

The Assignment

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  1. You will assume the role of a journalist in different time periods of the 20-century.
  2. You will present to the class the results of your interviews and research, with a :
    1. 5 to 10 minute oral presentation
    2. poster that provides us with a clear understanding of your subject
    3. 1 &endash; 2 page handout for each student in your class'
  3. The class handout will include the following information
    1. Be sure that you list 3 central questions, at the beginning of your handout, that will guide your interview information and presentation. The questions should address:
      1. What happened [with your person or event]? Be sure to include all necessary background for the class to understand what made it important.
      2. What was its significance? What made it so special or unique? What is your opinion of this person or event?
      3. What were the consequences for the future?
    2. In addition, you will include a vocabulary list [of at least five words or terms] of new words or terms connected with your person or event.
  4. You will provide a rough draft of your presentation prior to your presentation.
    1. It will provide a 1-2 page clean draft of your class handout
    2. It will include all the requirements as listed in Item #3 [above].
    3. It will also include your vocabulary words and their definitions/explanations
  5. Your presentation will include a poster with visual material, such as pictures; cartoons, quotes, realia, graphs and/or other research material you choose to present, in order to thoroughly illustrate the main ideas of the interview.
    1. You will also attach a copy of your presentation paper.
  6. You will also include a bibliography with at least 3 citations.

 

 

You will be graded as following:

Rough draft of written handout

max. 15 points

Final draft of written handout

max. 25 points

Visual display, with paper/outline

max. 35 points

Presentation to the class

max. 25 points

TOTAL POSSIBLE:

max. 100 points
You must present your topic in the classroom in order to obtain any points!!!!!!!!!!
I am looking forward to hear your presentation.

We all could learn a lot!!!!!!

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DUE DATE:
Rough Draft: 6th period: 26 April 2002 (Friday)
Visual Presentations will begin the week of 6 MAY 2002

 

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YEAR and EVENT

1920 Gandhi starts non-violent reforms

The Official Mahatma Gandhi Website
http://www.mahatma.org.in/index.jsp
UCLA's Manas Project
History and Politics: Mahatma Gandhi
Video Support
Gandhi

6th: Cristina C.

1927 Lindbergh flies Atlantic solo

Video Support
The Spirit of St. Louis

1st: Lisa N. & Josie A.

1927 Babe Ruth hits 60 homeruns

Babe Ruth Museum
click on the title 'Babe Ruth'
Baseball Historiam.com features
Babe Ruth

6th: Joel C. & Nieves M..

1st: Manny L. & Anthony G.
 

1928 Antibiotic penicillin is discovered

The PBS [Public Broadcasting Stations] Science Odyessy site
People and Discoveries: Alexander Fleming
Fun Facts about Fungi
Penicillin: the first miracle drug

6th: Kevin and Nicolai..

1928 Russia comes under Stalin's regime

1929 U.S. stock market crashes

6th: Nicole M. and Kristy A..

1st: Allison M. & Justine R.

1933 Hitler named Chancellor

1st: Travis D.

1936 Civil War in Spain, Picasso's Guernica

The Spanish Civil War
Art
Timeline and photos

Video Support

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1st: Edward D. & Christina B.

1938 Hitler launches Kristallnacht

The Night of Broken Glass
Photos and narrative

6th: Shannon H.. and Chris B.

1st: Michael W.

1939 Germany invades Poland

6th: Tim Banuet.

1st: Ryan W. & David J.

1939 First jet plane takes off

The first jet was known as the
Heinkel He

Before the first jet,

Germany had the pilotless flying bomb

6th: Kris B. & Mike W.

1940 Churchill leads Great Britain

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1941 The Battle of Britain

Video Support
Hope and Glory

1941 Hitler invaded the Soviet Union

6th: Jessica C. & JessicA S..

1st: Chris M. & Adam K.

1941 Japan bombes Pearl Harbor

Library of Congress's American Memory
Today in History: December 7, 1941
The Bombing of Pearl harbor
Photos and sequence of events
Radio Days - Pearl Harbor
Hear the broadcast
Video Support
Tora! Tora! Tora!

6th:Amber E.

1st: Brittani L. & Dana C.

1942 The Internment of Japanese-Americans

Japanese Internment
resources
Relocation camps
War Location Authority Pamphlet
Relocation of Japanese-Americans

Photos

Japanese-Americans sent to relocation centers

1942 Secret project to make A-bomb

Simon Wiesenthal Center
Photo's from the Manhatten Project

6th: Tesia B..

1st: Elizabeth S. & Nissar A.

1944 Allies invade France on D-Day

Photos
the D-Day landings

Video Support

Saving Private Ryan
The Longest Day

6th: Trevor M.

1st: Chris S.

1945 Nazi Holocaust exposed

Simon Wiesenthal Center
Museum of Tolerance
The Cybrary of the Holocaust
Remember.org
Wannsee Conference
Coordinating the Final Solution
Slide
Jews being rounded up
The Holocaust Timeline
1933 to 1945
Concentration camps liberated
Dachau
Buchenwald

6th: Alex D.

1945 U.S. celebrates V-E day

Timeline of he events leading to V-E Day
Germany surrenders to Allies on May 7, 1945
Remembering V-E Day
May 7, 1945
Unconditional surrender
May 8, 1945
V-E [Victory in Europe] Day
May 9, 1945
General Wyman's comments on V-E Day

1945 U.S. drops atomic bomb

Pictures of the event
the Enola Gay
the bomb is dropped
the remains of Hiroshima
second bomb on Nagasaki

6th: Rogelio R. & Edgar M..

1st: David G.

1945 World's nations form United Nations

1946 ENIAC: Worlds first computer

ENIAC
Historical overview and homepage

University of Pennsylvania

Development of the EINAC computer

1947 Robinson integrates baseball

Library of Congress's American Memory
Baseball and Jackie Robinson
Video Support
The Jackie Robinson Story

6th: Nicole F. & Cyndie P..

1st: Anthony F.

1947 Marshall plan unveiled

1948 Israel achieves statehood

Video Support
Exodus

1948 Airlift saves Berlin

6th: Yasmin M. & Emanuel C.

1st: Jason

1948 NATO established

The NATO Homepage
Look under the Search line and click on the short introduction

1949 Mao starts communist China

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