The following DBQ is due on Friday, May 28th as part of your WWII exam. You are to provide a typed essay that relates to 8-10 documents that YOU provide. Each document must be no longer than a half page in length.
World War II was more important than the Great Depression in fundamentally transforming American society. Assess the validity of this statement based on your knowledge of American society between 1930 and 1945 and documents that you provide.
Provide at least one document from the following types:
Photo
Graph or chart
Speech
Letter
Poster
Political cartoon
Monday, May 24, 2010
Friday, April 30, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Life in the Tenaments
Explore the following websites devoted to virtual tours of NYC turn of the century tenements. Give a comparison/ contrast (both) assessment of life in the tenements as opposed to life on the prairies in the western US in the comments section below.
Urban Life:
http://www.tenement.org/Virtual_Tour/index_virtual.html
http://www.thirteen.org/tenement/
Pioneer Life:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ndfahtml/ngphome.html
http://www.campsilos.org/mod2/teachers/r3.shtml
Urban Life:
http://www.tenement.org/Virtual_Tour/index_virtual.html
http://www.thirteen.org/tenement/
Pioneer Life:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ndfahtml/ngphome.html
http://www.campsilos.org/mod2/teachers/r3.shtml
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
The Civil War
Visit and explore the digital archive at the link below. In your opinion, were the two communities more alike or different? Why do you think so? Which elements found the most similarities? The most differences?
http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/
Due by January 4th, 2010
http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/
Due by January 4th, 2010
Friday, November 20, 2009
Study Guide: Age of Jefferson
The multiple choice section questions cover the following topics:
1. Aaron Burr
2. Embargo of 1807
3. War of 1812
4. American System
5. Louisiana Purchase
6. Free African Americans
7. Monroe Doctrine
8. Westward Settlement
9. Marbury v. Madison
10. Louisana Purchase
11. Rebellion in Haiti
12. Election of 1800
13. Jeffersonian Republicanism
14. Missouri Compromise
15. Jefferson's Policies
16. Free African Americans
17. Second Great Awakening
18. Dividing Up Land
19. Foreign Relations
20. War Hawks
21. Missouri
22. Treaty of Ghent
23. Panic of 1819
1. Aaron Burr
2. Embargo of 1807
3. War of 1812
4. American System
5. Louisiana Purchase
6. Free African Americans
7. Monroe Doctrine
8. Westward Settlement
9. Marbury v. Madison
10. Louisana Purchase
11. Rebellion in Haiti
12. Election of 1800
13. Jeffersonian Republicanism
14. Missouri Compromise
15. Jefferson's Policies
16. Free African Americans
17. Second Great Awakening
18. Dividing Up Land
19. Foreign Relations
20. War Hawks
21. Missouri
22. Treaty of Ghent
23. Panic of 1819
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Famous People Quiz
John Deere; Horace Mann; Robert Fulton; Stephen Austin; Isaac Singer; Samuel Slater; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Nicholas Biddle; Cyrus McCormick; Joseph Smith
Friday, October 16, 2009
The Quasi-War/ Barbary Wars
The Quasi War, along with the Barbary Wars, are an understudied time period in American History. Your mission is to create a fun way to learn about one of these conflicts. You must create a teaching device in one of the following formats:
Board Game (See me if you need materials)
Website with flashgame
Website with online quiz
Video linked to online site
Below are some other websites to help with ideas:
http://bedla.slibotechna.org/USnavy/Quasi-war.pdf
http://www.gamereplays.org/empiretotalwar/portals.php?show=page&name=empire-total-war-road-to-independance
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/road.html
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/8437
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5AAXQ7YbI8&feature=player_embedded#
Project is due Friday 10/30
Board Game (See me if you need materials)
Website with flashgame
Website with online quiz
Video linked to online site
Below are some other websites to help with ideas:
http://bedla.slibotechna.org/USnavy/Quasi-war.pdf
http://www.gamereplays.org/empiretotalwar/portals.php?show=page&name=empire-total-war-road-to-independance
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/road.html
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/8437
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5AAXQ7YbI8&feature=player_embedded#
Project is due Friday 10/30
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