Final Project

US/AZ History B Final Project Options

When submitting your final project, if submitted with a link, please copy and paste said link into a word document or google doc and submit into edgenuity. 

Additionally, make sure that your permissions are set to share with anyone with the link to your assignment.

As an alternative to the cumulative exam, you may also do a “cumulative project.” Please see below for the options you have for this project.

The goal of this project will be to demonstrate knowledge of United States History from 1900 through the present day. You will be able to pick one of five themes for your presentation. 

From each Unit, choose one significant event.  (6 events total)

1. Summarize 

• what happened

• who was involved

• where geographically it occurred

• when it happened

2. What was the significance of it happening in that location at that time?  What was the geographical significance?  What was the political significance?  What was the economic significance?  What was the social significance?   

3. What is the significance of that event in our world today? What is the geographical significance today?  What is the political significance today?  What is the economic significance today?  What is the social significance today?   

Here are the topics from each Unit for you to choose from:  (Choose one from each Unit)

• World War I and the Interwar Years (Unit 1)

  • Neutrality and the War in Europe

  • America in the Great War

  • Wilson and the War

  • Prohibition

  • Society in the 1920s

  • The Great Migration

  • Roaring Economy to Great Depression

  • American Life in the Great Depression

  • Goals and Policies of the New Deal

• World War II (Unit 2)

  • America’s Entry into the War

  • America and the War at Home

  • Internment and the Constitution

  • The War in Europe

  • Turning Points in the Pacific

  • End of the War in the Pacific

• The Rise of the Cold War  (Unit 3)

  • The Cold War

  • The Korean War

  • The Baby Boom

  • McCarthyism

  • Brinkmanship in the Cold War

  • Kennedy and the Cold War

  • The War in Vietnam

• Civil Rights and Liberties (Unit 4)

  • Civil Rights: Challenges and Changes

  • Expanding Civil Rights

  • Johnson's Great Society

  • The Warren Court

• Into a New Millennium   (Unit 5)

  • Nixon and Watergate

  • The Reagan Era

  • The Bush and Clinton Presidencies

  • September 11, 2001

  • America in the Bush Years

• The Contemporary Nation   (Unit 6)

  • Military Intervention in the Middle East

  • The Obama Presidency

  • Immigration and Demographic Change

  • America and the Global Economy

  • Technology and its Effects on Modern America

  • Environmental Issues

What format should be used? You have a few options for that as well: 

Option 1:

Create a Prezi (prezi.com) presentation of at least 3 slides per event.  Make sure each slide contains an appropriate and topical picture/graphic. Make sure you have one short paragraph 3-5 sentences of text on each slide.

Option 2:

Create a Visme (visme.com) presentation of at least three slides per event. Be sure to include at least 2 pieces of multimedia (video or audio clip-no more than 5 minutes long). Make sure to have one short paragraph of 3-5  sentences on each slide. 

Option 3:

Create a Google Slides presentation of at least three slides per event. Be sure to include several examples of multimedia, photos, videos, etc. Make sure to have one short paragraph of 3-4 sentences on each slide.

Option 4:

Create a short 3-5 minute documentary or podcast about each of the five events. Please consult me in regards to this option. Possible video editing programs here: https://www.oberlo.com/blog/best-free-video-editing-software

Option 5:

Write a research paper covering each of your five events. (5-10 pages)