Items for the report:
____________________Major US events (entire decade!)10 pts
____________________Major World events (entire decade!) 10 pts
____________________What was the BIG EVENT for this decade?!!! 10 pts
____________________Politics- US and World 10 pts
-who were the leaders, type of government
____________________Economics-- jobs,
prices (food, clothing, shelter, new inventions, technology) 10 pts
____________________Social- What was life like? 2 pts each, total 20 pts
- dress,
music,
homes,
cars,
entertainment,
food,
sports/games
lifestyle,
art,
literature
______________________Americans in the News 5 pts
Explain choices, dress for the part 10 pts, MUSIC 10 pts, video clip 5 pts, pictures...
Immerse us in the entire decade!
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Antebellum Research
1800-1810 1810-1820 1820-1830 1830-1940 1840-1850 1850-1860
Literature, art, music
Inventions and transportation
Immigrants
Movement West
Native Americans
Slavery
Political topics
Women
Work and the Economy
War and Conflict
Reform Movement:
Religion
Health
Temperance
Education
Abolition
Women’s Rights
Reform movement info:
what were the key issues and proposed solutions and why was there a need for reform or change
when did this occur —key dates
where did the key events occur
how were the reforms carried out
who were the key people, picture, brief background info, involvement in reform movement, opposition and support
evidence of reform on the 20th century —21st century
Must include:
pictures
primary docs
secondary docs
map, graph, cartoon
art/literature must include
picture
major work (s)
description
importance to US history or society
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CIVIL WAR PROJECT
Your team will be responsible for presenting information to the class on the Civil War. You will present the information in the form of a talk show host interviewing guests.
EXTRA CREDIT FOR DRESS UP (BE CREATIVE!)
Iron clads Blockade runners Railroads W & W Railroad Hot Air Balloons
Union Spies Confederate Spies Drummer Boys Harriet Tubman
Walt Whitman Mathew Brady Nathan Bedford Forrest Mosby's Rangers
Life in Confederate camps (Johnny Reb) Life in Union camps (Billy Yank) Northern Prison camps (Elmira) Southern Prison camps (Andersonville)
Telegraph use Weapons Civil War Music Civil War Flags
Belle Boyd Julia Ward Howe Clara Barton (medical care) Rose O'Neal Greenhowe
Uncle Tom's Cabin Red Badge of Courage Gone with the Wind The Killer Angels
report #2 (will do a chart in class)
Jefferson Davis Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson Winfield Scott
Ulysses S Grant Ambrose Burnside George McClellan Irvin McDowell
George Meade Joseph Hooker William T Sherman George Stoneman
Joseph E Johnston Thomas Stonewall Jackson PGT Beauregard Robert E Lee
James Longstreet George Pickett JEB Stuart Braxton Bragg
Ft Sumter (battle) Shiloh Vicksburg Atlanta
Ft Donelson Bentonville Bull Run Antietam
Chancellorsville Fredericksburg Gettysburg Appomatox
Ft Fisher Petersburg
Create a headline