Projects

Semester I:

Growth of the US Immigration interview- You will be interviewing someone you know who has lived in a foreign country. Either they have moved here or have lived abroad for some time. Then, compare their experience to the immigrants of the 1800 and 1900s. 

Modern Muckraker Project- You will be exposing an issue in society today, using some of the same tactics that Muckrakers used in the early 1900s. 

Semester II:

Atomic Bomb Ethics- You will be reading primary source documents that are for and against dropping the Atomic Bomb on Japan. Then argue why or why we should have not dropped the Atomic Bomb.

Civil Rights Comparative Speech- You will be comparing aspects of the Civil Rights Movement to a Movement of your Choice.  Then choosing 1 aspect to create a 2-minute speech on.