United States History Creative Project

2nd Semester (Green)

Value: 100 points

Due Dates:Even Classes- WEDNESDAY, MAY 20

The Basics:

  • By the end of Semester 2, we will have covered the 1930s through the present. Topics such as the Great Depression, World War II, The Cold War, Civil Rights, Vietnam, etc.
  • You are not limited to the above topics as long as your selection falls within the time frame of the 1930s to present!
  • Please select one event, time period, person, etc. to focus on for your project.
  • Your topic need not be (but certainly can be) something/someone that we focused on in class (for example: if you would like to focus on an influential author, musician or artist from a particular time period, great!)
  • You may work in groups depending on the project (even mixed class groups are okay) however, your project must be significant enough to justify more than one person’s time and effort, and be able to be shared in all group members’ classes. YOU MUST GET TOPIC APPROVAL FROM MRS. MARTIN/MR. GREEN/Mrs. Estabrook, AND YOU ALSO MUST GET APPROVAL TO WORK IN A GROUP!

You will be graded on:

  • Accurate historical content(40pt)
  • Presentation/effort(30pt) – DO NOT CREATE A POWERPOINT SLIDESHOW THAT YOU READ TO THE CLASS. YOU MUST KNOW THE INFORMATION WITHOUT READING TO US.
  • Creativity (30pt).

Possible suggestions for creative projects:

  • Biography Box/Museum Box
  • Dramatic Presentation
  • Movie
  • Sock Puppet Theater (Historical reenactment, or Lip-Sync of song – see Lip-Sync below)
  • Lip-Sync of popular song, with history of group/singer and influence in United States History.
  • PowerPoint / Multimedia presentation
  • Painting
  • Time Magazine Cover/travel brochures
  • Storytelling
  • Your Idea? – Great…just get approval
  • Movie Poster – Create a movie poster featuring a historical time period/event / person . Include:Title of the movie , Actors, Review quotes Director, Producer ….
  • *Story book – Create a book of an event/person/concept individually or as a group. Read expressively to group/class. An A-Z book, A children's book, an alternative history book. A book from the point of view (POV) of the oppressed ….
  • Create a MONUMENT to a person, event, decade… Illustrate, explain the significance, location of monument, dimensions, plaque on monument (wording) cost etc. Keep it historical.
  • Paper Bag Theater- create lunch sack characters and props to reenact an event in history…be creative
  • Journal / Diary of the person – What might the person have written in his/her journal about this event?
  • Teach the class a popular dance from the timeperiod – Learn the history to teach the background of how the dance was introduced /who popularized it / choose music to dance to / teach the class the dance.

PROJECTS MUST BE TURNED IN ON TIME FOR FULL CREDIT!