Projects and Activities for US History

1. Political/Social cartoons are due with citation information and explanation:
-B Black day Tues. 9/28
-A Orange day Wed. 9/29

2. Turn of the Century Projects are due by end of class (we will be in the computer lab that day):
-B Black day Tues. 9/28
-A Orange day Wed. 9/29

US HISTORY COMPUTER LAB DAY

We are doing 2-3 activities in the computer lab on Wed./Thurs. 9/22-23. Sit with your partner(s)- check glass wall postings. You may chose to work by yourself.

1. Go to www.tenement.org and click on the virtual tour at the bottom of the page. On the opening page of the tour choose any 2 apartments to visit besides the ruin apartment (see circles with names at top of page). Fill in the chart with the information found in the readings. Note that livelihood means job- but some of the people worked out of their home.

2. With your partner choose a topic for your Turn of the Century Project:
-Science/Urban Life: Wright brothers, George Eastman, Frederick Law Olmsted, Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright
-Public Education: Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois
-Segregation/Discrimination: Ida B. Wells, Plessy v. Ferguson
-Mass Culture: History of Hershey, Coca Cola, Baseball, Coney Island, Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst mark Twain, History of Dept. stores, Fashion
Get topic approved and each person writes 1-2 pages of notes for research from approved sites due at end of class.

3. If time remains begin cartoon activity. Start at www.cagle.com/teacher/.

Service Learning Lists

Write 10 facts for any of the following categories that we may write around the school:

-poverty in the US
http://www.bread.org
www.urban.org
http://money.cnn.com/news/specials/poverty/


-environment
http://www.epa.gov/highschool/
http://www.kidsbegreen.org/
http://www.thegreenguide.com

-animals
www.humanesociety.org


-kids
http://www.heartsandminds.org
http://www.nccp.org
http://www.savethechildren.org//


When done make sure that you and your partner's name are on the lists and turn in. Then play www.freerice.org.

Immigration, Urbanization, and the Gilded Age Unit

Journals:
-What does it mean to be an American?
-What is the process to become an American Citizen?
-What are the problems of rapid urban growth? In what ways do we have similar problems today? In what ways do our urban problems differ today?
-What was the Gilded Age? Are we in a modern Gilded Age?
-How are political and social cartoons effective?
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Chap. 7 Section 1-3 guides
Note guide on USCIS and history of immigration
Journals on Sept. 11th and results
Thomas Nast & Political cartoons
Tenement tours

What does it mean to be an American?

Write both of the following quotes and identify their source. How does being an American differ from citizenship in other countries?

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness."

"We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

Flight 93

-Take any three of the passengers or employees flying on Flight 93 and describe why they were on the flight on 9/11/01.

-How did the hi-jackers get control of the plane?

Immigration Journal

Describe the two main ways to become a U.S. citizen.

What is the process to become a U.S. citizen?
In other words, what papers do you need, what do you have to learn, etc.?
How long does it take?