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MaineLearningResults:

E1B:Analyzeandcritiquemajorhistoricaleras,majorenduringthemes,turningpoints,events,consequences,andpeoplein
thehistoryoftheUnitedStates.

AmericanStudies
SummerWork
20152016
DUEDATE:AUGUST14TH

Thissummerweareexploringopportunitiesthatallowallstudentschoiceinwhatcanbe
chosenassummerwork.Therearethreedifferentoptionstochoosefrom.Readeachone
carefullybeforeyoumakeyourchoice.Thetimeperiodwewillbecoveringwillberoughly
19001965.Ifyouwishtogobeyondthistimeframe,pleaseemailandaskmefirst!

REMEMBER:ONLYCHOOSEONE!!!!

Choice#1:
LetsBuildSomething!!!
Directions:pickahistoricallandmarkbuiltsometimebetween19001965.Takethislandmark
(building,ship,etc)andrecreateitinasmuchdetailaspossible.Afterwards,writeaonepage,
singlespacedessayexplainingtherelevanceofthislandmarktotheUnitedStates.Ifyou
choosethisplease
emailme
sowecanmeettocollectyourprojectsafely.Hereiswhatyou
needoverall:
Aphysicalreplicaofyourlandmark(thiscantbeboughtinastore,orasamodeltobe
puttogether)Youmustmakethisstructure.YoucanuseLegos,butNOTthe
premadeLegosetsoflandmarks.(125points)
Structuremustencompassnolargerthana2X3footarea.
Greaterdepthofdetail=morepoints
Neatnessandeffortareexpected
Essayexplainingboththehistoricalbackgroundofconceptionandconstruction,aswell
astherelevancetotheUnitedStates.(75points)
Bibliography(correctformatpleasedothismanuallyusing
www.bibme.com
)
youwillnotreceiveanycredit,andberemovedfromtheHonorsclasswithout
one!
Examples(thereare1,000sofchoices):Alabama,BrownChapel,USSDrum,Cape
Canaveral,andtheFreedomTower(Miami)
Hereisawebsitetohelpyou:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._National_Historic_Landmarks_by_state

Choice#2:
SymbolizationofDecades!
Directions:researchandreviewthedecadesfrom19001960.Usethisinformationto
symbolizeeachoneona8X10pieceofwhitepaper.Alongwitheachsymbolizingpage,there
shouldbeapage(singlespacedsize14font)accompanyingwriteupthatdescribesthe
symbolizing.Hereiswhatyouneedoverall:


MaineLearningResults:
E1B:Analyzeandcritiquemajorhistoricaleras,majorenduringthemes,turningpoints,events,consequences,andpeoplein
thehistoryoftheUnitedStates.

Sixpiecesof8X10whitepaper100%coveredwithsymbolismofeachdecade(20pts.
each)
Needstobeincolor(includesONLYhandwritten/handdrawnwork)Anything
printedwillbeimmediatelyremovedfromthisassignment.
Needstobehistoricallyaccurate
Neatnessisexpected!!!
Witheachpageofsymbolism,apageofwrittenexplanation(13pointseach)
Thiswritingmustexplainwhatwaschosenforthesymbolizing,andwhy.
Bibliography(correctformatpleasedothismanuallyusing
www.bibme.com
)
youwillnotreceiveanycredit,andberemovedfromtheHonorsclasswithout
one!

Choice#3:
1stPerspectiveJournal!
Directions:youareaskedtopickanindividual(real,ormadeup)thatlivedduringoneofthese
decades.FollowthisindividualthroughtenyearsoftheirlifeintheUnitedStates.Eachpage
shouldrepresentoneyearoftheirlife.Hereiswhatyouneedoverall:
Coverpage(5points)
Ten,oneyearpages(150points)
Oneachpagepleasehavethreepictures(2ptseach),andthreetopage
entries(3pts.each)aboutyourexperienceswithineachpicturetopicwrite
theseinfirstperson(asifyoulivedthroughwhateverthepicturedepicts).
Neatnessisexpected
Correctgrammaticalwritingisalsoexpected,andpointswillbedeductedif
found.
Lastly,sumupthedecade(45points)Makesureyoudiscusspolitical,social,and
economicchangesthatoccurthroughoutthetenyears(1fullpagepleasesingle
spacedtypedwith14font).
Bibliography(correctformatpleasedothismanuallyusing
www.bibme.com
)
youwillnotreceiveanycredit,andberemovedfromtheHonorsclasswithout
one!

TotalGrade__________/200HistoryStandardPoints
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