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US History 1st Nine Weeks Project

Complete three (3) of the assignments listed below. Your choices must follow a “Tic-Tac-Toe” format.

Proposals due by Monday, January 13, 2003 Projects due Monday, March 3, 2003

1 PowerPoint 2 Poem 3 Women


Pick a topic and document sources Write and recite an original poem Make a notebook of at least 10
on last slide. 15 slide minimum. about an event (pre 20th Century) in American women who made
US History. important contributions to society
Topics: in the 19th Century.
 Documents of the Suggestions:
Revolution/New Nation Era  Winter at Valley Forge Include:
 Rise of “Cotton is King”  Whiskey Rebellion  Picture of each woman
 Underground Railroad  Nat Turner’s Rebellion  Summary of her
 Westward Expansion  Raid on Harper’s Ferry contributions
 Captains of Industry  Sinking of the USS Maine
See Ms. Perry for suggestions.

4 Mural 5 Websites 6 Newspaper


Paint a mural of ten important Prepare an annotated typed list of Prepare a four-page newspaper on
events of the Antebellum Period. 20 suggested websites for 19th any one given day in pre 20th
Be sure to include a key to your Century US History. Stick to one Century US history.
mural. Include on your key three theme…
or four sentences on each Include:
subject/event you include in your Include:  News
mural.  Web Address  Features
 Title  Editorials
See Ms. Perry for suggestions.  Three or four sentence  Political Cartoons
summary for each  Advertisements
7 Maps 8 Caricatures 9 Sheet Music
Create a book of maps of the Draw caricatures of 10 famous Find a piece of sheet music
United States, showing its growth political or military leaders in (pre contemporary to the 18th or 19th
from the colonial era to its present 20th Century) US history. Be sure Centuries and perform it for the
boundaries. Maps should be titled to include a brief description of class. It can be an instrumental
by year. All maps should be hand each person. piece or one with lyrics. Prepare a
colored with states and capitals brief report on the importance of
clearly named. Major geographic See Ms. Perry for suggestions. the piece and include a short
features should be included. biography of its author.

See Ms. Perry for further details.

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