20th Century Decades project

Name_______________________________  STUDENT MUST FILL IN SHEET
              Decade outlined: _____________________________________
Subject interviewed: ___________________________________________
Subject's age during decade:___________________
What is the biggest difference between that time and now? Explain._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Fashions/Fads/Trends_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
New inventions/technology ______________________________________ ______________________________________________________________
Status Symbols of the era ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Slang common to time ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Common pass times (what did they do for fun?) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Music/Media icons: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Heroes and villains of the era, explain why __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Identify major trends to influence the era as a whole, not necessarily their family alone
Changes in Family size (extended, nuclear, blended...)  ______________________________________________________________
Religion:  Did most families go to Church/service/ synagogue ______________________________________________________________
Education: When did MCAS emerge? Why? ______________________________________________________________
Government: Did people trust it? Who were the presidents? ______________________________________________________________
Military: were we at war?________________________________________ Where?_______________________________________________________
Major source of information: Where did they get their news? ______________________________________________________________
Major news headlines of the decade _____________________________________________________________

Their strongest memories of that time ____________________________________________________________

-----------To be answered after the interview by the student----------------------

Does the subject have a positive or a negative view of this decade? Why? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What types of factors influence your subject’s memories? (e.g. too busy raising kids to remember clearly….) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Do you notice any trends or major changes to American society in SPRITE E in this decade?
Social _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Political ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Religious _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Intellectual (science...) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Technology ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Economic ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Environmental ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Mr. Stanton’s Decade Project Rules:
1. Interview at least three people. Subjects must be at least 5 years old at beginning of decade. (i.e. the person must be born by 1955 to discuss the 1960’s)

2. STUDENT MUST FILL IN SHEET.

 Do Not pass this off to Grandma to fill out. This will not be accepted.

3. Due Date: January 8, 2013
1960’s, 1970’s, 1980’s, 1990’s, 2000’s. Only one decade is covered 2X.
This must be by people in different generations (20 years apart)
Interview your parents and grandparents (if possible) on the decade your parents graduated from high school.

Extra Credit... Other decades (1940’s, 1950’s…) can be completed for extra credit.

Week of December 17, 2012

Homework club meets in room 218 on Tuesday after school.
Late busses leave at 4:15 on Tuesday and Thursday.

Due Wednesday
26(3) Winning the War(829-833)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Read And American War Song (829) When did the US declare war on Germany? 
How is the war poster on 830 connected to the picture on 830?
Who was Edith Cavell (biography 831) Why was she shot by the Germans? What do you think the Germans should have done with her?
Who is pictured on the recruitment poster on page 832?
Why are the French cheering on page 833?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Separate hw grade:  Draw two propaganda posters
One poster supporting the Allies
One poster supporting the Central Powers

Due Thursday :
26(4) Making the Peace (834-838)Identify the terms, people and places.
Who is pictured on page 834? Are they the leaders of the Allies or the Central Powers?
Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 835.
Answer question #3 on page 837.
Answer questions #1+2 on Analyzing Political Cartoons on page 838.

Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Due  Thursday after vacation

26(5) Revolution and Civil War in Russia (839-845)
Identify the terms, people and places.
Who is speaking in the letter, voices of the front, on page 839? Who do they write to, and what do they want?
Draw a quick illustration of Rasputin (840). Who was Rasputin an advisor to? What type of egg is pictured on page 840?
Answer the biography question on V.I. Lenin on page 841.
Answer thinking critically question #1 on page 843.
What caused the mass starvation pictured on page 845?
Answer the five checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Separate Homework Grade: Answer Chapter Assessment questions #1-6, and
# 11 and #17 on page 848

Week of December 10, 2012

Homework club meets in room 218 on Tuesday after school.
Late busses leave at 4:15 on Tuesday and Thursday.
Position paper due Tuesday.

What is the best way to (choose one) coach a team, teach a class, raise a family, babysit young children (any relationship where a power difference exists):Confucianism, Daoism, or Legalism. Be able to explain whether these would work better in the short or the long term. You have to show me that you understand Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism.

Use MoBaThBlue in the opening paragraph.
Body should include three paragraphs: why two philosophies do not work and one philosophy works.
Conclusion. Restate thesis statement and sum up argument

Current Event Week 4 due next week. Make sure you complete the map portion.

We will be wrapping up Chinese civilization and discussing the impact of the Mongols on Monday. We will jump back to the 20^th century and study the causes and effects of WWI the rest of the week.

 Homework due  Wednesday.
26(1) The Great War Begins (816-821). (double homework credit)
Identify the terms, people and places.
Draw the three images on page 815 and explain their significance.
What was the spark of WWI (picture 816).
Answer question 2+3 on map skills page 817.
Why are the people picture on 818 so happy?
Read the biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II (819) who were his two cousins and his grandmother
Read the reasons of entering the war (820), what two powers were most responsible for starting the war? Explain your answer.
How did people show their war enthusiasm (picture 821)?
Answer the five checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Homework due Thursday
26(2)A New Kind of War (822-827)
Identify the terms, people and places.
Read a soldier on the Western Front (822) what does the soldier hear that makes him happy? Read Map Skills on page 823, answer questions 2+3.
Read the infographic (824-5), illustrate three of the changes to warfare in the Great War. Read Map Skills on page 826, who fought against the Ottoman Empire in Egypt and on the Saudi peninsula?
Who is pictured on page 827?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences

Separate homework grade:
Read Erich Maria Remarque: All Quiet on the Western Front (828)
Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2

Week of December 3, 2012

For a quiz grade, you are assigned a short position paper due next Tuesday.

What is the best way to (choose one) coach a team, teach a class, raise a family, babysit young children (any relationship where a power difference exists):Confucianism, Daoism, or Legalism. Be able to explain whether these would work better in the short or the long term. You have to show me that you understand Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism.

Use MoBaThBlue in the opening paragraph.
Body should include three paragraphs: why two philosophies do not work and one philosophy works.
Conclusion. Restate thesis statement and sum up argument

Current Event Week 3 due next week. Make sure you complete the map portion.
We will be discussing Confucianism, Daoism and Legalism this week.
Book work on this material covered has already been assigned.

Homework due next Tuesday.
26(1) The Great War Begins (816-821). (double homework credit)
Identify the terms, people and places.
Draw the three images on page 815 and explain their significance.
What was the spark of WWI (picture 816). 
Answer question 2+3 on map skills page 817. 
Why are the people picture on 818 so happy?
Read the biography of Kaisar Wilhelm II (819) who were his two cousins and his grandmother
Read the reasons of entering the war (820), what two powers were most responsible for starting the war? Explain your answer.
How did people show their war enthusiasm (picture 821)?
Answer the five checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Homework due next Wednesday
26(2)A New Kind of War (822-827)
Identify the terms, people and places.
Read a soldier on the Western Front (822) what does the soldier hear that makes him happy? Read Map Skills on page 823, answer questions 2+3.
Read the infographic (824-5), illustrate three of the changes to warfare in the Great War. Read Map Skills on page 826, who fought against the Ottoman Empire in Egypt and on the Saudi peninsula?
Who is pictured on page 827?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences

Separate hw grade.
Read Erich Maria Remarque: All Quiet on the Western Front (828)
Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2