Three People, One Decade

Project Description-
You and two other people will choose a time period between World War I and the present. Your group will create an autobiography of three people during that time period to tell the history of that decade through the eyes of the people who lived through it.

Forming Groups-
Your group can be made up of people from any world history class during the same period.  For instance, if you are in Ms. Lee’s 2nd period class you may work with someone from Mr. Cadoppi’s 2nd period class.  The three autobiographies must be chosen from the following categories Arts and Literature, Political Figures, and Science and Technology.

Project Requirements-

Visual Requirements

  1. Scrapbook
  2. Poster
  3. Another Teacher Approved Display Project (Ms. Lee and Mr. Cadoppi have to both approve it)

Content requirements for the historical figure’s autobiography

  1. 5 primary sources with description such as a speech, letter, and/or work of art that describes how this person contributed to the time period and their chosen field.
  2. At least 5 photographs of the person with explanation, background
  3. 1 page biography that includes basic biographical information and is cited using MLA format. (typed, double spaced, 12 point font, no bullet points)
  4. 2 undocumented primary sources that YOU create yourself such as a long lost work of art that was recently found, a letter that was never published etc.

Scrapbook/Poster requirements

  1. Introduction to the decade written by everyone in the group
  2. Conclusion that describes how each person contributed to the decade
  3. Timeline of major events of the decade that include the major events of your historical figures

Benchmarks-

  1. May 7th a half page on who you want to be and why and which decade you think this person represents is due
  2. May 12 we will be in the library but will NOT have use of computers. By this date you should have your groups chosen, decade chosen, and historical figure chosen. GET SIGNED OFF BY THE END OF THE DAY!
  3. May?? A list of important events from your historical figure’s life that you want to include in your group’s timeline
  4. May 23 you should have general information on your historical figure and have written your biography.  You should have a draft of your 2 self created primary sources.
  5. May ?? your group should have a draft of how the poster/scrapbook is organized and a draft of what it looks like
  6. May 27 and May 28 we will be in the library and have use of the books and computers.  By the end of these two days you should have found your 5 primary sources and written a description of them that shows how they contributed to the time period and their chosen field.
  7. May ?? Your group should have the introduction and conclusion written and be ready to assemble the scrapbook/poster
  8. June 2 the final project is due

Examples of people
  1. Muhammad Ali
  2. Cesar Chavez
  3. Tiger Woods
  4. Winston Churchill
  5. Malcom X
  6. Charlie Chaplain
  7. Pelé
  8. Buster Keaton
  9. Jackie Robinson
  10. Babe Ruth
  11. Edgar Allan Poe
  12. Nelson Mandela
  13. Janis Joplin
  14. Fidel Castro
  15. Pablo Picasso
  16. Max Ernst
  17. Jackson Pollack
  18. Maya Angelou
  19. Bill Gates
  20. Arrested Development
  21. NWA
  22. Mao
  23. Deng Xiaoping
  24. Daisy the Sheep
  25. TV Stars from the 50’s-Lucille Ball
  26. Fast Food Czars- McDonald’s
  27. Hitler
  28. Mussolini
  29. FDR, Eleanor Roosevelt
  30. Dorothy Lange
  31. Feminists-Betty Friedan
  32. Robert Oppenheimer-Manhattan Project
  33. Jazz-Miles Davis
  34. Olympic Athletes
  35. Richard Nixon
  36. Johnny Cash
  37. Henry Ford
  38. Elvis Presley
  39. Bob Marley
  40. Jimi Hendrix
  41. Andy Warhol
  42. Georgia O’Keefe
  43. Frieda Kahlo
  44. Emilio Agunialdo
  45. Imelda Marcos
  46. Indira Ghandi
  47. Benazir Bhutto
  48. Ghandi
  49. Nehru
  50. Vivien Thomas
  51. Martin Luther King Jr.
  52. Clarence Thomas
  53. Sandra Day O’Connor
  54. Yasser Arafat