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Students will create a song, poem or rap in which they fully explain an event from the Civil Rights Movement

Students will create a song, poem or rap in which they fully explain an event from the Civil Rights Movement

Student is to "write" a diary of a generic immigrant (1892-1940) that reflects accurately the experiences a person from this time period could/would have experienced. Use knowledge gained from the text and classroom activities to create the diary entries as you think that person would have experienced. You need to have 4 entries: 1: information about you, your family, the beginning of your journey, your country and the reasons why you want to immigrate. 2: on the way to the USA, on board of the ship, traveling conditions, hopes, worries about the time/situation ahead of you. 3: Ellis Island: The immigration process, experience, things you have seen, things that happened to you, duration of process, description of inspectors. 4: The first day in the USA: new experiences, job search?, things you have experienced or seen....reaction other people towards you Must be STUDENT ORIGINAL.

You will choose a historical figure that impacted either the Western Frontier (Chapter 13), Second Industrial Revolution (Chapter 14), or Gilded Age (Chapter 15). You and a partner will then create a Facebook profile for your character from this era. This will be saved to your directory, printed up, and presented to the class. Follow the Rubric to complete the Facebook page for your historical figure.

Rubric to use with "Reporting Live from Boston" lesson plan. Students must perform a news cast of historical events in Boston 1763-1770's.

You will create a map of your own city, using the same urban planning techniques of early 20th century planners: parallel and perpendicular streets, a public gathering area (park or forum), and buildings for specific purposes (business, government, housing, education). Be creative! Remember, the emphasis is on PLANNING.

You will create a map of your own city, using what you have learned from the maps we have studied. Your city must include: parallel and perpendicular streets, a public gathering area (park or forum), and buildings for specific purposes (business, government, housing, education, and community care). Be creative! Remember, the emphasis is on PLANNING.

This acrostic poem will be graded based on creativity, spelling, and completion.