American History Final Projects WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING

American History Final Projects WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO YOUR PROJECT ON? TALK ABOUT IT WITH YOUR SHOULDER PARTNER.

Powerpoint Presentations v. Must be 5 minutes long v 10 slides plus a works cited slide (11 slides in total including the works cited page) v. Must utilize photos and graphics on every slide v. Must address a event from within our curriculum scope (nothing before Civil War) v. At the end of the presentation, you must provide your citations (minimum of 3) v. Must deal with the facts! The presentation can include a small editorial at the end. v. American History only Everyone will sign up for a presentation day. The day you sign up is your due date so don’t be late. If you have no idea or question how to create a Powerpoint presentation, I will be happy to show you. Powerpoint is available on your student desktop and all of the computers in the media center.

Research Ideas Operation Paperclip Hurricane Katrina NSA Scandal/ Edward Snowden Sand Creek Massacre Dust Bowl Blackwater Security/ Baghdad Shooting Scandal Apollo 11 Donner Party Tragedy Valerie Plame/ CIA Scandal Challenger Disaster Birmingham Church Explosion Patriot Act JFK Assassination Black Hawk Incident Anonymous (hacker organization) Los Angeles Riots Boston Marathon Bombing Wounded Knee Massacre Election of 2000 Waco, Texas/ David Koresh Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment Capture of Saddam Hussein Deep Water Horizon BP Oil Spill Pancho Villa Expedition MK-Ultra Mississippi Civil Rights Assassinations/ Freedom Summer Exxon Valdez Oil Spill/BP Oil Spill Scopes Monkey Trial Baltimore Riots (2015) Sultana Explosion Assassination of Abraham Lincoln/ Apprehension of John Wilkes Booth Japanese Internment 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Iran/Contra Affair Hindenburg Disaster Gangsters and Prohibition Birth of Rock and Roll San Francisco Earthquake Fast and Furious ATF Scandal