Social Studies Final Project
For our final project in US History, we will be creating a book of the most important events in US History. Your assignment is to create a page for each of the 3 events assigned. You will be signing up for a topic in class. Topics will be on a first come, first serve basis. You will be working independently to complete this project. Each person needs to turn in the following to me for each event:
Grade Breakdown
- 3-4 photographs that depicts your event. Each image needs to have a detailed description that describes the scene.
- 2-3 paragraphs that explains the event. What happened? Why do you think that happened?
- 3-4 paragraphs that explain why this event is of importance in US History. How did it change the way we view the world? How did it impact the future? How did it change our country? Etc.
Grade Breakdown
- Photographs 25%
- Cause and Effect Paragraph 25%
- Historical Importance Paragraph 25%
- Creativity, Neatness, and Presentation 25%
7th Grade1. 1492 Christopher Columbus Discovers America (Christina)
2. 1590 Roanoke Colony found deserted (Ruth) 3. 1570 Iroquois Confederacy established (Keshon) 4. 1607 Jamestown is founded (Jordan) 5. 1620 Mayflower Compact Signed (Keith) 6. 1628 Massachusetts Bay Colony founded (Kofi) 7. 1676 Bacon’s Rebellion (Jordan) 8. 1692 Salem Witch Trials (Ruth) 9. 1732 First Great Awakening (Ann) 10. 1754 The French and Indian War begins (Kaila) 11. 1763 Proclamation of 1763 organizes North American Empire (Angelyn) 12. 1765 the Stamp Act passed (Tina) 13. 1770 the Boston Massacre (Briaden) 14. 1773 The Boston Tea Party (Kofi) 15. 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord (Ezra) 16. 1775 Capture of Fort Ticonderoga (Janyah) 17. 1776 Thomas Paine published Common Sense (Ashlei) 18. 1776 Great Fire of New York (Keith) 19. 1776 Declaration of Independence drafted (Ann) 20. 1777 Articles of the Confederation (Angelyn) 21. 1783 Treaty of Paris signed (Kofi) 22. 1789 Constitution ratified (Ashlei) 23. 1791 Bill of Rights Ratified (Keith) 24. 1793 Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (Janyah) 25. 1793 Fugitive Slave Act passed (Samari) 26. 1974 Whiskey Rebellion (Kaila) 27. 1794 Cherokee Nation founded (Tina) 28. 1797 XYZ Affair (Tina) 29. 1800 Library of Congress founded (Austin) 30. 1803 Marbury vs. Madison establishes Judicial Review (Ruth) 31. 1803/1804 Louisiana Purchase Treaty/Lewis and Clark (Christina) 32. 1812 War of 1812 (Fiona) 33. 1820 Missouri Compromise (Kayla) 34. 1823 Monroe Doctrine Proclaimed (Kaila) 35. 1824 Gibbons vs. Ogden (Noah) 36. 1825 Erie Canal completed (Noah) 37. 1830 Second Great Awakening (Ann) 38. 1831 Nat Turner’s Revolt (Ashlei) 39. 1835 Alexis De Tocqueville’s Democracy in America (Fiona) 40. 1835 Texas War for Independence (Briaden) 41. 1838 Trail of Tears (Samari) 42. 1848 Gold Discovered in California (Ezra) 43. 1848 Women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, NY (Samari) 44. 1849 California Gold Rush (Briaden) 45. 1857 Dred Scott Decision (Austin) 46. 1859 John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry (Christina) 47. 1860 Confederate States established (Keshon) 48. 1861 Attack on Fort Sumter (Jordan) 49. 1862 Emancipation Proclamation (Kayla) 50. 1863 Battle of Gettysburg (Keshon) 51. 1864 Sand Creek Massacre (Fiona) 52. 1865 Lee surrendered to Grant (Angelyn) 53. 1865 Lincoln Assassinated (Kayla) 54. 1865 13th Amendment passed (Janyah) 55. 1865-1877 Reconstruction Era (Ezra) 56. 1869 Transcontinental Railroad Completed (Noah) 57. 1872 Yellowstone National Park Established (Austin) |
8th Grade1. 1879 Thomas Edison invents the light bulb (Prodda)
2. 1881 President James Garfield assassinated (Ashley) 3. 1883 doctrine of racial segregation legalized (Kelleytina) 4. 1901 William McKinley assassinated (Anthony) 5. 1903 First flight at Kitty Hawk (Michael) 6. 1903 Movie The Great Train Robbery opened (Naté) 7. 1904 Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine issued (Michael) 8. 1906 The Jungle published by Upton Sinclair (Eden) 9. 1906 San Francisco Earthquake (Roscoe) 10. 1908 FBI established (Jada) 11. 1909 NAACP is created (Kelleytina) 12. 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (Savannah) 13. 1913 Henry Ford developed the modern assembly line (Jada) 14. 1917 US enters WWI (Paul) 15. 1919 18th amendment passed (Melanie) 16. 1920 19th Amendment grants women’s suffrage (Melanie) 17. 1927 Charles Lindbergh & the first trans-Atlantic flight (Jensen) 18. 1928 Steamboat Willie premiered (Kevin) 19. 1928 Amelia Earhart flew solo across the Atlantic (Sophie) 20. 1929 Black Tuesday (Ashley) 21. 1933 Alphabet Soup Legislation Begins (Roscoe) 22. 1933 The New Deal (Melanie) 23. 1938 The War of the Worlds performed (Brandon) 24. 1939 The New York World’s Fair (Stephanie) 25. 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor (Jensen) 26. 1942 Japanese American Interment (Taryll) 27. 1944 D-Day (Brandon) 28. 1945 Atomic Bomb dropped on Japan (Brandon) 29. 1946 The Cold War Begins (Paul) 30. 1946 Baby Boom (Andrena) 31. 1947 Truman Doctrine (Taryll) 32. 1947 Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier (Jensen) 33. 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy came to power (Stephanie) 34. 1950 Korean War Begins (Paul) 35. 1954 Brown vs. The Board of Education (Kelleytina) 36. 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott (Naté) 37. 1956 Elvis Presley Appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show (Eden) 38. 1957 Little Rock Nine (Naté) 39. 1961 Vietnam War officially begins (Stephanie) 40. 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis (Taryll) 41. 1963 JFK assassinated (Anthony) 42. 1963 I have a Dream Speech (Sophie) 43. 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Savannah) 44. 1964 British Invasion “The Beatles” (Eden) 45. 1965 Watts Riots (Michael) 46. 1968 MLK assassinated (Anthony) 47. 1968 RFK assassinated (Prodda) 48. 1969 Stonewall riots (Andrena) 49. 1969 Neil Armstrong walks on the moon (Prodda) 50. 1969 Woodstock (Roscoe) 51. 1973 Watergate Scandal breaks (Janai) 52. 1973 oil crisis (Kevin) 53. 1975 Bill Gates founds Microsoft (Savannah) 54. 1980 Miracle on Ice (Kevin) 55. 1986 Iran-Contra Affair (Janai) 56. 1987 Tear Down this Wall Ronald Reagan (Jordan) 57. 1991 Soviet Union Dissolved (Jordan) 58. 1992 LA Riots (Andrena) 59. 1995 Chicago Heat Wave (Jada) 60. 1999 Columbine High School Massacre (Janai) 61. 2001 September 11 Terrorist Attacks (Sophie) 62. 2005 Hurricane Katrina (Jordan) 63. 2008 First Black President (Ashley) |