Andrews U.S. History
Unit 8: Turn of the Century & World War I (1890-1918)
Unit 8 Project
Description: Working independently or with a partner you are asked to design a Google Slide® focusing on a Unit 8 topic. After selecting one of the topics below, please research information from at least four sources. Your completed project should be 10-12 slides in length, including a works cited page.
Topics
Industrial Revolution
- Tenement housing of New York City
- Child labor of the Second Industrial Revolution
- Constructing the New York City skyline (skyscrapers)
- Immigration at Ellis Island
- Italian immigration
- German immigration
- Irish immigration
- Inventions of the Second Industrial Revolution
- Fat Cats of Industry of the 20th Century
World War I
- Life in the Trenches
- World War I Medicine
- Aerial Technology of World War I
- World War I at Sea
- Weapons and Technological Advancements of WWI
- World War I on the Homefront
- Spies and Codes of WWI
- World War I Propaganda and Art
- Woodrow Wilson and the Treaty of Versailles
Project Requirements
- Google Slide® should be well-organized with factual information
- Each slide should contain two relevant pictures
- Information should not be copied and pasted directly from a website (quotes are okay)
- Significant points will be deducted for information copied and pasted
- Each student should complete a sheet(s) of handwritten research notes
- Each student should submit completed Google Slides by the end of the school day on Wednesday, February 12, 2020
- Presentations, which should be 5-7 minutes in length, will take place February 13, 14, 17, 18