Final Review

 

Depending on our class size today, the final review topics/concepts will be evenly divided. You are to make a PowerPoint of your assigned terms. You simply need to place the term as the title, and write no more than three bullet point review topics. For example:

 

                         Thomas Jefferson

     -3rd President of the U.S.

     -First Secretary of State for George Washington

     -Oversaw the Louisiana Purchase and Louis and Clark expedition

 

Once completed, print your presentation. You should change the print structure to Handouts. Everyone will receive a copy of all the printouts for your final review.

 

Lastly, it is your responsibility to double check that all previous agendas are completed. Grading of the wikis will begin tomorrow.

 

 

 

Cold War(1945-1989)

   

          *Some of you need to recheck the directions from last week's agenda. Very few of the Holocaust pages I checked were completed properly. We only have two more wiki sessions, so make sure you are caught up. Don't get lazy with two weeks left!

 

          First, you are to clean up your Frontpage. I would like for you to insert a picture in the middle of the page. This picture should be of your favorite topic/person we covered this year. Under the picture, tell what it is of and why this was your favorite topic.

 

          Next, you are to create a SmartArt of the Korean War. Use chapter 25, section 2 for assistance. This should be of three concepts/people and descriptions of their significance to the war. Save this in a folder titled Korean War.

 

 

 

 

 

World War II(1939-1945)

 

05/05/2010 Agenda:

     Add to your significant people and events page. Use Dwight D. Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur for your people and the battle of El Alamein for your events.

     Once this is complete, create a page titled "Holocaust." On this page I would like for you to create a short history of the holocaust. The model you should use is as follows:

          Sentence or two

          Picture

          Sentence summary

          Picture

You should have at least 5 pictures and summaries in your history.

 

Place this page in your WWII folder.

 

 

04/21/2009 Agenda:

     You are to create a PowerPoint on the following topic: Pearl Harbor. Presentations should include at least four pictures and 5 informational slides(where, facts of the event, significance, results, etc.). Save your work in a page under a folder titled WWII.       

 

 

04/14/2010 Agenda:

     Using Microsoft Publisher, you are to creat a Newsletter depicting the causes for U.S. entry into World War II. This project should be designed as an informative piece for Americans as to why we needed to declare war. Place this newsletter in a page titled "U.S. Entry" and in a folder titled "World War II."

 

The Great Depression

 

 

4/07/2010 Agenda:

     Create a page titled "New Deal." Write a paragraph description of the following programs: TVA, AAA, WPA, PWA and Eleanor Roosevelt. Be sure to explain why these things are significant and include a picture of each. Link this page in your "Great Depression" folder.

 

     Once this has been competed, be sure your previous week's work is caught up. I will be giving a wiki grade at the completion of this assignment. Be sure to check this list, as it is worth 250 points! A link of tasks is provided below:

 

Wiki 5 Checklist

 

3/30/2010 Agenda:

 

 

First, answer the question I have posted in my Great Depression folder.

 

You are to make a PowerPoint depicting the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Your presentation should include, but is not limited to, the following information: location, cause and results of the storms. In addition, you should include multiple pictures illustrating the event. 

 

 

 

The Roaring Twenties

 03/24/2010 Agenda:

 

Click on the following link for today's wiki assignment concerning Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance:

 

Langston Hughes 

 

 

 

 

 

World War I: 1914-1919 

 

03/01/2010 Agenda

 

First, answer the propaganda question in my WWI folder.

 

The use of propaganda posters became common practice for many countries participating in WWI. You are to find four poster from the WWI era and comment on them. Only one of the posters can be from the United States. Your comments should include an interpretation of the cartoon and its intended purpose. Insert the images and comments on a new page titled "Propaganda Posters of WWI." Place this page in your WWI folder.

 

02/24/2010 Agenda

 

You have a variety of tasks to complete as we introduce World War I. First, you need to answer the question I have left in my World War I folder. Next, You need to add to your significant people and events page. Use General Pershing for your person and the sinking of the Lusitania for your event. Finally, create a SmartArt application(Continuous Block Process) depicting the causes of World War I. Place this in a page titled "Causes of WWI" and in a folder titled "World War I." When you are finished be sure your tasks from previous weeks are completed.

 

Becoming a Superpower:

The Spanish American War

 

02/17/2010 Agenda:

     Your wiki assignment for today consists of completing a webquest from the link below. You need to complete one of the two alternatives provided. All answers to questions need to be completed on a new page titled "Webquest." This page should be placed in a new folder titled "Spanish American War."

 

http://historicalthinkingmatters.org/spanishamericanwar/0/webquest/

 

     Once you have finished this assignment, be sure your Panama Canal timeline is finished. Many links I observed were not working and many of you did not have this assignment posted.

 

 

Progressive Era Diplomacy

2/09/2010 Agenda:

     Today's wiki assignment will focus on the diplomatic ideals of Teddy Roosevelt and William Taft. First, you will make a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting their foreign policy. This can be done using SmartArt. I would recommend that you change the page orientation to Landscape for this exercise. Save this document in a page titled "foreign policy" and in your "Progressive Era" folder.

     Once this has been completed, answer the question in my "Progressive Era" folder concerning Teddy Roosevelt.

     Finally, I would like for you to begin collecting images of the Panama Canal. Create a timeline with links to pictures depicting its creation. Once again, this can be done using Word applications. Save this in a page titled "Panama Canal" and in you "Progressive Era" folder. Follow the example below:

 

Timeline Example

 

 

 

 

Progressive Era(1890-1920) 

 

 

2/03/2010 Agenda:

     Using chapter 17 of your book, choose three accomplishments of the Progressive Era to represent in the Smart Art(application of Microsoft Word) organizer of your choice. Your organizer must contain pictures and contain mulitple points(in text) of each accomplishment. Link your Smart Art organizer in a page titled "Progressive Reform." Link this page in a folder titled "Progressive Era."

 

Once this has been completed, you may take the remaining time to finalize assignments from previous weeks.

 

**Your first wiki grade of the second semester will be taken at the end of this assignment. The link below contains the checklist for assignments:

 

Checklist #4

 

Era of Civil Solidification(1877-1898)

01/27/2010 Agenda

     The years following the Civil War and Reconstruction can be identified as a time of civil solidification. This means that we were focused on reuniting and recreating the spirit of nationalism. This was done, by and large, through the creation of modern American culture(sports, shopping, forms of entertainment, etc). Your task today is to create a PowerPoint on the birth of modern American culture. Your presentation should contain 10 slides(includes title slide) depicting cultural fads(trends) from this era that are still visible today. This should be saves on a page titled "Culture" in a folder titled "Gilded Age." 

 

 

Era of Reconstruction(1865-1877)

01/13/2010 Agenda:

     1. Answer the question I have posted within my Reconstruction folder.

     2. Using Publisher, make a Newsletter depicting the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. This should include a minimum of two pictures and it must contain a description of the event, including results.

     3. Save this on a page titled "Impeachment."

     4. Save this page in your Reconstruction folder.

 

01/06/2010 Agenda:

     1. Add to your significant events page. The topic should be the creation of the Freedman's Bureau.

     2. Add to your significant people page. The topic should be Andrew Johnson.

     3. Create a new page titled "Civil War Amendments." On this page, paste an image relating to the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments. Explain what each amendment did and write about their significance in our history.

     4. Place this page in a folder titled "Reconstruction."

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The Civil War(1861-1865)

Agenda for 12/09/2009:

    This will be our last Wiki Wednesday of the semester. You need to comment on each of the following links. Once you have completed this task, you need to make sure your newsletter of 1863 and Civil War Battles PowerPoint are completed. The checklist for the 3rd Wiki grade is linked below. Make sure you have that information finished and linked properly.

     When all of this is finished, you may work on the review sheet from yesterday at one of the tables. If you are playing games, your wiki will be graded as is and your review sheet will be graded. You have a lot to do...so get busy!

Reaction #1: Value of Wiki Wednesday

Reaction #2: Technological Use

Checklist #3

Civil War Review Sheet

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