Download APUSH5 - Spring 2012 - Historic Interview - UPDATED
Download APUSH5 - Decade Project - UPDATED
APUSH Students...
Attached is a copy of the following assignments:
1. Historic Interview (Personal Intreview - typed paper with questions/answers, introduction, and conclusion)
DUE: Monday, April 23rd
- Decide who to interview (someone over the age of 50 who can recall information about the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s).
- Using the attached list of questions on the rubric, select 35 of the 47 questions to conduct the interview.
- Type an introduction about the decades (include important people, events, etc.) as well as some background on the person you chose to interview.
- Type all of the 47 questions and type omit next to the 12 questions not being used.
- You must use a minimum of five questions per decade, but should use as many as you can to complete the 35 required questions for the interview.
- Type a conclusion on what you learned historically by researching and conducting the interview.
2. Decade Project (Group Presentation - PowerPoint, visuals, music, dressed-up as part of the decade, decorations, etc.)
DUE: Wednesday, May 16th - (PowerPoint, agenda, and types of visuals presented to the class).
PRESENTATIONS: Each of the four decade groups will present on one of the following days - Thursday, Friday, Monday and Tuesday (May 17th, 18th, 21st, and 22nd)
- As a group, decide which of the following decades to cover: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, or 1990s.
- Using the attached rubric, begin research on your decade (group members should work individually or in pairs to conduct research and begin organize one collaborative PPT).
- Some library time will be given, but students should be preprared to work outside of school on this activity.
- Two of the assigned tasks on the rubric require you to be creative in finding a topic not listed about your decade.
- On the day of the presenatation (see calendar for your decade), be prepared to decorate the room with visuals related to your decade (NO FOOD should be brought in as part of the presentation) and come dressed the part (if not dressed to fit the decade, wear business attire).
Please email me if you have any questions. These are semester projects which should be worked on over the course of the next two months in preparation for the assigned due dates.
Thanks!
-D. Liscio
