1950-1990
Assessment Task
The next unit that we will cover in the class is the decades from 1950
through the 1990’s. The unit that
we will be doing will cover the Assessment task of the Graduation Rule.
The task will consist of you breaking into groups and being given a
decade and you will have to do a presentation on that decade.
There are many fun and exciting things that happen during this time
period that you will be presenting on. Some
things consist of the Cold War, Vietnam, the Korean War, Oil embargo and the
Persian Gulf War. You don’t have
to do only the wars in the decade, but you can pick some other things like some
of the fads and fashions of the decade. You
will also have a chance to talk with some of the local VFW vets in our community
and have a chance to interview them.
The
requirements of the task consist of a timeline, presentation and a written
reaction. It must be an accurate
timeline and include: key events from the decade; actions of important people
during the decade; the contributions of key historical people during the decade,
and cause and effect relationship of events over an extended period of time.
The presentation must be a past event from the point of view of local
community member. It will also be
an historical account of an event using primary and secondary sources, it will
also have an accurate description of how technology has changed the lives of
people in the home, at work, in transportation and in communication.
The presentation will have accurate examples of conflict among
individuals, groups and nations and examples of cooperation among individuals,
groups and nations. Lastly it will
have accurate examples of interdependence among individuals, groups and nations.
The last thing that is required is a written report of your experiences.
The written report will answer questions like what did you learn from
this project about your town, its history, about the person you interviewed,
about yourself? Do you like to
study history this way? Why or why
not? What was the best thing about
this project? The part you
disliked, if any?
Don’t’ get to worried about all this we will take our time and I will
be there to answer whatever questions that you may have.
I will also give you an example of what the everything will look like
when I demonstrate one to you of the 1940’s.
You will be broken up into groups that I will select and I will also give
the groups the decade that they will present on. There is no way around this so don’t ask me to change
groups so you can work with your friends.