Individual Timeline

1. Getting in Touch

*Each student will receive a handout detailing the economic, political, cultural, and social background of their decade.

*This is the first step towards “getting to touch” with the “spirit of the times.”

*After reading this introduction on your decade, a typed response to the following questions will be turned in for my review.

a. Make a list of at least 5 adjectives that you think best describes the overall feeling of your decade.

b. How would you sum up this decade?

c. What events were most influential and why?

DUE DATE: April 3^rd & 4^th

2. Individual Timeline

*Each student will create a timeline of his or her decade. Choose topics from each year that represents a full view of this ten-year period of history. Examples might include: inventions, popular movies, people who stand out as representative Americans, politics, the economy, wars, TV, music, social and political phenomena, the environment, legislation, medicine, science, technology, disasters, etc.

*Think about the setting; make use of color to distinguish different categories and create a legend for guidance. Examples might include: politics, economy, science & technology, etc.

*After completing your timeline, type a 2-3 paragraph response to the following question:

“What events did you choose as particularly important on your timeline and why?

Be creative and have fun!

DUE DATE: APRIL 5^TH & 6^TH