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The Modern Era

This project is a study of American life and experience during a period of time during the modern era. Choose a decade from the last 200 years (example: 1900-1909) to research and present in a PowerPoint presentation. Your focus will be on events in the United States, but you will want to include some world events and issues. Focus on the following elements:

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Citing Sources in MLA

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  • Politically (American leaders, wars, new laws, Supreme Court cases, etc.)
  • Economically (value of money, stock market activity, industry, business, agriculture, etc.)
  • Physically/Geographically (territorial changes, internal improvements/changes, etc.)
  • Internationally (significant US involvement with any other world powers, etc.)
  • Scientifically (innovation, inventions, power sources, new science or technology, etc.)
  • Socially (fashion, entertainment, sports, music, education, etc.)
  • Personalities (Famous people in all areas ) who influenced the decade
  • Illinois (What was going on specifically in our state during that decade?)

*Be sure to consider project organization. Possible ways to organize the project are by covering each category or by covering the decade chronologically and including the elements in the discussion

Places to Start - General Information

The 19th Century (Wikipedia)

The 20th Century (Wikipedia)

www.historychannel.com
www.biography.com
http://www.historyplace.com/
  http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/

1870s
1880s
1890s
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s

1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s

 

 

 

 

 

 

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