History Standard Four - Grades 9-12

Sample Activities

Students might create a slide show accompanied by a musical score to illustrate a particular era or event. One student might, for example, choose the Civil Rights movement, and compile a series of illustrations from protest marches, meetings, conditions in segregated schools, etc., and then photograph them for slides. Next the student would select an appropriate piece of period music and sequence the slides into a five-minute presentation [Content; interpretation].

Parent Partnership Project: Students might interview parents, grandparents, or other family members to create a "Top Ten" list of music, TV programs, or favorite athletes from a given decade, and then research those items to provide background on the social history of the period and critique of films for historical accuracy [Content].

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