Paper Dolls Project

PROJECT DUE DATE - Wednesday 5/23

We are starting our final project of the year - Paper Doll Timeline!  You have two choices of what story you would like to tell with your paper doll timeline 1) Family History Story or 2) U.S. History Story.

If you need instructions, templates, or have questions - please use this post for help!

What's due in class:

Tuesday 5/15 - Have your eight dolls planned out on your google doc
Wednesday 5/16 - Create a timeline of your story and begin typing your summaries into the templates.
Thursday and Friday 5/17&18 - Finish and print your summaries, plan the appearance of your dolls.

Monday 5/21 - Have supplies (fabric, fake hair, googly eyes, etc.) - we're decorating dolls
Tuesday 5/22 - Finish dolls, glue on summaries
Wednesday 5/23 - Turn in dolls and volunteer presentations
Thursday 5/24 - FIELD DAY - NO CLASSES!

Family Heritage Unit

Before you begin your research please follow the steps below so I may check your progress.

1) Sign in to your Google account and go to Google docs.
2) Create a Google doc, and title it Family Heritage - LAST NAME (ex: Family Heritage - Schoppe)
3) Share your Google doc with your history teacher. You will need to copy and paste what you find and type all notes into this document to receive a grade.
4) You may now begin searching for your family using this list of websites.
5) If you have additional sites you would like to use, please let me know and I will add them to the list.

Classroom Handouts:
Parent Letter
Parent Interview
Correspondence Log
Elder Interview
Culture/Tradition Form
Document Analysis

Weekly Calendars for Heritage Unit (know what we are doing and what is due!)
Week One 4/30-5/4
Week Two 5/7-5/11
Week Three 5/14-5/18
Week Four 5/21-5/24
Week Five 5/29-6/1

NYTimes--Coming to America link

New York Times link for "Coming to America" activity: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/10/us/20090310-immigration-explorer.html

Civil War People - DUE FRIDAY, 4/13

Please view the Civil War People presentation and complete your notes sheet.  This will be due in class on Friday.

Table of contents - UNIT 5 & UNIT 6

This is the table of contents for both units, since Westward Expansion was so short.

Table of Contents - UNIT 5 & UNIT 6

History of Slavery - DUE 3/30

Complete this powerpoint no later than class time on FRIDAY 3/30.

EXTRA CREDIT - DUE TUESDAY 3.5

This is big - so you'll get some SERIOUS points my friends!

OK, so we discussed in class that the Supreme Court decision of Worcester v. Georgia stated that the Cherokee Nation fell under the protection of federal law.  So, can someone explain to me why President Jackson can remove them from their land if they fall under protection of the US Constitution - Trail of Tears?  Aren't the Judicial and Executive branches supposed to balance each other out?

Extra credit assignment:
Research the legislation (laws) that explain the Supreme Court's decision about American Indians and Andrew Jackson's actions, and how they relate to one another.  Please state the names and descriptions of any laws you mention in your paper.  Be sure to cite your sources!!

Your answer will need to be typed and turned in to me no later than the end of the day on Tuesday, March 5th.