Project 5 - CareersThis list of 25 real-world careers can be used to select how you want to present your investigation into the driving question. Each one requires thorough research into the background of the driving question and a well-developed response. These are how you want to present your findings.
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Advertising Director
Advertising directors oversee campaigns launched by an organization to inform the public about a company's services. For this students should create a campaign through either print, video, or audio to inform the audience about their findings. Architect Architects design new buildings and structures as well as work to restore and conserve existing ones. Options include designing a memorial, museum, or building dedicated to a historical figure (i.e. presidential library) and present blueprints with descriptive paragraphs about each section. Art Director Art Directors are responsible for formulating design concepts and presentations for print, broadcasting, and other media. Similar to Advertising Director but without slogans and such. Broadcast News Reporter Broadcast News Reporters research newsworthy events then write copy and present the news to the public. Students should be responsible for writing scripts and filming the news reports. iMovie is a great tool for making these look professional. Blogger Bloggers create, design, and develop content for continuously updated “blogs” that feature content related to various topics. Blogger.com is a very easy to use site for students to create blogs. A certain number of entries are required in order to fully respond to your topic. Choreographer Choreographers plan, create, and instruct new dance routines and direct rehearsals for stage productions. Good for dramatic events that could be shown through interpretive dance (e.g. Trail of Tears). However, would need an accompanying narrator or guide book to provide background. Clothing Designer Clothing designers study fashion trends, sketch designs, and select fabrics to create the dresses, suits, shoes, and other clothing and accessories purchased by people every day. T-shirts with designs make the best project for designers. Likely a line of shirts with slogans, patterns, and visuals to tell the story. Documentary Filmmaker Documentary Filmmakers start with the concept for a real-life project and turn it into a finished film. Great for budding filmmakers – again iMovie is a great tool to use for editing. Editorial Writer An Editorial Writer writes persuasive arguments intended to stimulate public opinion about various topics. Great for opinionated students & good writers. A minimum number of editorials is needed so students can fully delve into the topic. Engineer Engineers know the mechanics of how various tech works and operates from guns and cannons to GPS and Smart bombs. Great opportunity for students to study the mechanics of various technology from the past and explain how they work. Fine Artist Fine Artists include painters, illustrators, and sculptors who create artwork using a variety of media and techniques. Can include paintings, sculptures, etc but definitely a series of works to show the topic fully and explanations for each. Game Designer Game designers create console, PC, mobile or traditional board games on various platforms. They develop not only the game’s plot and art direction, but the code that governs gameplay and the levels of a game. A great online tool is flowlab.io which allows students to create games online and is free for a basic plan. Great for tech-savvy students. |
Graphic Designer
Graphic designers plan, analyze, and create visual solutions to communications problems in print, electronic, and film media. A wide range of possible projects fit here from print media, magazine covers, advertising, etc. Instructional Designer Instructional Designers develop instructional materials and products for the technology-based redesign of courses. Similar to a Curriculum Writer but with more of a focus on the educational materials than the curriculum itself. Interior Designer Interior Designers map out room dimensions, create color palettes, and select furniture to create interior spaces that match a client’s needs. Students can create a museum space or imagine that they are responsible for designing the interior of a historic landmark like Lincoln’s Cottage. Landscape Architect Landscape Architects plan and design outdoor landscapes for residential, commercial, or industrial sites. Similar to an Architect but with outdoor spaces. Mobile App Developer App Developers designs, tests, and programs mobile applications. I’ve had students who created their own but appypie.com is a good, free app maker software. Music Director Music Directors conduct and direct instrumental or vocal music performances. Students can create their own songs, rap, or curate a group of songs for a performance with explanation for each and its connection to the project. Museum Curator Curators assemble, manage and present artistic and cultural collections for museums. Students design an entire exhibit with visuals and descriptions dedicated to their subject. Newspaper Editor Editors oversee which stories are covered and featured as well as the layout of a newspaper. I have students design a full, multiple page newspaper. makemynewspaper.com is a great tool. News Correspondent Correspondents cover newsworthy topics in the field for radio, TV, or printed publications. Like the Broadcast Reporter but with more field/location work. Podcaster Producer Podcasters Producers create immersive audio stories that can be streamed or downloaded. Garageband for Mac is a great audio editor to create podcasts. Public Relations Manager PR Managers are responsible for maintaining a favorable public image for their client. They must fully understand different perspectives and work to mold them to their liking. Similar to Advertising Directors but should include a wider range of outputs. Screenwriter Screenwriters write scripts/stories for films and TV shows. Great for creative writers. Trelby.org and Celtx.com both offer free screenwriting tools. Website Developer Web developers are responsible for the design, coding, layout, and content of an entire website. Wix.com or Weebly.com are great free tools to create webpages for students. |
Unit 1 - Worlds Collide
Amerigo Vespucci
Bacon’s Rebellion
Christopher Columbus
conquistadors
Exploration
Bacon’s Rebellion
Christopher Columbus
conquistadors
Exploration
Unit 2 - Adolescent Colonies
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Anne Hutchinson
Benjamin Franklin Carolinas Enlightenment Georgia |
Great Awakening
John Winthrop King Philip’s War Maryland |
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Mayflower Compact Navigation Acts New Netherlands |
Pequot War
Roger Williams Separatists Stono Rebellion |
Unit 3 - Seeds of Rebellion
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Albany Conference
Boston Massacre Boston Tea Party Coercive Acts French and Indian War |
George Washington
King George III Lexington and Concord Minutemen |
Paul Revere
Proclamation of 1763 Quartering Act Sons of Liberty |
Stamp Act
Sugar Act Townshend Acts Treaty of Paris (1763) |
Unit 4 - Revolutionary America
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Articles of Confederation
Battle of Brooklyn Battle of Bunker Hill Battle of Camden Battle of Cowpens Battle of Guilford Court House |
Battle of Kings Mountain
Battle of Saratoga Battle of Trenton Common Sense Constitutional Convention |
Declaration of Independence
Gen. Benedict Arnold Gen. Charles Cornwallis Gen. George Washington Northwest Ordinance |
Olive Branch Petition
Shay’s Rebellion Siege of Yorktown Treaty of Paris (1783) Valley Forge |
Unit 5 - The New Republic
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“Midnight Judges”
3/5s Compromise Alien and Sedition Act American System Battle of New Orleans Bill of Hearts Bombing of Ft. McHenry Checks and Balances Constitution |
Democratic-Republicans
Election of 1800 Eli Whitney Embargo of 1807 Executive departments Federalists Federalists Papers Great Compromise |
Hamilton’s Economic Plan
Harford Convention Jay’s Treaty Lewis & Clark Louisiana Purchase Marbury v. Madison New Jersey Plan Proclamation of Neutrality |
Separation of Powers
Treaty of Ghent Virginia and Kentucky Resolution Virginia Plan War of 1812 Washington’s Farewell Address Whiskey Rebellion XYZ Affair |
Unit 6 - Expansion and Reform
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2nd Bank of the U.S.
2nd Great Awakening Abolition Andrew Jackson Battle of San Jacinto Battle of the Alamo California Gold Rush Compromise of 1820 Donner Party |
Dorothea Dix
Education Reform Election of 1824 Era of Good Feelings Gadsden Purchase Gibbons v. Ogden Hudson River School Indian Removal Act |
Manifest Destiny
McCulloch v. Maryland Mexican American War Mexican Cession Monroe Doctrine Mormons Nullification Crisis Oregon Territory |
Tariff of Abominations
Temperance Movement Texas Revolution Transcendentalism Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Whigs Wilmot Proviso Women’s Movement |
Unit 7 - Crisis, Civil War and Reconstruction
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13th Amendment
14th Amendment 15th Amendment 54th Massachusetts regiment Anaconda Plan Appomattox Court House Atlanta Campaign Battle Ft. Sumter Battle of Antietam Battle of Bull Run Battle of Gettysburg |
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of the Monitor v. Merrimack Battle of Vicksburg Bleeding Kansas Caning of Charles Sumner Civil Rights Act of 1866 Civil War Compromise of 1850 Confederacy Dred Scott v Sandford Election of 1860 Election of 1876 |
Emancipation Proclamation
Freedman’s Bureau Gen. Robert E. Lee Gen. Ulysses S. Grant John Brown Johnson’s Plan Kansas-Nebraska Act Ku Klux Klan Lincoln-Douglas Debates Lincoln’s Assassination Lincoln’s plan |
Military Reconstruction Plan
Overland Campaign Peninsula Campaign Radical Republicans Sectionalism Sherman’s March to the Sea Solid South Tenure of Office Act Total War Uncle Tom’s Cabin Underground Railroad |
Unit 8 - The Great West
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Battle of Little Bighorn
Bimetallism Buffalo Soldiers Cattle Drives Comstock Lode Cowboys |
Dawes Act
Election of 1896 Exodus of the Nez Perce Farmers’ Alliances Gold Standard Grange |
Homestead Act of 1862
Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 Munn v. Illinois Omaha Platform Open Range Plight of Farmers |
Populism
Sand Creek Massacre Transcontinental Railroad Wabash v. Illinois Wounded Knee |
Unit 9 - Immigration and Industrialization
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Monopolies
Nativism Political Machines Unions Andrew Carnegie |
Ellis Island
Angel Island Boss Tweed Grover Cleveland J.P. Morgan |
John D. Rockefeller
Robber Barons Sherman Antitrust Act Social Darwinism Great Strike of 1877 |
Haymarket Affair 1886
Homestead Strike 1892 Pullman Strike Thomas Edison |
Unit 10 - The Progressive Era
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16th Amendment
17th Amendment 18th Amendment Booker T. Washington Election of 1912 |
Federal Reserve
Jim Crow Laws Muckrakers New Freedom Plessey v. Ferguson |
Progressive Party
Robert Lafollette Square Deal The Jungle Theodore Roosevelt |
Trust-busting
W.E.B. DuBois William Howard Taft Women’s Movement |
Unit 11 - The American Empire
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American Expeditionary Force
American Imperialism Hawaii Boxer Rebellion Cuban Revolution Espionage and Sedition Act |
H.M.S. Lusitania
Liberty/Victory Bonds Panama Canal Philippine Rebellion Red Scare Roosevelt Corollary |
Rough Riders
Schenck v. U.S. Social Darwinism Spanish-American War Theodore Roosevelt Treaty of Versailles |
U.S.S. Maine
Woodrow Wilson Yellow Journalism World War I Zimmerman Note |
Unit 12 - Prosperity and Depression
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1929
21st Amendment Bonus Army Dustbowl Election of 1932 Fire-side chats |
Flappers
Franklin D. Roosevelt Great Depression KKK Harlem Renaissance |
Herbert Hoover
Margaret Sanger New Deal Prohibition Red Scare |
Roaring Twenties
Sacco and Vanzetti Soup Kitchen Stock Market (1920s) Scopes Trial |
Unit 13 - World War II
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Adolf Hitler
Battle of Midway Battle of the Bulge Battle of Stalingrad Benito Mussolini Hiroshima |
Nagasaki
Fascism Franklin D. Roosevelt G.I. Bill Holocaust Island Hopping |
Japanese Internment
Joseph Stalin Lend-Lease Act Levittown, Penn Manhattan Project Munich Conference |
Nuremberg Trials
Operation Barbarossa Operation Overlord Pearl Harbor Premier Tojo World War II |
Unit 14 - Cold War Tensions
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Apollo Missions
Bay of Pigs Invasion Berlin Airlift Berlin Wall British Invasion Chinese Civil War Cold War |
Cuban Missile Crisis
Election of 1960 Federal Highway Act House Un-American Activities Committee John F. Kennedy Fidel Castro |
Israel
Korean War Marshall Plan McCarthyism Missile Race N.A.T.O |
Nikita Khrushchev
President Eisenhower Rock n’ Roll Space Race Sputnik United Nations |
Unit 15 - Conflicts and Resolutions
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Black Panthers
Brown v. Board of Education Civil Rights Movement Environmental Movement Great Society Ho Chi Minh |
Little Rock Nine
Lyndon B. Johnson Mai Lai Malcolm X March of Washington Martin Luther King Jr. |
Montgomery Bus Boycott
N.A.S.A Pentagon Papers Richard Nixon Robert F. Kennedy Roe v. Wade |
Tet Offensive
Vietnam War Warren Court Watergate Scandal Women’s Movement Woodstock |
Unit 16 - Modern America
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Affordable Care Act
Al-Qaeda Barak Obama Bill Clinton Donald Trump George H.W. Bush George W. Bush |
Gerald Ford
Great Recession Iran Hostage Crisis Iran-Contra Scandal Iraqi War Islamic State “ISIS" |
Jimmy Carter
Mikhail Gorbachev N.A.F.T.A Osama bin Laden Patriot Act Persian Gulf War |
Ronald Reagan
Saddam Hussein September 11, 2001 Tea Party Movement War of Terrorism Waco, TX |
