Project 5 - Careers

This 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.
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.
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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

Unit 2 - Adolescent Colonies

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
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Nikita Khrushchev
President Eisenhower
Rock n’ Roll
Space Race
Sputnik
United Nations

Unit 15 - Conflicts and Resolutions

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

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