Create a pictorial timeline presentation of the assigned section or unit that shows the major events that helped shape the era. Make sure not to forget any major events from the period. Minor details may also need to be included to help put major facts into context and help show how one event led to another.
Moreover, your timeline needs to emphasize, “How did this section begin, end, and all the steps in between that led from beginning to end?” Requirements:
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Unit 9 - Immigration and Industrialization |
Unit 13 - World War II |
Section 1 – Coming to America
Section 2 – The Gilded Age and Corruption Section 3 – Unions: Workers Unite! |
Section 1 – Appeasement and the Rise of Dictators
Section 2 – The European Theatre Section 3 – The Pacific Theatre and the Birth of the Atomic Age Section 4 – Home Front and the Aftermath |
Unit 10 - The Progressive Era |
Unit 14 - Cold War Tensions |
Section 1 – Roosevelt: Shaping the Modern Presidency
Section 2 – Muckraking and Disenfranchisement Section 3 – Wilson’s America: The New Freedom |
Section 1 – Birth of the Cold War
Section 2 – Living on the Edge Section 3 – Kennedy and Cuba |
Unit 11 - The American Empire |
Unit 15 - Conflicts and Resolutions |
Section 1 – The American Peril
Section 2 – American Imperialism Section 3 – The Great War: World War I Section 4 – War and Peace: The American Paradox |
Section 1 – Great Society and the Civil Rights Movement
Section 2 – The Vietnam War Section 3 – The Times They are A Changin’ Section 4 – Nixon and Watergate |
Unit 12 - Prosperity and Depression |
Unit 16 - Modern America |
Section 1 – The Roaring Twenties
Section 2 – Boom and Bust: The Great Depression Section 3 – Roosevelt and the New Deal |
Section 1 – Energy Crisis and Problems Abroad
Section 2 – Resurgence of Conservatism Section 3 – Economic Prosperity Section 4 – Age of Terrorism |