You will be creating a digital travel brochure for a famous/historical place in the world.  Your travel brochure must include AT LEAST the following information:

1. Name and Location
2. How long it has been around?
3. Why it’s there…
4. What it is…
5. How many people visit each year?
6. What are the fun things to do?
7. What is the historical significance?
8. When is the best time of year to go?

You must include photos!  Videos are good too, but make sure they aren’t too long.

Share with Ms. Olson via Google.  Each student will be responsible for their own travel brochure.  It is due by the end of the day on Monday, June 4, 2018.  It will be worth 25 summative points.  Grammar and spelling will also be graded, so review carefully before you submit.

For your research project, you will do a summarization of each cause of the Civil War in 1-2 slides.  Your slides should include information and pictures (if possible).  Create the presentation on Google Slides and share it with me.  These will be due by the end of the day on Monday, June 4, 2018.

The events/topics you will need to summarize are:

1. The Missouri Compromise
2. The Dred Scott Case
3. The Abolitionist Movement
4. Abolitionist John Brown
5. Raid on Harper’s Ferry
6. Slavery in America
7. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
8. Southern Secession
9. Abraham Lincoln’s Election in 1860

Your presentation should be no less than 10 slides and no more than 20.  Grammar, punctuation, and spelling will also be graded for this assignment, so review your work carefully before you submit.  Make sure your graphics and colors chosen go with your font choice.  It should be easy to read and neatly organized.  This project should be of your own words and design.  Do not copy and paste from the internet.  This will be worth 50 summative points.

Approved Research Websites

https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/causes-of-the-civil-war/

https://www.historynet.com/causes-of-the-civil-war

https://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/feature-articles/2009/feb/The-American-Civil-War–North-and-South.html

https://www.us-civilwar.com/cause.htm

https://mrnussbaum.com/civil-war/causes/

https://www.sweetsearch.com/

Some awesome works in progress in 8th grade Social Studies!

https://persuasivegames.com/files/windfall/

www.smogcity2.com

https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/garbage-dreams/game.html

Below is a link to play the Oregon Trail video game.  This was the quality of computer gaming when I was in middle school!

Play Oregon Trail

Below is the link for Chapter 13 – Westward Expansion:

Chapter 13 – Westward Expansion

Directions for the Election of 1824 Storyboard – DUE FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2018

After viewing the photo example, you will design your own storyboard for the Election of 1824.

The top of the boards should define each candidate, his position, and his election results (popular vote and electoral votes).  The bottom portions of the boards describe the role each played in what would become known as the “corrupt bargain”.  Pictures/illustrations should be included for each square.

Below is an example of the storyboard: