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Title (3/1)Journey into HistoryMy Name: (3/1)Kelsey SheridanGroup Name(s) (3/1)Katie Dunn, Anna Towner, Sydney ParkerTeam 21Due Date: April 5thIntroduction (3/1)We will create one life size biography/model that can stand on its own. We will also find and print twelve articles for four different people. These people will come from these categories: WW1, WW2, the Twenties, the Great Depression, and the modern civil rights movement. The four people are: WW1- Eugene Jacques Bullard, The Twenties- Ma Rainey, The Great Depression- Franklin D. Roosevelt, and The Modern Civil Rights Movement- Coretta Scott King. We will find twenty SAT words and write the definition and an example sentence for each of them. We will create a technology-based presentation saved on Google Docs. Our final parts of the project include an argumentative analysis, the result, and the references.Essential/Driving Research QuestionsCan we analyze the important events of World War I, the Twenties, and the Great Depression and their impact on Georgia?Can we describe the impact of World War II on Georgia’s development economically, socially, and politically?Can we evaluate the role of Georgia in the modern civil rights movement?Can we analyze the main ideas in Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers?Can we compare and contrast Gladwell’s theories in Outliers with relevancy to our own lives?How can we relate Gladwell’s theories in Outliers to people of WWI, WWII, the Twenties, the Great Depression and the modern civil rights movement?Standards 8th Grade Georgia History39a - give reasons for World War I and describe Georgia’s contributions39b - assess the impact of the boll weevil and drought on Georgia39c - examine economic factors that resulted in the Great Depression39d - generalize the impact of the political career of Eugene Talmadge39e - discuss the effect of the New Deal in terms of the impact of Civilian Conservation Corps, Agricultural Adjustment Act, rural electrification, and Social Security40a - describe the impact of events leading up to American involvement in World War II to include the Lend-lease Act and the bombing of Pearl Harbor40b - evaluate the importance of Bell Aircraft, military bases, Savannah and Brunswick shipyards, Richard Russell and Carl Vinson40c - analyze the impact of the Holocaust on Georgians40d - discuss President Roosevelt's ties to Georgia including his visits to Warm Springs and his impact on the state42a - examine major developments in civil rights and Georgia’s role during the 1940’s and 1950’s to include Herman Talmadge, Benjamin Mays, the 1946 governor’s race and the end of the white primary, Brown v. Board of Education, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the 1956 state flag42b - analyze the role Georgia and prominent Georgians played in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s and 1970’s including such events as founding of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Sibley Commission, admission of Hamilton Homes and Charlayne Hunter to the University of Georgia, Albany Movement, March on Washington, Civil Rights Acts, election of Maynard Jackson as mayor of Atlanta, and the role of Lester Maddox 42c - discuss the impact of Andrew Young on GeorgiaStandards8Th Grade Language ArtsSpeaking and Listening and Language (Vocabulary Acquisition) (10 pts. 3/8)Make a list of 20 SAT words. Include the definition and a sentence using the word. Your sentence should be content based. Reading (Information Texts) (15 pts. 3/15)a. Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliersb. Texts of your choice. You will need to research and print 12 informative pieces of literature that discusses your person from each area. (12 total) Writing (Informative) – This will be completed in the reflection part of your proposal. (35 pts. 4/5)A. Write an informational analysis of your project. B. Analyze all 4 people you research, additional literary pieces, what makes them an Outlier and why were they important in Georgia history.20 SAT WordsWordDefinitionExample SentenceBoll weevilAn insect that loves to eat cottonThe boll weevil ate lots of King Cotton and made Georgia go into depression.New DealA series of corporations set up by President Roosevelt to help the US out of the Great Depression.The New Deal was made to relieve, recover, and reform the United States.SpeculatingThe process of buying stock at a low price to sell it for higher laterSpeculating was a major cause of the stock market crash.Laissez-faireThe idea that the government should play as little role as possible in the economic affairs of the governmentLots of Americans supported the idea of laissez-faire in the Great Depression.Black TuesdayOctober 29, 1929: this was the day that the stock market crashedBlack Tuesday was one of the4 main causes of the Great Depression because people were left broke.FlappersWhat the women of the twenties were called.Flappers wore short dresses and usually had short haircuts.ReliefMoney and goods given to people in special needMany private and public efforts provided relief to the unemployed during the Great Depression, but it wasn’t enough.T.V.A.Tennessee Valley AuthorityThe T.V.A. built dams on the Tennessee to control flooding and provide electricity.F.D.I.C.Federal Deposit Insurance CorporationThe F.D.I.C. insured private savings accounts.C.C.C.Civilian Conservation CorpsThe C.C.C. provided jobs for young men by building things to improve the community.W.P.A.Works Progress AdministrationThe W.P.A. created jobs for the unemployed by having them repair roads, bridges, write guidebooks, and more.SubsidesGrants of money from the governmentProperty owners were given farm subsidies because of the A.A.A.A.A.A.Agricultural Adjustment ActThe A.A.A. was created to help struggling farmers.S.S.A.Social Security ActThe S.S.A. created a method of insurance for the unemployed and for retirement.IntegrateTo come togetherEugene Talmadge did not want public schools to be integrated.IsolationismNot taking part in affairs of other nationsThe U.S. tried to maintain isolationism during WWII but it didn’t work.AppeasementGiving an aggressor what it wants in order to avoid warBritain let Germany seize Czechoslovakia as an act of appeasement. RationedConsumption was limitedGoods were rationed during WWII.Stretch outMore workers manned more machines in factoriesDuring the Great Depression, mill owners used the stretch out.SolicitorLawyerWilliam Hastie, an advisor to President Roosevelt during the Great Depression, was an assistant puter Applications (15 pts. 3/22) Standard: Use technology as a means of creating your project Create a visual representation of your project and save to Google Docs.Visual Representation (10 pts. 3/26) Choose one of your four people and design a life size representation of your person. Your life size replica must duplicate the era in which they were from. Your replica must also include a visual biography.Group Member and Job Assignment (3/1) Kelsey Sheridan- construction of the life size biography model and write biographyKatie Dunn- construction of the life size biography model and write biographyAnna Towner- construction of the life size biography model and write biographySydney Parker- construction of the life size biography model and write biographyIntended Outcome (5 pts. 3/1)I will create a technology-based presentation using the computer program Prezi. To construct our life size biography model, we will use a sturdy material like cardboard or poster paper to ensure that our life size model can stand up without any support from the group members. I will complete the references part of the project by siting the sources used to find the twelve articles or other information. The argumentative analysis will cover the whole broad idea of what this project is all about and relating it to Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers.Result (5 pts. 4/5)We created one life size biography model of Coretta Scott King that could stand up by itself with a wire mannequin from the store Hobby Lobby. I also found and printed twelve articles for four different people. The four people were: WW1- Eugene Jacques Bullard, The Twenties- Eugene Talmadge, The Great Depression- Franklin D. Roosevelt, and The Modern Civil Rights Movement- Coretta Scott King. I found twenty SAT words that are social studies based and wrote the definition and an example sentence for each of them. I created a Prezi to explain all the A.K.S.’s that other parts of my project didn’t cover. Our final parts of the project included an informative analysis and the references.References (MLA Format) (5 pts. 4/5)"About Mrs. King." The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Apr. 2013. <. Answers, n.d. Web. 05 Apr. 2013. <;."Bullard, Eugene Jacques (1894-1961) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed." Bullard, Eugene Jacques (1894-1961) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Apr. 2013. <;."Coretta Scott King Biography." -- Academy of Achievement. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Apr. 2013. <;."Coretta Scott King Biography." . A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 05 Apr. 2013. <;."Eugene Talmadge." Eugene Talmadge. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Apr. 2013. <;."Eugene Talmadge." Spartacus Educational. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Apr. 2013. <;."Franklin D. Roosevelt." The White House. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Apr. 2013. <;."New Georgia Encyclopedia: Eugene Talmadge (1884-1946)." New Georgia Encyclopedia: Eugene Talmadge (1884-1946). N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Apr. 2013. <;."New Georgia Encyclopedia: Franklin D. Roosevelt in Georgia." New Georgia Encyclopedia: Franklin D. Roosevelt in Georgia. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Apr. 2013. <;."Roosevelts New Deal." HowStuffWorks. N.p., n.d. 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