World History Final Exam Project



Name: ________________________________________ Date: ________________________

World History Final Exam Project

Task: The Time Traveler’s Diary

Imagine you are given access to a time machine. Using this time machine, you are going to go back to key eras of the 1800s through the present. To document your experiences, you write short journal or diary entries. For your project, you will be creating and presenting your diary entries of your “time travels.”

For each entry, there will be a series of terms or concepts that you must address; however, you have the freedom to address other areas and create a scene or scenario for your reader using your writing. All entries must:

• Be at least six complete sentences

• Address the mandatory topics listed (see chart for each section) and demonstrate evidence of understanding through description and creative incorporation into the narrative

• Provide a cohesive and coherent narrative for the reader

• Be in journal or diary entry format (for this project, you are encouraged to use the word “I” in your writing and can engage with the theme of time traveling)

• Be creative and demonstrate time and effort.

• Be typed and double spaced. You may choose the font, but make sure it is easy to read.

• Neatly submitted with no more than two entries per page.

|Time Period/Unit |Where? |Must include: |Choose at least one: |

| |Choose one: |1. One of the major causes/motivations: White Man’s Burden, | - Land as a symbol of power |

| |- Africa (pick an area) |Balance of Power, Nationalism , or Economic Motives |- Impact of technology (ex: guns, |

| |- Japan |2. How imperialism impacted the native people (at least two |railroads) |

|Imperialism |- China |effects) | |

| |- India | | |

| |Choose one: |1. Trench warfare and conditions faced by soldiers |- How the war is affecting people on |

| |- Germany |2. Reference to one of the underlying causes – Militarism, |the home front |

|World War I (1914 – 1918)|- France |Alliance, Imperialism, Nationalism |- Total War |

| | |3. Reference to alliance of the War (who was which side) |- The US and their involvement in the |

| | | |War |

| |Germany |1. Unfair conditions of the Treaty of Versailles |- Rise of the Nazis |

|Interwar period | |2. High rates of inflation |- Rise of dictators – Mussolini, |

|(1918 – 1938) | |3. How these things affected the people living in Germany (and|Stalin |

| | |led to the rise of Hitler) | |

| |Choose one: |1. Reference to leader in your chosen country (and the allies |- Blitzkrieg and Sitzkrieg |

| |- Germany |and axis forces) |- Unconditional surrender |

| |- Japan |2. Firebombing of cities in your chosen country |- Kamikazes and how Japanese culture |

|World War II | |3. How people living on the home front were affected |supported the war efforts |

|(1938 – 1945) | | | |

| |Choose one: |1. Focus on one stage of studied genocide theory |- Use of propaganda |

| |- Germany |2. Identify members of the targeted group |- Hitler’s purification objective |

| |- Poland |3. Explain how the targeted groups was affected during this |- Connection to other stages |

|Holocaust | |stage | |

| |Russia |1. Competition between the USSR and the US during the Cold War|- Superpowers |

| | |(but no formal fighting) – provide examples |- Military buildups |

| | |2. Major economic –or- political changes in Russia during the |- Proxy wars |

| | |Cold War |- Policies used by the US to suppress |

|Cold War | |3. Reference to one USSR Cold War leader (make sure that |communism worldwide |

| | |aforementioned corresponds to the leader’s polices) |- Communism in China |

You will then need to include one primary source document per entry that will serve as a token of your travels. These documents should be copied and pasted into your word document and included with each entry. Include short caption. All pictures must be cited on a works cited page that will be included at the end of your project.

Here is an example of a sample journal entry:

Assume you were given the following information:

|Time Period/Unit |Where? |Must include: |Other options to include: |

|French Revolution |France |1. Reference to the Three Estates |Bastille |

| | |2. Challenges faced by the Third Estate and why they wanted |King Louis XVI |

| | |change |Marie Antoinette |

You could produce something like this:

I have just returned from a time travel to France during the French Revolution, and let me say, there is definitely revolutionary chaos going on! The Third Estate is rebelling against the First Estate (Clergy), Second Estate (Nobles), and the royal family. They are sick of not having representation in government and having to pay unfair taxes. While they tried to peacefully resolve these terms, it looks like the revolution took a violent turn when a rumor circulated that the King had weapons in an old prison called the Bastille. Members of the Third Estate, primarily urban workers and peasants, stormed the Bastille and took the warden’s head. It looks like the King and Queen might be next – off with their heads?!

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Peasants rebelling at the Bastille

You will need to submit your journal entries together, either stapled or in a binder or report cover, and in chronological order. Bring your project to class on the day of the exam.

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