American History Semester Project!
Pick ONE of the following options! Or do more than one for extra credit!
Pick ONE of the following options! Or do more than one for extra credit!
Semester Project Information Overview Handout!
This handout provides an overview of the assignment!
This handout provides an overview of the assignment!
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OPTION ONE
Grandparent Interview
Grandparent Interview
Grandparent Interview Questionnaire
Best for Handwriting in the Answers
Grandparent Interview Questions
Best for Typing In the Answers 
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Interview one of your grandparents using a list of interview questions provided. Skip the questions that do not apply to your grandparent's specific experiences. Type the information into a document and add some photos! Put the pages into a three ring folder for submission. Make a booklet! As a fun alternative, you could create a PowerPoint! You can do the interview itself any of the following ways: 1 - Do a personal face-to-face interview if you are able to see your grandparents or speak to them over the phone. 2 - Mail the questions to your grandparents as a questionnaire so they can fill in the answers by hand. 3 - Email them the questions so they can simply type their responses into your document. However you get their answers is fine, but you must submit the project with both questions and answers typed! You are heartily and emphatically encouraged to add pictures, as well! This project will help you learn about the last 7-8 decades from an eyewitness! Plus, you will have a personal keepsake of your grandparent to treasure! | ||||
OPTION TWO
Book Report or Essay
Book Report or Essay
Here is a list of books sorted loosely by time period! Choose one of these books to read and write about!
POST WORLD WAR II ERA
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Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire (Three Days Series)
by Bret Baier (Author), Catherine Whitney (Author) 2019 Three Days Moscow Link |
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The Cross and the Switchblade
by David Wilkerson (Author), Elizabeth Sherrill (Author), John Sherrill (Author) 1986 Cross & Switchblade Link |
WORLD WAR II ERA
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Three Days at the Brink: FDR's Daring Gamble to Win World War II (Three Days Series)
by Bret Baier (Author), Catherine Whitney (Author) 2019 https://www.amazon.com/Three-Days-Brink-Daring-Gamble/dp/0062905686/ |
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Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Family
by Yoshiko Uchida 2015 Desert Exile Link - new edition or Desert Exile Link - old edition |
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Farewell to Manzanar
by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston (Author), James D. Houston 1973
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Looking Like the Enemy: My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese American Internment Camps
by Mary Matsuda Gruenewald (Author) 2005 Looking Like the Enemy Link www.amazon.com/Looking-Like-Enemy-Imprisonment-Internment/dp/0939165538/ |
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The Children of Topaz: The Story of a Japanese-American Internment Camp Based on a Classroom Diary
2011 by Michael O. Tunnell (Author), George W. Chilcoat (Author) Children of Topaz Link www.amazon.com/Children-Topaz-Japanese-American-Internment-Classroom/dp/1461199506/ |
LATE 1800s-EARLY 1900s
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Teddy and Booker T.: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality
by Brian Kilmeade (Author) 2023 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0593543823/ |
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Up From Slavery
by Booker T. Washington https://www.amazon.com/Up-Slavery-Dover-Thrift-Editions/dp/0486287386/ |
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That Printer of Udell's (fiction)
by Harold Bell Wright That Printer of Udell's Link www.christianbook.com/that-printer-of-udells/harold-wright/9781584741244/pd/741244 Describe how this fictional book had a profound relationship on Ronald Reagan's worldview. [American Literature students will learn about this in class, so this could be a good project for students taking both classes.] |
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In Their Own Words: Letters from Norwegian Immigrants
edited and translated by Solveig Zempel 1991 https://www.amazon.com/Their-Own-Words-Norwegian-Immigrants/dp/0816618593/ |
CIVIL WAR ERA
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The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America's Soul
by Brian Kilmeade (Author) 2021 https://www.amazon.com/President-Freedom-Fighter-Frederick-Douglass/dp/052554058X/ |
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Southern Lady, Yankee Spy: The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy
by Elizabeth R. Varon (Author) 2005 https://www.amazon.com/Southern-Lady-Yankee-Spy-Confederacy/dp/0195179897/ |
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Civil War Hospital Sketches
by Louisa May Alcott (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Civil-Hospital-Sketches-Louisa-Alcott/dp/0486449009/ |
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Mightier than the Sword: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Battle for America
[about Harriet Beecher Stowe and her book] by David S. Reynolds (Author) 2011 https://www.amazon.com/Mightier-Than-Sword-Battle-America/dp/039308132X/ |
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Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln Hardcover
by Richard Brookhiser (Author) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/046503294X/ |
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The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
by Ulysses S. Grant (Author), David S. Nolen & Louie P. Gallo Grant memoirs - annotated edition Grant memoirs - Dover edition
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Virginia's General: Robert E. Lee & the Civil War
by Albert Marrin (Author) 2003 https://www.amazon.com/Virginias-General-Albert-Marrin/dp/1893103145/ |
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
by Frederick Douglass (Author) Douglass Narrative Link (FEE) https://fee.org/ebooks/narrative-of-the-life-of-frederick-douglass-an-american-slave/? Douglass Narrative Link (amazon) www.amazon.com/Narrative-Life-Frederick-Douglass/dp/0486284999/ |
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12 Years a Slave
by Solomon Northup https://www.amazon.com/12-Years-Slave-Solomon-Northup/dp/1631680021/ |
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
by Harriet Jacobs (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Incidents-Slave-Modern-Library-Torchbearers/dp/0593230361/ |
EARLY AMERICA
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Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History
by Brian Kilmeade (Author), Don Yaeger (Author) 2016 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143129430/ |
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American Saint: Francis Asbury and the Methodists
by John Wigger (Author) 2012 https://www.amazon.com/American-Saint-Francis-Asbury-Methodists/dp/0199948240/ |
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Narrative of Sojourner Truth (Penguin Classics)
by Sojourner Truth (Author), Nell Irvin Painter (Introduction) Sojourner Truth Link https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140436782/ |
FOUNDING ERA
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Written Out of History: The Forgotten Founders Who Fought Big Government
By Senator Mike Lee https://www.amazon.com/Written-Out-of-History-audiobook/dp/B0714B8PGX/ |
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George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
by Brian Kilmeade (Author), Don Yaeger (Author) 2014 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1595231102/ |
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The Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation
by Nancy Rubin Stuart (Author) 2009 https://www.amazon.com/Muse-Revolution-Secret-Warren-Founding/dp/0807055174/ |
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George Washington on Leadership
by Richard Brookhiser 2009 https://www.amazon.com/George-Washington-Leadership-Richard-Brookhiser/dp/0465003036/ |
COLONIAL ERA
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin Ben Franklin Autobiography Link https://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-Benjamin-Franklin-Thrift-Editions/dp/0486290735/ |
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Narrative of the Captivity And Restoration Of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
by Mary Rowlandson (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Narrative-Captivity-Restoration-Mrs-Rowlandson/dp/B08LNFVNHR/ https://www.amazon.com/Account-Rowlandson-Captivity-Narratives-Americana/dp/0486445208/ [Dover version] https://www.amazon.com/Sovereignty-Goodness-God-Related-Documents/dp/1319048811/ |
