US History: World War II Research Project

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World War II Research Paper

Include the following in your project:

1. Significant dates
2. Significant people
3. Significant events
4. A written summary of the topic
5. At least 8 visuals (maps, charts, graphs, political cartoons, pictures)
6. Why do you think this event was important to the history of the United States?
7. Imagine a scenario where the event had a different outcome. How would that affect the history of the United States?

The grading rubric can be found by clicking the link below:

RESEARCH PROJECT RUBRIC

Stock Market Simulation

1. Go to Stock Market Simulation
2. Register for an account. Your username will be your first and last name.
3. Log in to your account.
4. Click on the "trade" tab.
5. Then click on "join group" under the Group menu.
6. Click on the letter A
7. Then find the group called "A- AKINS HIGH SCHOOL- RIVERA"
8. Join this group and begin trading stocks! You have 1 millions dollars!

$1,000,000

raul.rivera@austinisd.org

Economics

You are stranded on an island. You will illustrate how you met your needs and wants.  How did you survive off of the land?  You must be able to find sources of food, water, shelter, and clothing.  You must explain how you turned natural resources into final, finished products.  (You don’t eat a live cow; you need to explain how you turned that cow into a hamburger which is a finished product).  You are showing how people made that hamburger—how it started from a cow, wheat field, and vegetables, then being grilled, and ending up as a finished burger.   You must have 2 sources of clothing, 1 source of water, 1 type of shelter, and 4 sources of food.  The purpose of this project is to show where things come from. 

Then, you are to create your wants.  These are things that make life easier, and fun because you are not going to spend all your time working.  You are to create your sources of entertainment.  You must have 8 “wants”, and again you must explain how you created the finished products  (the tree is not your want, but a surfboard, or a hammock is).

Part II:  Factors of Production Chart

You are to create a chart explaining the Factors of Production:  What was the land, labor and capital that went into producing your product?

Product	Land	Labor	Capital
Hamburger	Cow, Wheat, Tomato	People slaughtering and milking the cow, growing the wheat & tomatoes, grilling the meat	Knife, bucket, shovel, grill, fire

Part III  Presentation

You will then present your island to the class stating the needs and wants for your island and describe the factors of production to the class.  You must be able to explain what the factors of the production (land, labor and capital), that went into creating your needs and wants.  In other words you have to explain how you made everything.  Nothing is imported.

You will create a PowerPoint for your amendment to the US Constitution.

For each amendment you will answer 4 questions.

1. What year was the amendment ratified?

2. What was the purpose of the amendment?

3. What problem was the amendment meant to address?

4. In your opinion, how effective is the amendment?

Email me your work at the end of the period

raul.rivera@austinisd.org

Prohibition Video


Women's Suffrage Video

Landmark Supreme Court Decisions Questions

1.   Name and year of the Supreme Court case.

2.   Tell the story about what happened.

3.   What was the controversy? (why was there not a clear decision?)

4.   What was the argument of each side?

--Argument  1          --Argument 2

5.   What was the Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) decision?

6.   Why did the SCOTUS make this decision? (use the Constitution and its amendments for SCOTUS justification)

7.   How did the decision affect US law?

8.   Do you agree with the SCOTUS’s decision? Why or why not?

9. What decision would you have made? Why?

1st Period Government! Jesse, John, Tommy, Pearl-A!, Petey, Sabrina, Victor, Leslie, Christian, Ryan, Nick...I hope I didn't leave anyone out! LISTEN UP!

This is your assignment today since we have a sub. EMAIL ALL OF YOUR WORK AT THE END OF THE PERIOD! 

raul.rivera@austinisd.org

I) Finish the questions the sub gives you then,

II) Finish the campaign finance questions in the post below this post (Pearl is the only one finished, she emailed me her work already)

III) Answer the following questions:

Presidential Elections Research               

1. What animal represents the Democratic Party?
2. What animal represents the Republican Party?
3. What color represents the Democratic Party?
4. What color represents the Republican Party?
5. Who won the 1980 Presidential Election and what party did he represent?
6. Who won the 1988 Presidential Election and what party did he represent?
7. Who won the 1992 Presidential Election and what party did he represent?
8. Who won the 1996 Presidential Election and what party did he represent?
9. Who won the 2000 Presidential Election and what party did he represent?
10. Who won the 2004 Presidential Election and what party did he represent?
11. Who won the 2008 Presidential Election and what party did he represent?
12. Who won the 2012 Presidential Election and what party did he represent?