Remembering the 20th Century - Students will conduct oral history interviews to collect, interpret, present and evaluate reminiscences about the impact of new ideas, inventions or innovations of the 20th century. The Internet - Students will conduct research to find data on Internet access in homes, schools and workplaces and will interpret and present data to demonstrate understanding of information gathered. Decades Mural Project - Groups of students will work together to create murals depicting major events of each decade of the twentieth century beginning in the 1900's. They will also name their newspaper and create the by-line. They will discuss their date of birth by writing about the fashions, movies, television shows, sports, population, minimum wage, the mayor, president, and governor at that time.
Students organize and graph data collected to display their findings.
Ask students to select what they think are the key defining ideas, inventions or innovations of the 20th century. Students organize and graph data collected to display their findings. Using data collected have students write a persuasive essay about whether tax dollars should be used to ensure universal access to the Internet for all teenagers. Michigan Curriculum Framework and Benchmarks 2. The Greatest Generation , Random House, 1999.