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The 20th Century:

Reflecting on the Decades


Have you ever really wondered what it would be like to live in the 1940s? Or even in the 1980s?
How different is life today from when your parents or your grandparents were teenagers? What
defines eah deade in the !0th "entury?
What harateri#es how people lived in the past and who they were?
In this project, you are going to answer these questions
for a specific decade assigned to you and your partners.
You will do an extensive research, explaining
what characterizes your decade, and what we should remember from it.
You will do an oral presentation at the end of the project, using visual aids.
CULTURE
Fashion
Literature art
!port "popular or events#
entertainment
o style of music
o popular films
o celebrities
o food
o lifestyle and leisure
activities
o transportation
TECHNOLOGY
inventions
discoveries
popular technology
POLITICS
ideologies of the time
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
events that shaped history
international events

INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE
influential people from your
decade
o some suggestions$
%%visual artists "painters,
sculptors#
%%audio artists "musicians,
singers#
%%politicians
%%philosophers
PROJECT REQUIREMENT!
&'%&( minutes presentation
)ppropriate visual aids
*areful judgements
+ariety of sources
*ite your wor, "bibliography #
In your final document, you should include
detailed information about the following subjects:
Websites
-ere are some websites to help you find information during
the research stage of your project$
.lease note$ &. You must do your research in /01LI!-2
3. You may use 4i,ipedia for this research project, but not 50LY
wi,ipedia.
6. You must *I7/ the websites you consult "bibliography#
8. You must 9:57/ anything you ta,e directly from a source
"endnotes#
;ecades of the 3'th *entury
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Lin,s by subject
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e7hemes ?esources "go to @;ecadesA#
http$www.emints.orgethemesresourcesby%title.shtml
;ecades$ ) !tudy of the 3'th *entury
http$www.unit(.orgcjhsimchotlistsdecadesdecadesBmain.htm
)merican *ultural -istory$ 7he 7wentieth *entury
http$,clibrary.nhmccd.edudecades.html
)bout.com$ 3'th *entury -istory
http$history&C''s.about.comoddecadebydecade;ecadeBDyB;ecade.htm
!martFun % 7imelines
http$www.hfmgv.orgeducationsmartfuntimeline&C''&C''.html

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