2.  This is a LANGUAGE ARTS assignment!  Social Studies teachers are helping with topic selection and can help with research  You will be selecting a topic in history between 1900-1999 that relates to the United States  Must have a cause and effect relationship  Bad example: Abraham Lincoln was an awesome guy who did a lot of things for America  Good Example: Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation changed race relations in America

3.  When selecting a topic you will be looking to answer these three questions  What it did/was? (cause)  What was the overall effect? (effect)  Why it is important? (effect/conclusion)

4.  January 21 st – February 3 rd  Topic Selection and Background Research  February 3 rd – February 14 th  Gathering/Assessing Sources  February 14 th – February 21 st  Research and Note taking  February 21 st – February 28 th  Graphic Organizer and Outline  February 28 th – March 2 nd  Writing Body Paragraphs  FINAL COPY DUE: March 20th

5.  Science and Tech  Wright Brothers first flight, NY city subway, Model T created  Arts/Literature/Music  The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, First silent movie  Government/Politics  Assassination of Pres. McKinley, Chinese Exclusion Act, NAACP founded  Sports  Creation of MLB, 1 st World Series, 1 st Rose Bowl  Misc.  Galveston Hurricane, San Francisco Earthquake

7.  Science and Tech.  Halley’s Comet, First assembly line  Arts/Literature/Music  Charlie Chaplin  Government/Politics  Standard Oil broken up, Panama Canal opened, US Coast Guard established, 18 th Amendment  Sports  1 st Indianapolis 500, Babe Ruth debut, Black Sox Scandal  Misc.  Boy Scouts founded, Girl Scouts formed, Oreo created, Daylight Savings, Ford Company, Flu epidemic

9.  Science and Tech  Penicillin discovered, bubble gum invented  Arts/Literature/Music  Harlem Renaissance begins, talking movies, Mickey Mouse, Time magazine founded  Government/Politics  19 th Amendment, Tea Pot Dome Scandal, Stock Market Crash, Scopes Monkey Trial  Sports  1st pro football league, 1 st Winter Olympics, Babe Ruth homerun record  Misc.  Miss America pageant, Lincoln Memorial created, Lindbergh flies the Atlantic, St. Valentines Massacre/Al Capone, Amelia Earhart

11.  Science and Tech  Pluto discovered, Albert Einstein letter to FDR  Arts/Literature/Music  Gone with the Wind published, War of Worlds, Wizard of OZ premiers  Government/Politics  FDR/New Deal, 21 st Amendment  Sports  1 st Masters Tournament, Jessie Owens wins gold in Berlin  Misc.  Scottsboro Boys trial, Empire State Building created, Amelia Earhart disappears, Lindbergh baby kidnapped, Dust Bowl, Hoover Dam completed, Golden Gate Bridge opened, Bonnie and Clyde killed, John Dillinger robberies

13.  Science and Tech  First non-stop flight around world  Arts/Literature/Music  1984 by George Orwell  Government/Politics  Military segregation ended, Alger Hiss trial  Sports  NBA founded, Jackie Robinson breaks the race barrier  Misc.  Mt. Rushmore completed, Pearl Harbor, Battle of Midway, Race Riots in Detroit/Harlem, Chuck Yeager sound barrier, D-Day, Hiroshima/Nagasaki

15.  Science and Tech  1st credit card, 1 st organ transplant, 1 st trans-continental television broadcast, Polio vaccine, DNA discovered, NASA founded, Explorer I launched  Arts/Literature/Music  Elvis and Ed Sullivan, US quiz shows fixed  Government/Politics  Rosenberg's executed, McCarthyism, Brown v Board  Sports  Roger Bannister 4:00 mile, 1 st Daytona 500  Misc.  Disney Land opened, Emmitt Till murdered, Rosa Parks, McDonald’s founded, Little Rock 9

17.  Science and Tech  1 st man on moon  Arts/Literature/Music  The Beatles, Woodstock, British Invasion  Government/Politics  Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, JFK + RFK assassination,  Sports  Cassius Clay wins Word Heavyweight championship, 1 st Superbowl  Misc.  Famous escape from Alcatraz, Zodiac killer, Manson Family murders  Civil Rights  1 st Sit-ins, Freedom Riders, James Meredith Ole Miss, Medgar Evers murdered, “I have a dream”, MLK and Malcolm X assassination

19.  Science and Tech  Viking I lands on Mars, Three Mile Island meltdown, 1 st test tube baby  Arts/Literature/Music  Roots, Star Wars  Government/Politics  Kent State killings, Watergate, Roe v Wade, Iran Hostage Crisis  Sports  Mark Spitz wins 7 gold medals, Arthur Ash Wimbledon, Secretariat  Misc.  1 st Earth Day, Patty Hearst and Paul Getty kidnapped, NY blackouts, Son of Sam, Sears Tower, Jones Town massacre

21.  Science and Tech  Sally Ride, Challenger Explosion, Ozone, CNN  Arts/Literature/Music  John Lennon assassinated, E.T, Thriller released  Government/Politics  Reagan assassination attempt, Sandra Day O’Connor, Colin Powel  Sports  “Miracle on Ice”, Pete Rose most career hits  Misc.  Mt. St. Helens, AIDS breakout, Exxon spill, Stock Market crash of 1987

23.  Science and Tech  Hubble Space Telescope, “Dolly” clowned  Arts/Literature/Music  The Simpsons premiers, The Grunge movement  Government/Politics  Clinton Impeached, Gulf War  Sports  World Series cancelled, Summer Olympic bombings  Misc.  LA Riots/Rodney King, Waco standoff, 1 st World Trade Center bombing, Oklahoma City bombing, OJ Simpson case, Columbine shootings, Unabomber, JFK Jr killed