BRICK CAR

What is this? Click: Brick Car

Please answer the 5W's sheet and turn in.

What conditions did US soldiers face in WWI (1917 - 1918)?

US soldier wearing a gas mask. Why is he wearing it?

Construct a Power Point presentation that illustrates the horrible conditions that our soldiers faced while in combat in Europe during World War I. Label the images!!!

US History Project - DUE TUESDAY, JANAURY 18, 2011.

Select one topic that we have discussed since September. The topics range from:
Colonial America through Jim Crow Laws.

These also include George Washington, the Constitution, the Civil War, immigration, industrialization, Presidents.
You are not limited to these topics.

How did the topic that you selected make an impact on our nation's history?

You may choose one format:
1. Construct a 10 slide Power point with
    images.
2. Make a poster with images.
3. Write a poem.
4. Write a four page essay on the topic 
    that answers the above question.
5. Perform a song.
6. See Mr. Amico about any other format.
Please make sure that you write a one page summary that answers the question above if you choose not to write an essay.

This counts as a test grade - twice!
If you choose to present you project to the class, it is an addtional 100%!!!!

Have fun!!! - Mr. Amico.

GREEN WATER!!!

What caused this river to turn green?
Click on Victoria River and answer the 5W's worksheet and hand in.

APHG QUIZ - CULTURE

Define the terms listed below. Use the worksheet.
Folk and Popular Culture

•Adaptive strategies

•Anglo – American landscape (characteristics)

•Architectural form

•Custom

•Built environment

•Folk culture

•Folk food

•Folk house

•Folk songs

•Folklore

•Habit

•Material culture

•Nonmaterial culture

•Popular culture

•Survey systems

•Traditional architecture

•Taboo

Shopping Mall Madness

Please click on the link:Mall Madness!
Answer the 5W's sheet and turn in. Write your opinion of the incident on the back of the sheet.

The "spark" that caused World War I

The assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria - Hungary on June 28, 1914 led to the outbreak of the First World War. Construct a PowerPoint that answers the questions:


1. Who shot the the Archduke?
2. Why was he murdered?
3. Where was he murdered?
4. Who else was murdered along with the Archduke?


Please turn in your work when you are finished. You may begin the homework assignment.