process

Step 1: Grouping
You will be working in teams of 4. By the luck of the draw you will be assigned the decade you will be researching.Pick one person on your team who will be your leader. Their job will be the go-between the teacher and the group.

Step 2: Pick Roles
As a team, you will decide on what two roles each team member will research. Check out the Roles Worksheet for all of the roles before you choose. Remember you will become an expert in these areas. If you cannot decide, you teacher will decide for you. Try to select roles that you are interested in and will enjoy learning about. Remember who your audience is. What would they like to learn about?

Step 3: Preview the Reeling in the Years Websites
In previous classes you were introduced to all of the decades in the 20th Century. You shoud be familar with what happened in each of the decades. Now that you have been assigned a decade and selected your role, you should begin to research. Go to the Reeling in the Years Website Table. It is divided into categories:

Note: If you can't find what you are looking for in the table or on the internet, try searching with different keywords. For example instead of "1960s" try another search with
"Sixties."

Step 4: Research
As you research keep a list of any websites, you have used for information and images. Collect as many images as you can. You will need the images and the list of websites for your final project. Remember to organize your information by setting up a folder on your flash drive for your project. Name your folder with your first and last name (john_doe_decade_project).Check out the directions worksheet for saving your images and documents.

Save all of your images, research information, and list of websites on your own flash drive. This way you can take your work with you where ever you research.

Step 5: Multimedia Project
When your research is complete, you will begin to put your information into your multimedia project. Use the Multimedia Story Board Worksheet to plan out your presentation. Make sure you review the Multimedia Project Rubric to see how you will be graded. Use this rubric as a checklist so you don't forget anything.

Step 7: Presentation Day
Your group is presenting today. Each person will show their presentation and answer questions from the class.

Step 8: Scavenger Hunt with the Entire Class
Your team is teaching today. You are the classroom guides for this scavenger hunt.

Reeling in the Years Websites

Getting Started Web Sites

Top Ten Sites

The Library of Congress - major source of information including photographs, audio sound recordings, and video in history.

20th Century Timeline - for ideas or topics on your decade

Time Capsules - awesome website that gives information based on entering a specific date in history.

Wikipedia - Good source for future sites. Click on your decade and scroll down. You will see other sites in the decade for sports, entertainment, fashion. A good starting point for research, but not for citing material

The 20th Century - America in the 20th Century -- Children at work, Theodore Roosevelt, the San Francisco earthquake, early automobiles, Harry Truman and more

Encarta - online encyclopedia, just type in your decade and topics you can research appears.

PBS - history information. Just type in your decade or topic

As Time Passes: The History of 20th Century America - This Thinkquest timeline briefly summarizes the major events in each decade throughout the 20th century.

Time 100 - This site presents 100 influential people and events of the 20th century.

Time 100: 1900 vs. Now - This site compares today's US population, age, wages, marriages & divorces, doctors, energy, farms, and more with those of 1900.

Arts and Entertainment - biography information on artists and entertainers

Prime Time TV - click on your year or decade to find out more about TV shows and entertainment.

Toys- website to find out about tots through out the 20th Century

Movies - history of movies

20th Century Shoes - shoes and fashion in the 20th century by decades

Fashion - 1900 to present fashion

Fads/Fashions/Slang - website to navigate to find out about fads, fashion and slang used in your decade.

Great Sports Great News news stories on the greatest happenings in sports throughout the 20th Century

20th Century by Decades - topics and internet links for ideas researching 20th Century decades

American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century - This site is to help the reader gain abroad understanding and appreciation for the culture and history of 1900-1989 (by decade) in American history. Topics for each decade include historic events, technology, books, music, fashion and fads, personalities, education, theater, film, radio, television and more.

American Radicalism - Michigan State University Library's collection of pamphlets, posters, letters, and other items from radical movements from the left and the right. Includes materials from Students for a Democartic Society, the Industrial Workers of the World, Sacco & Vanzetti, the Black Panthers, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Hollywood Ten.

Headlines of the Day - type in you day and year and fond out what the headlines were

On This Day in History - type in the day in history and find out what happened. Site is provided by the history channel.

Historic Audio Archives - From Michigan State University's MATRIX Center, this site offers many links to historic audio clips.

History and Politics Out Loud - Read or listen to John F. Kennedy's inauguration speech, Franklin D. Roosevelt's war declaration on Japan and more.

Model T
First Flight
San Francisco Earthquake
Eistien's Theory of Relativity
First Silent Movie
Atlanta Race Riots
President McKinley Assassinated
First World Series for Basebal
New York Subway
Corn Flakes

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
The Titanic
Mata Hari
Oreo Cookies
Crossword Puzzles
Traffic Lights
Panama Canal Opens
World War I Begins

Children at Work - 1908-1912 photos of children in the workplace

History of Canal - Read about the history of the Panama Canal, the treaty, leaders and historical figures here

World War I - This website explores Canada's role in World War I, including how and where the country became involved. The website also includes interviews with World War I veterans, and online wartime letters and diaries

The First World War- From Spartacus Educational, this website explores war in the air, political leaders, weapons and war machines, military tactics, statistics, famous battles, the trench system, the Western front, chlorine and mustard gas, soldiers, shell-shock, trench foot, food in the trenches, body lice and dysentery, and soldiers' letters

The Great War - An historical survey of World War I provided by PBS

World War One - The BBC presents a thorough look at the causes, events and outcomes of the Great War

World War I: Trenches on the Web - Internet history of the Great War with appealing graphics and clearly presented information

World War I Document Archive - The archive is international in focus and intends to present in one location primary documents concerning the Great War

Photos of the Great War - An imagebase dedicated to the study of the First World War. Its mission is to provide photos to historians, wargamers, students, webmasters, or anyone with an interest in WWI

World War I - Assassination of an Archduke, U-boat attack, gas attack and more.

Women's Suffrage
King Tut's Tomb
Mussolini
J. Edgar Hoover
Mein Kampf
Monkey Trial
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Al Capone
Flappers

Dust Bowl
New Deal
Great Depression
Lindberg Kidnapping
Social Security
Pluto Discovered
Al Capone Imprisoned
Empire State Building Completed
National Anthem
Air Conditioning
Assassination Attempt on FDR
First Nazi Concentration Camp
Prohitibion Ends
Bonnie and Clyde
Cheeseburgers

The Dust Bowl:Surviving the Dust Bowl - This site from PBS Online presents maps, a timeline and people and events of the Dust Bowl.

Voices From the Dust Bowl - The library of Congress American Memory site presents photos and histories of people of the Dust Bowl.

The Great Depression America: From Great Depression to World War II - A photo history of this time.

America's Great Depression - Explore the causes of the Depression.

I Remember... - Reminiscences of the Great Depression.

Internet Modern History Sourcebook: The Depression - Learn how World War I, Europe, and the US influenced the causes of the Depression.

Riding the Rails - This PBS American Experience site presents the story of the tens of thousands of teens who lived on the road in America during the Depression.

The New Deal New Deal Network - This site from the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute provides a photo gallery, online resources about the New Deal, FDR, and the Great Depression, the New Deal document library and more.
Work Pays America - Learn about the WPA project in America during the Depression.

Social Security - A History of Social Security - Learn about why Social Security was created and how it came about

Social Security Numbers - How did the government first assign social security numbers to American workers? Who was issued the first card? Who designed the card? What do social security numbers stand for? Find out here.

Lindbergh Baby Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. Kidnapping This website includes the history of the event and a news audio clip.

The Theft of the Eaglet - This website from Crimelibrary.com provides photos and background information about the crime, who the suspects are, theories of who did it, hoaxes that followed and the aftermath.

The Lindbergh Case: The Trial of the Century - This website explores the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh's son, the suspects, and the trial and includes photos.

The Lindbergh Kidnapping - The FBI's website includes a copy of the kidnapping note, suspect sketches, and more.

The Trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann: The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Trial - Read biographies of key people in the trial, excerpts from the trial script, the ladder, pictures, the media attention, appeals and more. Was it a wrongful death? Find out here.

Nylons
Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor
Mt. Rushmore Completed
Anne Frank Goes into Hiding
T-Shirt Introduced
Ball Point Pens Goes On Sale
Slinky Toys
Atom Bomb Dropped
World War II

Children of World War II - The BBC presents a history of children's experiences during wartime, rationing and evacuation.

Fly Girls - Discover the women who flew military planes during World War II, including biographies like for Bessie Coleman, the first African American female pilot.

Japan Surrenders - From the National Archives and Records Administration, this website includes information and images of Japan's surrender in 1945.

A People at War - From the National Archives and Records Administration, this website "highlights the contributions of the thousands of Americans, both military and civilian, who served their country during World War II," including sections on women who served, the war in the Pacific, the war in Europe, and science's role in military arms power.

President Roosevelt Asks Congress to Declare War on Japan, December 8, 1941 - Sound file lets you hear FDR's speech to Congress. Sound card and RealAudio/RealPlayer plug-in required.

The Treaty of Versailles - When all the leaders met to negoiate the end of World War II, what did they hope to gain and fear to lose? How did Germans and Italians feel about the treaty? Find out at this site.

Varian Fry - Varian Fry, a 32 year old Harvard-educated classicist and editor from New York City, helped save thousands of endangered refugees who were caught in the Vichy French zone escape from Nazi terror during World War II.

What Did You Do In the War, Grandma? - An Oral History of Rhode Island Women during World War II. Written by students in the Honors English Program at South Kingstown High School.

Women Come to the Front - Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters During World War II.

World War II - BBC Education online explores secret service, presents radio reports the days before Britian claimed war and sound clip memories of evacuees, and various photos from the war.

World War II in Europe - The History Place provides a timeline of World War II events. Many of these are links to more detailed information and photographs. This website provides a quick and easy overview of the war.

D-Day - From PBS' The American Experience series, learn about D-Day through maps, interviews, and letters sent from the front.

Hiroshima Archive - Begun to commemorate the Hiroshima's 50th anniversary, this website is a guide to education and research on the topic.

Hiroshima A-Bomb Photo Museum - Photographs of the a-bomb's devastation on Hiroshima.

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum - The official Hiroshima peace site, park and museum.

Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum - The official Nagasaki museum and information about the bombing, stories of survivors and more.

Voice of Hibakusha - Eyewitness accounts and first-hand stories of the bombing of Hiroshima.

Enola Gay -The Smithsonian Institute presents information and 360 panoramic views of the inside of the B-29 bomber.

The Rise of Adolf Hitler - The History Place presents a timeline biography of Hitler, his personal life and his dictatorship.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Visit the museum, view photographs and images, and experience the internment camps.

Cybrary of the Holocaust - Images and photos, witnesses' stories, timelines and much more.

Holocaust Survivors - Read and listen to the stories of Holocaust survivors. Also includes photographs and an encyclopedia of topics related to the Holocaust.

Holocaust Timeline - This website from the History Place features textual information arranged by year and over 150 photographs.

Learning About the Holocaust - Produced for the National Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, this website has resources for teachers and students. The section for students includes information on the camps, resistance and rescue, the Nazis, the SS, and more.

Anne Frank House -Tour the annex where Anne and her family hid, read a biography about her, view her actual diary online and learn about its creation, Anne's revisions, and how it became published.

Children of the Camps - This website from PBS presents the history behind the internment and how it impacted six Japanese-Americans who were children in the camps.

Japanese American Internment: Santa Clara Valley - Visit this exhibit to learn of Japanese American internment and the people's attempts to create a home in these camps.

Museum of the City of San Francisco - Newspaper articles from the San Francisco News in the 1940s regarding Japanese-American internment.

Office of Redress Administration: US Department of Justice: Civil Rights Division - This government website answers frequently asked questions about internment; provides a clickable map of all US internment camps and more!

Thirteen Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ's on internment around the United States, with statistics and more.

War Relocation Authority Camps in Arizona, 1942-1946 - View photographs and read information that depict social life, camp life, work and more at Arizona's camps. View the 1942 Executive Order from Franklin D. Roosevelt establishing internment camps. From the University of Arizona Library.

MANZANAR - America's Concentration Camp - Photographs and history of Manzanar Internment Camp in California.

Pearl Harbor - America Listens to the President - Listen to Franklin D. Roosevelt's address to Congress requesting a declaration of war. Also listen to the CBS radio news flash heard on December 7, 1941.

Attack at Pearl Harbor, 1941 - A short summary of the Pearl Harbor invasion including photographs of the attack.

Essential Pearl Harbor - more in-depth look at the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Pearl Harbor Remembered - Discover survivors' stories, map of the harbor, and map showing route of Japanese attackers over Oahu and more. Includes live video clips of the harbor also.

World War II Posters & Propaganda-Four Freedoms - This website includes a .wav audio file of Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms" speech. Savings bond posters from the war.

He Knew the Meaning of Sacrifice - Posters on the homefront that promoted rationing in the US during the war.

It's a Woman's War Too! - Posters and information promoting women's roles during World War II, including the famous "Rosie, the Riveter poster!

Nazi and East German Propaganda - View propaganda created by the Nazis before and during World War II and by the East Germans during the Cold War.

Powers of Persuasion: World War II Posters - From the National Archives and Records Administration. Words, posters, and films waged a constant battle for the hearts and minds of the American citizenry just as surely as military weapons engaged the enemy.

World War II Poster Collection - Posters from World War II collected by Northwestern University

McCarthyism: Blacklist - Anti-communism at its height led to the creation of the Blacklist which listed public personalities whose political loyalties were questionable.

Senator Joseph McCarthy - Learn about McCarthy's life and McCarthyism effort from this peer-reviewed Wikipedia article.

McCarthyism - Learn about how anti-communism grew in the early part of the 20th century up through McCarthyism of the 1950s. Discover information about communist spies, historic court cases, investigators, informers, blacklisted people, and more.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg - This website presents the case of the Rosenberg's, who were found to be Soviet spies in America.

Nazi and East German Propaganda - View propaganda created by the Nazis before and during World War II and by the East Germans during the Cold War.

The Psychedelic '60s - An exhibit from the University of Virginia. Photos and information about this time.

Equal Rights Movement - The Equal Rights Amendment - Read the full text of the proposed amendment, and learn about its history, from the National Oranization for Women.

The Feminist Chronicles - events from 1953-1993

Cold War: MAD - From CNN online, this website explores the cold war from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. This particular page explores MAD (mutual assured destruction), nuclear power and the 1960s.

Cold War: Make Love Not War - From CNN online, this website explores the cold war from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. This particular page covers anti-war protests, the Black Panther Party, and more.

Cold War: Vietnam -From CNN online, this website explores the cold war from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. This particular page explores Vietnam and the 1960s.

The Fall of Saigon - This website from The New York Times Online presents the history behind the war, interviews with journal correspondants, maps, timeline and more.

History of Vietnam - Be sure to scroll down the page to view all the information options. Discover the history of Vietnam, the war, the Tet Offensive, marine, army, air force operations, and who allied forces were.

The History Place: The Vietnam War This website from the History Place presents the complete history of the Vietnam War, from the initial conflicts to the US' involvement, its experiences there, and how peace came about.

Vietnam: Echoes of War - This website from CNN Interactive explores the history of the Vietnam War on its 25th anniversary.

Apollo to the Moon - From the National Air and Space Museum, this website explores the
Apollo mission.

The Apollo Program - From the National Air and Space Museum, this website explores all twelve Apollo missions.

A Giant Leap for Mankind
From Life online this website explores the Cold War space race.

Martin Luther King Day - The full text of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech.
Martin Luther King, Jr: I Have a Dream

Kent State Shooting
Inquire, Learn, Reflect: May 4, 1970, Years of Remembrance
Webpage for a 1995 exhibit at the Kent State University Library. Includes a chronology of the events of May 1-4, 1970 as well as memorials and other literature produced by the
University community since the event.

The May 4 shootings at Kent State University: The Search for Historical Accuracy
Document about what really led to the Kent State shootings, complete with references, notes, and bibliography.

Jackson State Shooting - The May 1970 Tragedy at Jackson State University A detailed history of the event.

Symbionese Liberation Army - SLA Timeline.

Iran Hostage Crisis - A brief summary of this historical event of the late 70s.

Iranian Hostage Crisis - Links with excerpts from from a hostage diary, and a brief summary of the event.

Iran Hostage Crisis - This Wikipedia entry includes an overview of events and many links to biographies, and history, including a link to a picture gallery which was shot from within and around the embassy during the crisis.

Watergate - This site provides an introduction to the most famous political scandal in American history.

Columbine High School Shooting - Columbine High School Massacre - This Wikipedia site presents an article including a timeline and information about the Columbine High School shootings

Oklahoma City Bombing: Oklahoma Bombing Chronology - A timeline of the bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City

The Gulf War - PBS' Frontline explores the experiences, the history and the effects of the Persian Gulf War, 1991.

Fog of War - From the Washington Post online, this website analyzes the war, what its goals were, and more.

REELING IN THE YEARS

Process

Reeling in the Years Websites