Sociology+Icons

= Assignment 2013 =

**American Culture through the Decades **

**Objective**: Working in groups and as individuals, students will research and present a decade of American cultural history. There are two components to this project. The decade research and presentation as a group will earn a grade in the project category. The individual research and presentation on the cultural icon from the decade will earn a grade in the test category. Although two separate grades will be earned, it is inherent that the icon presentations are presented within the context of the decade.

**Directions**: cases and changes in education presentation must contain visuals and evidence of the cultural trends, events, people, and advances. Incorporate as many primary sources as possible to demonstrate the trends. ü Individually, select a significant figure of the decade you researched. This figure must be a prominent figure from the decade that influenced or reflected the culture from your assigned decade. There is a difference between a famous person and a cultural icon. Create a cereal box in honor of the significant figure you selected. Directions for the cereal box are on the other side. ü Prepare to present your cereal box on the day of your decade presentation. ü Practice your presentation as a group and incorporate the cultural icons.
 * Create a group of 3-4 students.
 * Select a decade between the 1920’s and the 2000’s.
 * Working in groups research the major cultural trends, events, people, and major advances.
 * Each member of the group must take responsibility for at least one of the categories below.
 * Major changes or contributions of **government and politics**, including major court
 * **Lifestyle**: social trends, average income
 * **Media**: current event or major breaking news
 * Advances in: **medicine, health, science, and technology**
 * **Sports**: significant events and important athletes
 * **Arts**: major contributions of artists (visual and musical) and new structural designs
 * As a group, prepare a presentation for the class on the decade your group researched. The

**Grading Criteria for the Decade presentation**:

Content- accurate and relevant 30 points Professionalism- conduct and product 15 points Visuals- accurate, relevant, and authentic 15 points Primary Sources- reflect cultural trends, accurate and relevant 15 points Works Consulted- include at least three sources, at least one of which is primary 5 points

80 points Going Above and Beyond: 20 points

=**American Cultural Icons **= **Introduction **: For this unit of study in Sociology, students will have the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities and apply their knowledge and skills learned by constructing a project on an American Cultural Icon/Legend using an old cereal box.

**Directions **: Individually, select an icon and create a cereal box in their honor. You must determine who has the appropriate qualities and has made a significant contribution to our society to be considered an Icon. One does not have to be American to be an American Cultural Icon, one has to have impacted or influenced people and culture of America. After researching this figure, students will then redesign the cereal box in honor of their Icon. The cereal box should be covered in paper and then redecorated in honor of this American Cultural Icon. **The** **Icon Assessment (cereal box and presentation) will count as a test grade!**

**Requirements: **
 * Each side of the cereal box must be redesigned with the exception of the small bottom panel of the box
 * The box top should include a brief reference to the most significant contribution that your figure made to American society. Don't go into detail here, but use a "grabber" to get your consumer interested in the event enough to read the back of your cereal box.
 * The bottom of the box should include your name.
 * One side panel of your box should include a primary source from your figure. For example you can include interesting quotes stated by your figure, and a brief description of the context in which they were said. Other examples include: art work, lines from speeches, diary entries, or lyrics.
 * The other side panel of your box should include other interesting facts related to your figure's life. This could be any "trivial" information -important relatives, funny facts, strange occurrences, something odd about how the person died, a funny campaign anecdote, etc.
 * The front of the box should include the name of your cereal (something creative that relates to your Icon) as well as a nice-sized picture of your figure and the cereal that is in the box. You can also attach other little slogans that have something to do with your figure (For example, with FDR one might say "now available in two new flavors - First and Second New Deal" or for Woodrow Wilson "includes 14 essential points and minerals" or other corny references like that) The front shouldn't be overly cluttered with information, but should be appealing to look at - enough so that one would want to take a look at what's on the back of the box.
 * The back of the box should include the most detailed information about your figure. This section can include the events that contributed to your decision to select this figure as an American Icon. It should also include a brief disclaimer about any obvious faults that your icon had/has. but be certain to celebrate the things that made your person an American Cultural Icon. The back of the box may also include small pictures of your figure (or pictures related to your figure's background/event/contribution). You can create a game of sorts revealing their contributions, etc.
 * This information should be done neatly - with correct spelling, grammar, etc. The finished product should look as appealing as a professionally-constructed cereal box (within reason, of course).
 * You will present your American Cultural Icon to the class as part of your group presentation on the decade you selected to research. You should try to convince the class that your Icon was the most influential Cultural Icon.

**<span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Your presentations must include the following information: **
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Brief historical context (what was happening in the world/US when this person lived?)
 * Biographical information (including landmark events in this person’s life)
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">A primary source from your figure
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Skills/talents that make this individual an American Icon/Legend
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Who did the icon/legend impact?

**<span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Please grade yourself using the following grading criteria: ** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Accurate, appropriate, and relevant information 50 points <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Organization, professionalism, and following directions 20 points <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Creativity 10 points

In order to get an A you must go above and beyond the expectations. What can you do to make the publication and presentation better? It is not reasonable to expect an A on an assignment when you have simply fulfilled the requirements.

** Going above and beyond ** (publication, presentation, etc.) 20 points

** Works Consulted: Each person must submit an annotated works consulted on the last day of research. It must include a minimum of three sources: one book, one primary source, and one ‘free choice’. The works consulted is comprehensive and should include resources from both the decades and icon research. Print and submit your works consulted to Mrs. Cohen. ** = Print Resources: = BHS Online Catalog - OPALS

= Databases: = un and pw from home brookfieldhs
 * [[image:Screen_shot_2009-10-21_at_8.03.08_PM.png caption="Pop Culture Universe pw and un bhsstudent" link="@http://popculture.abc-clio.com/?webSiteCode=SLN_PCU&returnToPage=%2f&token=65774D3B7EDF9D911923610C7AA455B4&casError=False"]] || [[image:greenwood_daily_life.jpg caption="un and pw bhsstudent" link="@http://dailylife.abc-clio.com"]] || [[image:brookfieldhs-lmc/Sharpe_Online_logo.jpg width="351" height="66" caption="un and pw brookfield" link="@http://www.sharpe-online.com/SOLR/a/browsetitle,"]] ||
 * media type="custom" key="7180499" || [[image:united_streaming.jpg caption="United Streaming (movies and photos) un student@bhs pw bhs" link="@http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/"]] || [[image:issuesandcontroversesah.png caption="un brookfd pw bhs" link="@http://www.2facts.com/Direct2.aspx?ItemID=WE58&ID=18821"]] ||


 * Ebooks: **

from home for all of the above links brookfieldhs
 * [[image:american_decades.jpg width="124" height="160" link="@http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7C0DNF&v=2.1&u=s0003&it=aboutBook&p=GVRL&sw=w"]] || [[image:brookfieldhs-lmc/Screen_Shot_2012-03-11_at_1.38.06_PM.png link="@http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7C5BCV&v=2.1&u=s0003&it=etoc&p=GVRL&sw=w"]] || [[image:gale_ebooks.jpg]] ||

Web Resources:

Helpful tip for google searches. 1950..1960 for information between two dates


 * [|American Cultural History The Twentieth Century]
 * [|People History Site]
 * [|Famous Trials]
 * [|Chronicle of 1900-2000]
 * [|History Central: Major Events of the 20th Century] For national and international news
 * [|American History] From the Multnomah County Library
 * [|InfoPlease: Year by Year]
 * [|Food Timeline]
 * [|Time Warp] Archive of Vintage Technology through the Decades
 * [|Time Magazine Cover Search]
 * Hypertext History: Our Online American History Textbook

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= Software for Timeline and Visuals: = [] ||
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 * [|Animoto] [[image:Screen_shot_2009-10-25_at_5.23.18_PM.png caption="Animoto: Ask Mrs. Cohen for access if you want to make movies longer than 30 seconds"]] || [[image:Screen_shot_2009-10-20_at_8.39.46_PM.png]] || [[image:Screen_shot_2009-10-25_at_5.19.37_PM.png caption="Make your own wiki"]] ||
 * [[image:mixbook-logo.jpg width="320" height="72"]] || CD Cover Creator || [[image:themeefy.png link="@http://themeefy.com"]]
 * [[image:smore.png link="http://smore.com"]] || [[image:checkthis.png width="240" height="58" link="@http://checkthis.com"]] || [[image:thinglink.jpg link="@http://thinglink.com"]] ||

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