50s+Web+Project

=Welcome to the Wiki you will create!=

Your Task: Create a wiki page about the topic you have been given with your group (view the group tasks here-> ). This will be used by the class to study for a quiz that will be given at the end of your presentations to the class. You earn points for the following: wiki page (40 pts.), presentation (20), feedback from your group members (20), and the quiz (20), for a total of 100 points. = = =Web Page:= ====Your group’s wiki page will be graded on the following questions: ==== Did you give a good introduction to the reader of your topic? Did you give a complete summary and description of all bullet points in your topic? Did you answer the questions posed to you? Is the information clear to the reader (spelling, grammar, word choice)? Did you use photos, tables, and hyperlinks to allow a reader greater information and enjoyment? Did you adequately give credit to those who provided the information contained on your page through a works cited section and hyperlinks?

=Presentation:=

Your group’s presentation will be graded on the following questions:
Did you introduce your subject in a way that made others interested in your presentation, possibly by relating it to the present day or to something your classmates would be familiar with? Did you give an overview that covered the necessary information about your topic? Did you use any visual or audio aids to show the class your topic? Were you able to be clearly heard by the class as you were presenting and did you show good presentation skills?

Group Grade:
Each student will be given a grade by their group members for the effort they put into the project. Because this is a group project, it is expected that the work will be divided up and each individual will be responsible for a piece of the webpage and presentation. Your classmates will give you a grade for your contribution to both the webpage and presentation.

Quiz:
The quiz will be given after all the presentations. Each group should submit 4 multiple choice questions, from which I will pick 20 to go on the quiz.

Getting Started

 * Click on the edit button above to put your own content on your page including links, videos and pictures.
 * Make sure you save anything you create on the page (the autosave doesn't always work).
 * Try to write directly into the wiki edit page rather than copying and pasting from a word processor. Wikispaces has difficulty accepting the formatting of Microsoft Word.

Be sure to go to your own class period and **__only edit your page and yours alone!__**
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Need Help?

 * You can always click on the help link above to learn more about how to use your wiki.

All groups
Online US History lectures and notes. Useful as a starting point to understand your topic. [|Critical Past] Archived photos and videos of history. [|Free Maps]- A good source for free maps dealing with all aspects of history.

World War II
What were soldiers thinking when they surrendered? Photos of Nazi Germany [|Ghosts of World War II] Russian artist who combines black and white photos from World War II with modern day photos for an eerie effect. [|War Without Mercy in the Pacific] A review of an important history book that argues that the fighting in the Pacific was fierce because of racial hated on both sides that was exacerbated by government propaganda. [|Reconstructing Europe- The Rubble Women]

Cold War
Soviet Union (Russia) in pictures [|Another site] Containment of Communism in the Post-war Era A book review of an important history book about Truman and Eisenhower's foreign policy. [|Korean War Photos][| Korean War Photo History] [|Japanese Reconstruction Video] [|Soviet Space Propaganda Posters]

Post-War America
[|Baby Boomer's Lives told through 25 photos] Brief History of the Rise of the Suburbs [|Ike for President Ad] [|Vintage Weight Gain Ads]