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Doing the Decades:
Group Investigations in Twentieth Century U. S. History

From Concept to Completion


You've done quite a bit of work so far, and we still have a distance to travel to create your project.  Now it's time to move towards your goal by developing ideas from your Questions for Investigation, Themes, and Topics into a manageable, achievable final product.

Name:   Decade:  
Theme:   Project Mode of Expression:  

I. State your Questions for Investigation:

 1.
 

 2.
 

 3.

II. What type(s) of final products will effectively illustrate your answers to each Question for Investigation in the project? Place the number of the appropriate Question above next to the products below that you feel apply, and state in 1-2 sentences why that product might fit with that question and interest your audience.

Important: Each person in the group will be responsible for at least two products that will be represented in the final project.

Number Product Comments
  Series of letters  
  Diary entries  
  Daily journal  
  News article  
  Photo essay with descriptive captions  
  Advertisements  
  Editorial(s)  
  Muckraking investigation  
  Eyewitness account of event(s)  
  Obituaries  
  Advice column  
  Travelogue  
  "How to" article  
  "Voice of the People" article  
  Newsreel of major events  
  Report from a foreign capitol  
  News conference with elected official(s)  
  Interview(s) with individual(s), famous or otherwise  
  Guest columnist (perhaps famous person of the era)  
  Other (your choice)  

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