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___Research Paper Topics
Your final project is to write a research paper based on person, idea or topic that we covered this semester. I have a few suggestions for you noted below. You are to write a 2-4 page paper where you investigate your topic and use the questions below to guide you through the process. Some questions may be applicable and others not. Use the ones that will help you accomplish your goal. The process is as follows:
Your final project is to write a research paper based on person, idea or topic that we covered this semester. I have a few suggestions for you noted below. You are to write a 2-4 page paper where you investigate your topic and use the questions below to guide you through the process. Some questions may be applicable and others not. Use the ones that will help you accomplish your goal. The process is as follows:
- Pick a topic
- Show me your resources
- Show me the notes you took from your resources
- Make an outline
- 1st Draft
- 2nd draft
- Final Draft
- Presentations during Finals Week (Powerpoint)
- Who was your person? What is your topic? What is your idea?
- Why is it/him/her important?
- What did they accomplish?
- How did they impact the community? State? World?
- How would things be different if they he/she/it had not existed or never occurred?
- Zoot Suit Riots
- Japanese Internments
- Repatriation of Mexicans during depression
- Discrimination Policies towards Mexicans, Blacks, Japanese during the 1910-1950's
- Women working in Factories during WWII
- Cesar Chavez
- Dolores Huerta
- Grape Boycott
- Edward Roybal
- ELA Blowouts
- Salvador Castro
- Chicano Movement
- Ruben Salazar
- Breed Street Shul
- Brooklyn Avenue to Cesar Chavez
- Ethnic Change in Boyle Heights
- Evergreen Cemetary
- Freeways Invade our Community
- Gentrification of our Community
- Trolley Cars of Los Angeles
- Power of Murals in the Community
Murals of Our Community
Freeways in Boyle Heights
Cesar Chavez Readings
About Cesar: Background information
Use the graphic organizer shared in class to develop a 5 paragraph essay based on Cesar Chavez's life. The essay will include an introductory paragraph based on the About Me section, then on the next four sections: Dream to Organize Farm Workers, Historic Victories for Union, A Labor Movement of His Own, and Cesar Chavez's Legacy.
Si Se Puede! Where did this chant come from???
Why is Chavez important? Speech on perils of pesticides.
About Cesar: Background information
Use the graphic organizer shared in class to develop a 5 paragraph essay based on Cesar Chavez's life. The essay will include an introductory paragraph based on the About Me section, then on the next four sections: Dream to Organize Farm Workers, Historic Victories for Union, A Labor Movement of His Own, and Cesar Chavez's Legacy.
Si Se Puede! Where did this chant come from???
Why is Chavez important? Speech on perils of pesticides.
Reading for Blowouts
Reading for Blowouts B
Assignment for reading:
Reading for Blowouts B
Assignment for reading:
- Take notes (@ least 1 page)
- Why did the students walkout?
- Look at the list of demands, which three (3) are the most important reasons to walk out for?
- Would you have walked out in 1968?
- Are there conditions that exist today at Roosevelt HS that youwould consider walking out for? Explain.
Edward Roybal Reading
Create a timeline with important dates and information related to his life.
Japanese Americans and WWII
Please click on the link below and read the story about how Japanese Americans were treated by the US military during WWII.
Answer the following questions (due at the end of the period):
Fighting For Democracy
You are a young Japanese-American citizen and are currently interned at Manzanar. After growing up in a mixed neighborhood, Boyle Heights, you find yourself in this camp because of your ancestry. Please write a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt explaining why Japanese-Americans will or will not join the war effort. Give at least 2 reasons.
Please click on the link below and read the story about how Japanese Americans were treated by the US military during WWII.
Answer the following questions (due at the end of the period):
Fighting For Democracy
- Please give at least 2 reasons why America allowed Japanese-Americans into the war?
- What was the main reason Japanese-Americans joined the war?
- Why did Japanese-Americans not join?
- What did Japanese-Americans soldiers do to make themselves stand out?
- What great accomplishment did the 442nd achieve in 1944?
- How were Japanese-Americans received at the conclusion of the war?
You are a young Japanese-American citizen and are currently interned at Manzanar. After growing up in a mixed neighborhood, Boyle Heights, you find yourself in this camp because of your ancestry. Please write a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt explaining why Japanese-Americans will or will not join the war effort. Give at least 2 reasons.
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Mexican Contributions to WWII
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Please read the following article about Latinos in WWII. The link is here.
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Japanese Americans Interned (Culminating Activity)
We have learned about the internment of Japanese Americans in America during WWII. I would like you to do some research on Mrs. Breed and the letters she received from people interned at the various camps. Please click on the link and select 2 letters. Take notes on the conditions that the interned had to deal with. The link for her letters is here.
The last thing you are to do is read about the Korematsu case. Pretend you are a judge on the US Supreme Court. How would you have decided? Explain. The links for the resources are here:
Shorter reading
Longer reading
We have learned about the internment of Japanese Americans in America during WWII. I would like you to do some research on Mrs. Breed and the letters she received from people interned at the various camps. Please click on the link and select 2 letters. Take notes on the conditions that the interned had to deal with. The link for her letters is here.
The last thing you are to do is read about the Korematsu case. Pretend you are a judge on the US Supreme Court. How would you have decided? Explain. The links for the resources are here:
Shorter reading
Longer reading
The Raids in Los Angeles: 1930's Repatriation (Reading)
Please click here to get to the reading. Make sure you do the following:
1. Take notes, annotate the reading.
2. Answer the questions:
Please click here to get to the reading. Make sure you do the following:
1. Take notes, annotate the reading.
2. Answer the questions:
- What happened to Mr. Juan Rodriguez?
- How does his disappearance affect his wife an d children?
- Were all people deported undocumented?
- What reason did the US government have for deporting Mexicans?
- Do you believe that this could happen again today?
Boyle Heights' Multicultural Shift 1920-1990 Reading
Assignment:
Read and annotate
1. What was the racial makeup of this community from 1920-1940's?
2. What happened to the Jewish population that causes their migration?
3. The article mentions that Boyle Heights was a place to, "get out of and move on up." Does this quote still apply today? Explain
Assignment:
Read and annotate
1. What was the racial makeup of this community from 1920-1940's?
2. What happened to the Jewish population that causes their migration?
3. The article mentions that Boyle Heights was a place to, "get out of and move on up." Does this quote still apply today? Explain
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The Underdogs Essay Questions
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From Juarez to Diaz Assignment while Aldo is away...
Please answer all questions on the document below. Download the questions and use them to guide you through the reading.
Mexican/Mexican-American of the Week Assignment
Every Thursday, you will have a mini research project due. It will focus on a person, idea or event that had something to do with history of Mexicans or Mexican-Americans. You are to do the following:
Week 1
Week 2Week 3
Week 4
Research PaperThe research paper will be 20%(10%+10%) of your grade for this semester. 10% will be the research paper and all steps associated with it and 10% will be the presentation that you will do as part of your final.
The paper will include the following parts and due dates: Topic: Wednesday, Nov 18,2015 Resources: Friday, Nov 20, 2015 1st set of Notes: Friday, Nov 20, 2015 (Let's make sure you are on track) 2nd set of notes: Monday, Nov 30 2015 (10 pages due, minimum) Outline: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 1st Draft: Tuesday, December 8, 2015 2nd Draft: Friday, December 111, 2015 Final Draft: Monday, December 14, 2015 (Last day to turn in the research paper) December 15,16 & 17 Finals: Presentations due Attached is the list of possible topics you can select for your research paper.
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Indios of MX
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Spanish Conquest Extra Credit: Please select one reading from the selection attached. You are to:
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Here are the events for the Sammy Spaniard Project. All events are in order and you need to create a timeline. You must do the ones in bold. Have fun and be creative.
Events for the Sammy Spaniard Poject
1. Why do you go? 2. Land in Cuba 3. What did you go for?
4. The golden city- the story of Tenochtitlan 5. Cordova Expedition
6. Grijalva Expedition 7. Cortes gets picked 8. Cortes in Cozumel
9. Battle of Tabasco 10. Meeting La Malinche 11. Veracruz and Moctezuma Messengers 12. Scares the Messengers 13. Cempoalla helps Cortes 14. Tlaxcala Battle 15. Fake Friends Cholulans 16. Enter Tenochtitlan 11/8/1519 17. The Meeting: Moctezuma & Cortes 18. Looking for Gold (6 months)
19a. Cortes Leaves to fight Navarez
19b. Alvarado stays and massacre
20. La Noche Triste 21. The siege of Tenochtitlan 22. Entering the City
23. The Surrender
Mon & Tues
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November 18, 1519...
Today we will discuss:
Cortez arrives in Veracruz up to Cortez leaves Tenochtitlan to fight off a second group of Spaniards that come for him. |
Thurs & Fri
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AR and 'Q' Movie Project dueToday we will:
Today we will spend some time reading. You will then have time to finish up your 'Q' project. Make sure you include all the elements described below. In addition, if you need more time, show me your project and if you need to finish off some details I can give you an extension for full credit. If you do not finish and do not get an extension, you can turn it in on Monday for up to 70% credit. If you turn it in before Friday of next week, you will get 50% credit. |
Tues & Wed
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Cortez & Moctezuma...cont-Today we will discuss:
Today we will continue with our readings and work on our journal entries. Please write down details for each entry so that you can create your own story later on. |
Thurs (Aldo out, sub)
3/8/2012
*Aztecs and their contributions.
*AR Reading
*Select partners
Tues & Wed
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The Aztecs...continued
see below....
In addition we worked on the Aztec + and - t-chart. |
Mon & Tues
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Blockbuster Movie of the Summer: "The Return of the Feathered Serpeant God- "Q"
Today we discussed:
The Movie Board: Steven Spielberg has just got back from vacation in Cancun. After much success in his work, he decided to take a break and spend some time in the sun. He decided to take a side tour away from the beach into the jungles of the Yucatan. Upon his entrance into Chichenitza, Spielberg is amazed by the beauty of the location and the story of the feathered serpent god, Quetalcoatl. So amazed is he that he decides to begin production of his new project. He enters the office and asks you to investigate the story and provide a story board for the movie. He is asking you to: · Draw 10 images that relate to the story · Each image must be colored · Title each image · Write 2 sentences per image You will then choose at least 2-3 people to create a movie board for the movie that will be produced this summer by Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, and Ron Howard. The working title is "The Return of the Feathered Serpeant God- "Q" but I am sure you will create a better one. This is due next week on our first class meeting of the week. He needs it then so he can show it to his investors. Have fun. |
Read file to get background info for your movie project.
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Thurs & Fri
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ToltecsToday will focus on:
Next we will do a short reading on the Toltecs and see how they were different from the Mayans. Finally we will attempt to complete the section on Toltec contributions to history. |
Wed & Thurs
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Mayan Contributions
Today class will:
Manny Mayan Pretend you are Manny Mayan and it is 1300 AD. The Mayan period of greatness is in decline and your instructor has asked you to prepare a written piece of at least 1/2 - 1 page that highlights 3 of the Mayan's most important contributions. He wants you to email the assignment to [email protected]. Extra Credit: Option 1 http://history.howstuffworks.com/central-american-history/mayan-calendar.htm This link will explain how the Mayan Calendar works. Read it and explain it to me and/or class for extra points. Option 2 Or read this link and find out what the Mayans are up to today. Be prepared to share with me/or class. http://www.criscenzo.com/jaguarsun/mayanow.html |
Thurs & Fri
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Early Man Leaves Africa
Today we focused on journey made by early man as he made his way out of Africa and into lands around the world. Our main focus in watching the video was to find out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUiAdGr9QE4 watch all three parts (21 mins) Email answers to these questions to [email protected] |
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Opening Day |
Tues & Wed
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Syllabus Discussed |