DR. WHO : A HORNET TIME TRAVEL EXPERIMENT

THE MODERN ERA

WHO IS DOCTOR WHO?

A 900 year old time traveling savior

A TV Show

A student of history

Doctor Who is You!

YOUR MISSION

You are a time traveler, hopping from era to era righting wrongs and changing history. Your mission is to choose an event in the Modern Era and alter it . You’ll then speculate about how history will be changed based on your research about the era.

Impact of the Cold War Korean War McCarthyism Cuban Revolution

Technology/Economy 1945-1970 Baby Boom Kennedy/Nixon Debates Invention of the Personal Computer

and Air Conditioning The Cold War and Sputnik

OPTIONS

• Civil Rights Movement– Integration of the US Military– Jackie Robinson and the

integration of the military– Brown V. Board of Education– Civil Rights Act of 1964

• National Politics since 1968– Opening of China– Watergate scandal and Nixon’s

resignation– Roe V. Wade– Reaganomics– NAFTA– 9/11

• Political Developments 1945-1970– The Warren Court and the Miranda

Case– Assassination of JFK– Lyndon Johnson and the expansion

of Medicare• Social Change since 1960

– SNCC and SLC– NOW– Anti-Vietnam Movement– Cesar Chavez and the Worker’s

Movement– Rise of the Conservative Movement

EXAMPLE

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5

Sources: “He said he wouldn’t mind dying….If” (Life) - http://books.google.com/books?id=00sEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA34&pg=PA34#v=onepage&q&f=false Medgar Evers, Census Entry State of Siege: Mississippi Whites and the Civil Rights Movement http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/mississippi/ “Exposing the Secrets of Mississippi Racism” (American Journalism Review) http://www.ajr.org/article.asp?id=1311 Medgar Evers: Mississippi Martyr by Michael Vinson Williams http://www.ajr.org/article.asp?id=1311 Medgar Evers Eulogy (audio recording) http://www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/evers_crush2.mp3 Mississippi Goddamn by Nina Simone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiaSXO9--OA

EXAMPLE: ALTERED TIMELINE

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You will be required to turn in:

3-5 page Essay (MLA Format)

Explanation of the EventHow you changed the EventWhat are the ramifications of your change, based on research from the era?

Timeline (Original and Altered)

Tri-Fold board or Powerpoint/Prezi Presentation

THE PROJECT

5 Sources 2 Web Sites 2 Primary

Documents/Articles/Documentaries or other Sources

1 Book

Altered timeline must be supported by research

Impact must be seen in other events outlined in the Modern Era standards

RESEARCH AND RULES