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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
Trum
an
Inte
grat
es
the
US
Mili
tary
US
and
Alli
es w
in
WW
IIM
edga
r Ev
ers,
Ret
urni
ng S
oldi
er
fight
s fo
r ba
sic
righ
ts
Med
gar
Ever
s,
Ass
assi
nate
dBla
ck p
olic
e
office
rs a
re h
ired
in
Jack
son
Pass
age
of t
he
Civ
il Rig
hts
Act
of
196
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
Trum
an is
co
nvin
ced
by
Sout
hern
Sen
ator
s
NO
T to
inte
grat
e
the
mili
tary
Due
to
crus
hing
loss
es b
ased
on
low
pers
onne
l ol
der
and
youn
ger
Whi
te m
en
are
draf
ted
Whi
te w
omen
are
allo
wed
into
cer
tain
bran
ches
of th
e m
ilita
ry
Une
mpl
oym
ent
at
an a
ll tim
e lo
w,
blac
k m
en b
egin
fillin
g be
tter
and
high
er p
ayin
g jo
bs.
Wor
ld W
ar II
is w
on
in 1
946 d
ue t
o la
rge
help
by
Mex
ican
bom
ber
pilo
tsRet
urni
ng w
omen
sold
iers
figh
t fo
r
thei
r ba
sic
righ
ts
spar
king
the
Wom
en’s
Mov
emen
t in
1949
Due
to
econ
omic
pres
sure
by
the
grow
ing
Bla
ck
mid
dle
clas
s, t
he
Voting
Rig
hts
Act
of
1955 is
pas
sed
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