Industry and Urban Growth project: Choose one of the following projects.
Due date is _________________
If you have access, please use a computer. Use a non-fancy 12 point font, double spaced.
Finished projects must be printed BEFORE the due date. Do not expect to be permitted to go to
the lab to print your project the day it is due. You will not be permitted. If you do not have
access to a computer after school, please handwrite in your neatest penmanship. Posters
should be neat. Embellishments to any project are welcome. The content will be a social
studies grade for chapter 18.
You must present at least part of your project to the class for a communication grade.
I. Using a spreadsheet or diagram, create a family tree with at least fifteen entries outside your
immediate family. Make a cover page with your project title, or make sure your name is on the
diagram.
II. You are the owner of the first car in your town. Create five journal entries (at least one
paragraph each) that tell about your experiences the first year of ownership. Make a cover
page with your project title.
III. Create a poster or power point showing how cars or planes have advanced since their
invention, and write a sentence (or more) for each step. (obviously there are many-choose at
least eight). Print the power point (2 slides per page) and make a cover page with your project
title OR make sure your name is on the poster.
IV. Interview your family and write a one page summary of your family history as far back as
you can. Make a cover page with your project title.
V. Answer one of the following questions using at least 150 words. Write an intro paragraph on
what is or was (cite your source properly) and then answer using your own ideas. Make a cover
page with your project title. 1. What should the responsibility of factory owners be when it
comes to safety? 2. Early pilots risked their lives to fly. Is this an acceptable trade-off when it
comes to following a dream? Why or why not? 3. How would the world be better if cars and
planes hadn’t been invented?
VI. Cook a food that originally came from your ethnicity. Document it with pictures and bring in
small samples for the class—be prepared to share how you made it-secret family recipes need
not be revealed. Make sure your name is on any posters. Print your power point (two slides
per page) and make a cover page with your project title.
VII. Create a float, power point or brochure exhibiting five symbols of a country from where
your family came and what those symbols mean. Make sure your name is on the float or
brochure. Print power points (2 slides per page) and make a cover page with your project title.
VIII. Write a song that striking workers might sing. It must have four verses of four lines each,
and one refrain of four lines. Make sure to clarify which verses your refrain goes between.
Make a cover page with your project title.