Paper Topic: You may choose any historical topic, event, person, incident,
place, etc. during the Roaring 20’s, Depression, World War II, or Illinois
History connections. You may choose a topic from the list provided, or you
may choose your own topic. If you choose a topic that is not listed, you must
have it approved by Mr. Romine and Mrs. Logan, Mrs. Steffens, or Mrs.
Laquet.
Elements to be submitted for a grade:
Note cards (at least 50)
Source cards (6 with at least 3 resource books)
Outline
Research paper (3-5 pages; title page; outline; bibliography;
double spaced; Times New Roman font; size 12 font)
Grades for Grammar:
Note cards
Source Cards
Outline
Research paper
Grade for History:
Research paper (Graded for historical accuracy, clear
understanding of content and presentation in your own
words. Quotes may be used if given proper credit.)
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Research PAPER POSSIBLE TOPICS
People:
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Harry Truman
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
William Tweed
Alice Paul
Bobby Jones
Greg Tolin
O’Henry
John Dillinger
Amelia Earhart
Charlie Chaplin
Navajo “code talkers”
Charles Lindberg
Illinois People:
Mother Cabrini
“Uncle” Joe Cannon
John Deere
Dick Van Dyke
Lewis and Clark
Carl Sandburg
Ernest Hemingway
Warren G. Harding
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Adolph Hitler – early years
Theodore Roosevelt
Marcus Garvey
Huey Long
Cesar Chavez
Gertrude Ederlie
Langston Hughes
Arthur C. Doyle
Baby Face Nelson
Clara Bow
Georgia O’Keefe
Tuskegee Airmen
Rosa Parks
Calvin Coolidge
Eleanor Roosevelt
Benito Mussolini
Curt Flood
Paul Lewis
Brigham Young
Babe Ruth
F. Scott Fitzgerald
John Steinbeck
Bonnie & Clyde
Elijah Lovejoy
Rudolph Valentino
George Will
Agatha Christie
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jane Addams
Frances Willard
Al Capone
Frank L. Wright
Dr. S. A. Richmond
Abraham Lincoln
Joseph Smith (Mormans)
Red Grange
William Jennings Bryan
Ulysses S. Grant
Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones)
Louis Armstrong
Ronald Reagan
Happenings:
D-Day
WWII Women’s baseball
Teapot Dome Scandal
Lindberg Kidnapping
Sacco & Vanzetti Trial
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Dust Bowl
The Harlem Renaissance – pick any author or artist
Building Hoover Dam
British Royal Air Force
Hoovervilles (Hobo’s life)
Bonus Army
Bataan Death March
Black Sox Scandal
Japanese Prisoner of War Camps
Japanese Interment Camps
Bombing of Hiroshima
Scopes “Monkey” Trial
Attack on Pearl Harbor
French Resistance Fighters
Stock Market Crash (1929)
Ellis Island
Angel Island
Carnegie Libraries
Alcatraz
Battle of Iwo Jima
Titanic
Andersonville Prison Camp
Tennessee Courthouse Fire – when the records were lost
Illinois happenings:
Trail of Tears
Haymarket Strike
Enola Gay - Il. Connection
Chicago Fire
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
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Haymarket Riot
Lincoln/Douglas Debates
Lindberg’s Flight – Il. Connection
U.S.S. Indianapolis – Il. Connection
Pullman Strike