APUSH: Final Project
You will have the choice to work by yourself or with one partner (it is STRONGLY
RECOMMENDED to work with a partner) to create a site that will (hopefully!) land your work
on the App available free through iTunes: Cleveland Historical (www.clevelandhistorical.org).
This is an exciting opportunity to take something you research in class and create something that
will be used by people all over Cleveland and beyond!
Your task:
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Choose one of the topics. These topics have been suggested by Mark Tebeau and Erin
Bell, who are the brains and technology behind Cleveland Historical. They have been
working behind the scenes to help come up with good ideas for locations to research as
well as do some of the leg work for you in finding images.
Think about how to tell the story of your location in a NON-LITERAL way. This is a
little different than a traditional assignment. We want you to think about the STORY that
can be told in your location: move beyond the who, what, and where and get into the
WHY and HOW. How can you see American history reflected in your location? How
did your location change over time? What voices can you hear at your location?
You will need to visit your location sometime in the next week and a half and take some
digital pictures. Again, think about what story you are trying to tell at your location, and
take pictures accordingly. You want pictures that help narrate your story.
Do the best you can to arrange for audio to add to the app. Try to arrange some type of
interview with an expert or someone who has lived through the event that you are
narrating.
Use the Cleveland Public Library’s Plain Dealer Archives as a great “jumping off point”
for your location. Use primary sources as your main research tool: interviews, Plain
Dealer or other media, photographs, etc.
Use the websites and other resources provided by Mrs. Ziemnik to also help you in your
creation.
Model your site after sites that are already on the App. The best ones you create will
make it on the App!
A rubric will be forthcoming. The basic requirements will earn a C. Going truly above
and beyond in presenting the historical context, oral history, oral narrative, and historical
research is what it takes to receive an A.
Work will be submitted via Google Docs to Mrs. Ziemnik no later than Thursday, May
30th by class time. We will present Thursday May 30th and Friday May 31.
100 points total
Some Ideas to choose from:
Duck Island (Neighborhood between Ohio City and
Tremont; ethnic enclave)
Winterhurst Ice Rink
Jackson’s Limited, 1934, aka Bearden’s Burgers
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Christian Science 5 Church (Lake Ave. and W.
117th Street)
Slavic Village (Warszawa Neighborhood, the
“Hyacinth Lofts” artists)
Newburgh Rolling Mill (1854)
National Carbon in Lakewood and “Birdtown”
(1891)
The White Oaks (former speakeasy) in Westlake
(1928)
Malley’s Chocolates (1935)
The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Vitamix World Headquarters (1937)
Otis Elevator Company
R-K Sausage Co. in Slavic Village (1917)
Westside Hotel (19000 Lake Ave.)
Sherwin-Williams Company
Baker Auto
Beachland Ballroom
Cleveland’s Growing “Food Scene” (Michael
Symon, etc.)
Lakewood High School
Sam Sheppard Murder Trial
Rocky River High School (Time Capsule!)
Eliot Ness in Cleveland
St. Edward’s High School
OR another topic selected by you that is
Mrs. Ziemnik!
Virginia Marti College of Art and Design
Nicholson House (1835, Lakewood)
Bradstreet’s Landing
Lindsey’s Sky Bar (1937-1952 Jazz Club in
Cleveland)
Oldest Stone House (1838, Lakewood)
Tri City Park: Nike Missile Defense System Location
(LOTS of good stuff at City Hall!)
Clifton Beach, Lakewood
Clifton Club: Built 1902, Fire in 1942, reopened in
1950
“Gold Coast” in Lakewood: (Shoreham, Lakeshore
Hotel)
Lakewood Civic Auditorium/Viktor Schrenkengost
Sculpture
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