Name: ________________________________________
Date: ________________________
World History Final Exam Project
For your final exam, you will be creating a project to demonstrate your knowledge of the
content studied during semester two.
Task: The Time Traveler’s Diary
Imagine you are given access to a time machine. Using this
time machine, you are going to go back to key eras of the
1800s through the present. To document your experiences,
you write short journal or diary entries. For your project, you
will be creating and presenting your diary entries of your
“time travels.”
For each entry, there will be a series of terms or concepts that you must address; however,
you have the freedom to address other areas and create a scene or scenario for your
reader using your writing. All entries must:
 Be at least six complete sentences
 Address the mandatory topics listed (see chart for each section) and demonstrate
evidence of understanding through description and creative incorporation into the
narrative
 Provide a cohesive and coherent narrative for the reader
 Be in journal or diary entry format (for this project, you are encouraged to use the word
“I” in your writing and can engage with the theme of time traveling)
 Be creative and demonstrate time and effort.
 Be typed and double spaced. You may choose the font, but make sure it is easy to
read.
 Neatly submitted with no more than two entries per page.
Time
Period/Unit
Imperialism
World War I
(1914 – 1918)
Where?
Must include:
Other options to
include:
Choose one:
- Africa (pick an
area)
- Japan
- China
- India
1. One of the major
causes/motivations: White Man’s
Burden, Balance of Power,
Nationalism , or Economic Motives
2. How imperialism impacted the
native people (at least two
effects)
- Land as a symbol
of power
- Impact of
technology (ex:
guns, railroads)
Choose one:
- Germany
- France
1. Trench warfare and conditions
faced by soldiers
2. Reference to one of the
underlying causes – Militarism,
Alliance, Imperialism, Nationalism
3. Reference to alliance of the
War (who was which side)
- How the war is
affecting people on
the home front
- Total War
- The US and their
involvement in the
War
Germany
Interwar
period
(1918 – 1938)
Choose one:
- Germany
- Japan
World War II
(1938 – 1945)
Choose one:
- Germany
- Poland
Holocaust
Russia
Cold War
Post WWII
Around the
World
Will be assigned in
class.
1. Unfair conditions of the Treaty
of Versailles
2. High rates of inflation
3. How these things affected the
people living in Germany (and led
to the rise of Hitler)
1. Reference to leader in your
chosen country (and the allies
and axis forces)
2. Firebombing of cities in your
chosen country
3. How people living on the home
front were affected
1. Focus on one stage of studied
genocide theory
2. Identify members of the
targeted group
3. Explain how the targeted
groups was affected during this
stage
1. Competition between the USSR
and the US during the Cold War
(but no formal fighting) – provide
examples
2. Major economic –or- political
changes in Russia during the Cold
War
3. Reference to one USSR Cold
War leader (make sure that
aforementioned corresponds to
the leader’s polcies)
You will each have an individual
topic assigned to you related to
changes around the world after
WWII. More information to come.
- Rise of the Nazis
- Rise of dictators –
Mussolini, Stalin
- Blitzkrieg and
Sitzkrieg
- Unconditional
surrender
- Kamikazes and
how Japanese
culture supported
the war efforts
- Use of
propaganda
- Hitler’s purification
objective
- Connection to
other stages
- Superpowers
- Military buildups
- Proxy wars
- Policies used by
the US to suppress
communism
worldwide
- Communism in
China
You will then need to include one primary source document per
entry that will serve as a token of your travels. These documents
should be copied and pasted into your word document and
included with each entry. Include short caption. All pictures must be
cited on a works cited page that will be included at the end of your
project.
Here is an example of a sample journal entry:
Assume you were given the following information:
Time
Where?
Must include:
Period/Unit
French
Revolution
France
1. Reference to the Three Estates
2. Challenges faced by the Third
Estate and why they wanted
change
Other options to
include:
-
Bastille
King Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
You could produce something like this:
I have just returned from a time travel to France during the French Revolution, and let me
say, there is definitely revolutionary chaos going on! The Third Estate is rebelling against the
First Estate (Clergy), Second Estate (Nobles), and the royal family. They are sick of not having
representation in government and having to pay unfair taxes. While they tried to peacefully
resolve these terms, it looks like the revolution took a violent turn when a rumor circulated
that the King had weapons in an old prison called the Bastille. Members of the Third Estate,
primarily urban workers and peasants, stormed the Bastille and took the warden’s head. It
looks like the King and Queen might be next – off with their heads?!
Peasants rebelling at the Bastille
You will need to submit your journal entries together, either stapled or in a binder or report
cover, and in chronological order. Bring your project to class on the day of the exam.
On the day of the exam:
You will come to class with your project and be put in a small group. In these groups, you will
be sharing your projects and participating in discussion. I will then pick an era that your peers
will question you about. They pose written questions about your assigned topic based on
your journal entry that you will then need to answer and support with historical details in
writing. Ms. Moulton and Ms. Rendek will also pose a question for you to answer in writing.
Your created questions and response will be graded as part of your final grade. Sample
questions and “starters” for formulating good questions will be provided for you.
For example, if you were to create a question for the French Revolution sample, you could
ask:
How did the Storming of the Bastille help the Third Estate complete their objectives?
Your responses must be in paragraph form and be supported with historical details.
Your grade for the final exam will be calculated as follows:
-
Journal entries (seven total) – 70 points
Primary source documents with caption – 14 points
Presentation of project – 6 points
Written questions asked in class – 10 points
Responses to questions (submitted in writing in paragraph form) – 20 points
On task and actively engaged during research days – 5 points
On task and actively engaged during exam period – 10 points
Works cited of pictures – 5 points
Total: 140 points
If you have any questions, feel free to ask. We look forward to seeing your final projects!
Good luck!