Helseth
Amer/AZ History & World Studies
10/1/13
Newspaper/Magazine Project
Overview:
Working in groups of 5-6, you will use the list of questions provided (p.2) to create a newspaper or
magazine by providing responses to each question and topic as features in your group’s periodical.
Once completed the periodically with be turned in a graded. Contributions to the paper will be assessed
and each group member will receive an individual grade.
Additionally this periodical can be used during the Chapter 7, 8 & 9 test. So they better job you and your
group perform on this assignment the more help you will have on the test!
Requirements:
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Each periodical must have a cover with the major headlines and stories.
Each group member must identify the parts of the assignment that they were responsible for.
This assignment is due Oct. 14th
Article Examples:
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Interviews/ Q&As
News articles
o US News (Amer/AZ History)
o World News
 Important events that affected the United States (Amer/AZ History)
 By region: Eurasia, Africa, etc (World Studies)
o Business News
o Science and Technology
o Opinions
 Editorials
 Reader Write-ins
o Classifieds
o Obituaries
o Cartoons (political and otherwise)
o Advertisements (for important technologies, etc)
This list is not complete. Please take a look at any periodicals for other articles types that you might like
to use and/or that better suit your needs.
Amer/AZ History – Chapter 7, 8 & 9 Question/Topic List
Chapter 7: Balancing Nationalism and Sectionalism
1. Industrial Revolution begins and how does this event impact the United States?
2. Factors that spurred industrialization in the North and mass agriculture in the South
3. Who was Eli Whitney and what important contributions did he make to industry and
agriculture in the United States
4. What was the American System?
5. McCulluch v. Maryland
6. The Monroe Doctrine
7. Missouri Compromise
8. President Andrew Jackson
a. Spoils System
b. Bank of the United States
9. Indian Removal Act of 1830 and its impact on America
a. Trail of Tears
Chapter 8: Reforming American Society
1. The impact of the Second Great Awakening and its key figures
a. African Americans
2. Transcendentalism and its key figures
3. Utopian communities
4. School Reform
5. The Abolitionist Movement
a. Key Figures – Frederick Douglas, William Lloyd Garrison
b. Pro-Slavery defenses
6. Life under slavery before the Civil War
7. Emergence of the Women’s Rights movement and key figures
8. Cottage Industry, early factories
9. Industry conditions
a. Worker and Owner responses
b. Government responses
Chapter 9:
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Market Revolution and Capitalism
Impact of Railroads and the Telegraph on America and Western expansion
The impact of “manifest destiny” on Western expansion
Impact of Western expansion on Native Americans and Settlers
Texas
a. Texas Revolution
b. Statehood
6. The Alamo
7. Mexican-American Wars
a. Reasoning
b. Events of the War
c. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and impact on America
8. The California Gold Rush
World Studies – Chapter 7, 8 & 9 Question/Topic List
Chapter 7: India and China Establish Empires
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Impact of the Mauryan Empire on India
Asoka and Buddhism in India
Impact of the Gupta Empire on India
The spread of Theravada Buddhism
Impact of Indian trade on Asia
Impact of the Han Dynasty on China
a. Han Emperors
i. Liu Bang
ii. Empress Lu
iii. Wudi
b. Han government and Confucianism
c. Han impact on Chinese Culture
d. Fall of the Han Empire
Key Terms:
Mauryan Empire, Asoka, Gupta Empire, patriarchal, matriarchal, Mahayana, Theravada,
stupa, Silk Roads, Han Dynasty, centralized government, civil service, assimilation,
Chapter 8: African Civilizations
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Geography of Africa
Pre-Iron Age Africa
Impact of the Iron Age on West Africa
Cause and effect of migration in Africa
The Kingdom of Aksum
a. Rise and expansion of the Kingdom of Aksum
b. Cultural Impact of the Kingdom of Aksum
c. The Fall of the Aksum
Key Terms:
Sahara, Sahel, savanna, animism, griots, Nok, Djenne-Djeno, migrations, push-pull
factors, Aksum, Adulis, terraces
Chapter 9: The Americas: A Separate World
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How Beringia allowed human expansion into N. America
The shift from Hunter/Gathering to Agriculturalism
The Olmec
Zapotec Civilization
5. Early civilizations of the Andes
Key Terms:
Beringia, Ice Age, maize, Mesoamerica, Olmec, Zapotec, Monte Alban, Chavin, Nazca,
Moche