East Bernstadt Presents: A Walk Through History!
East Bernstadt School will be having a History Fair on March 22nd which will be entitled: AWalk Through History. The fair will be for all students in the 4th and 5th grades and each student is asked to create an exhibit to showcase an event from history. Students are to pick a historical figure, event, or idea and create a three dimensional display with evidence of research. This needs to be organized and visually impact the viewer. Displays may include things such as pictures, documents, words, etc….
All projects must pose a question from history and use evidence to answer the question in which they are exhibiting.
4th grade students will be exhibiting projects surrounding Kentucky History.
5th grade students will be exhibiting projects surrounding American History.
Topics to choose from (but not limited too):
Native Americans and their Land: Migration Routes and Cultural Regions
European Exploration to the New World
Early English Settlements: The Lost Colony of Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth
13 Original Colonies
Slavery: West Africa-North America
The Middle Passage
Events Leading up to the American Revolution: The French and Indian War, The Proclamation of 1763, The Quartering Act, The Stamp Act, The Boston Massacre, The Tea Act, The Boston Tea Party, The Intolerable Acts, The Sugar Act, etc….
To Declare Independence or Not? Loyalists vs. Patriots
The Declaration of Independence
The Revolutionary War
Strategies by the Continental Army that lead to the defeat of the British Army in the Revolutionary War
George Washington
The Constitution
The Three Branches of Government
The Bill of Rights
Women’s Suffrage
Women’s Rights
Manifest Destiny
Louisiana Purchase
Texas Annexation
Florida Acquisition
Mexican Cession
Oregon Country
Early Pioneers
The Oregon Trail
Causes of the Civil War
The Civil War
The Missouri Compromise
The Underground Railroad
Abraham Lincoln
Molly Pitcher
Life of a Civil War Soldier
Civil War Soldier’s Life: Union/Confederacy
Civil War Battles
Conditions during the Civil War: Combat, Medical, Food, Home front
Gettysburg Address
Industrial Revolution
Information Age
World War I
World War II
Great Depression
Civil Rights Movement
9/11
All of the wars that the United States has been involved in and why??????
All projects will need to be brought in and set up in the Gymnasium on the morning of March22. The Fair will begin at 9:00 am and will end at 12:00 pm. Projects will have to be transported home on the same day. Arrange for transportation please.
Thanks for your help!!
Mrs. Eversole
Mr. Feltner
Mr. Jervis
Ms. Ledington
Mrs. Stuber
Mrs. VanHook
Teachers + Parents + Students = SUCCESS!!!!!!