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!!!!!!