OBJECTIVE – To cover major events that shaped America and the world 70’s, 80’s and 90’s.

Decade Project
BioBOARDS

Working on your own you will choose one of the following decades (1970’s, 1980’s or 1990’s) and create four separate BioBoards covering the topics listed below.

Each BioBOARD should adhere to the following guidelines:

•  Set all Margins (top, bottom, right and left) at ½ (.50) inches.

• Each BioBOARD should take up one entire page BUT should not exceed
  1 page.

• Header – not to exceed 36 point font.

• Images/Graphic – these can include any picture, chart, map or other graphic that is appropriate to the topic.  Pictures should not take up more than 2½ x 3½ total inches of the BioBoard.

• Quote – one quote from the individual or from some individual connected with the event.  10 point font.

• Background/Synopsis – this should be general information regarding the event or individual.  This should be 12 point font.  This should be 2-4 paragraphs long depending on your space.

• Influence/Impact on the Decade – here you will write a 1-2 paragraph summary (12 point font) describing the impact this individual or event had on the decade you have selected.

• Timeline – you will select 6 key event from the event or individuals life to chronicle in a timeline.  You can create your timeline however you want.  Make sure the text does not exceed 14 point font.

• Questions – finally you should come up with three questions that a student could answer from reading your BioBOARD.

You will also turn in a separate Bibliography.  All 4 BioBOARDS and one Bibliography must be turned in at one time.  Simply send me an e-mail with your 5 page document (4 BioBOARDS, 1 Bibliography) attached to it.  Plagiarism will be strictly enforced.  If I even suspect you have Googled it or Widipediaed it I will give you a zero.  BELIEVE ME IT IS NOT WORTH IT.  This project will be the final assignment you turn in to me for the semester so it is a way to either salvage your grade or sink your grade.  THE DECISION IS YOUR!!

Grade Breakdown
400 Points Possible

Bibliography (10%)
Textual/Content Information and Accuracy (60%)
Graphical Information (20%)
Overall Appearance/Organization (10%)

Required BioBOARDS – use the attached decade’s menus to decide on which subject you would like to cover under the following REQUIRED topics.  If there is a topic you would like to do that is not on the menu just    e-mail me for approval.

• America at War – this BioBOARD should cover one war that the United States was involved in during the decade you have selected.  You should examine the war and the impact it had on soldiers, everyday citizens and America as a whole.  Finally explain what the lasting effects of the war were.
• America and the Arts – this BioBOARD should cover the visual arts, music, and literature, of the decade that you have selected.  You may choose to focus on one type of art or even a particular artist. 
• The Presidency – in this BioBOARD you will select one president who was in office during the decade you have selected.  You should provide information on his life in office, domestic and foreign policy decisions and personal information that make his Presidency unique.
• Science, Technology and Inventions – this BioBOARD should focus on any inventions, technological advancements or scientific developments from your decade that had a profound impact on the era.  These advancements can come from any area (i.e. home, business, farming, medical, etc.).
  

“I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years. If you can, then it ain't music, it's close-order drill or exercise or yodeling or something, not music.”

Synopsis: Billie Holiday, born April 7, 1915, was known as Elinore Harris but was later nicknamed Billie Holiday and Lady Day. Billie had an extremely difficult childhood which late helped her with her amazing music career. She was known for her amazing jazzy voice and her difficult life. She is generally considered one of the greatest jazz singers of all time. Holiday was working for Columbia in the late 1930s when she was introduced to a song entitled "Strange Fruit," which began as a poem about the lynching of a black man written by Abel Meeropol, a Jewish schoolteacher from the Bronx . Meeropol used the pseudonym "Lewis Allen" for the work. The poem was set to music and performed at teachers' union meetings, where it was eventually heard by the manager of Cafe Society, an integrated nightclub in Greenwich Village, who introduced it to Holiday . Holiday performed the song at Cafe Society in 1939, a move that by her own admission left her fearful of retaliation. Holiday later said that the imagery in "Strange Fruit" reminded her of her father's death, and that this played a role in her persistence to perform it. Throughout her life she experienced drug abuse, alcohol abuse, and relationships with abusive men. Billie Holiday died at the age of 44 due to cirrhosis or the liver on July 17, 1959.

Influence: Billie Holiday was one of the greatest jazz singers of all time. She would perform at various night clubs during the Harlem Renaissance period. She would move people with her amazing life stories and even more amazing voice. She would put crowds in tears because her voice was so moving. She defiantly made an impact on jazz music and her voice and natural ability for music will never be forgotten. 

TIMELINE

Questions:

1. What was Billie famous for?
2. What is Billie Holiday’s nickname she earned later in life?
3. What was title of her autobiography?

1970’s

America at War

• Vietnam

• U.S. Mayaguez

•   Iranian Hostage Crisis

America and the Arts

•  The Beatles

• Woodstock

•  Joan Baez

•  Harvey Ball

•  Punk Rock

• Limbo

• Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Presidency

·        Richard Nixon

§        26^th Amendment

§        Vietnam

§        Visit to China

§        Watergate

§        Environmental Protection Agency

·        Jimmy Carter

§        SALT II

§        National Energy Act

§        Panama Canal

§        The Camp David Accords

·        Gerald Ford

§        Helsinki Accords

§        Pardon of President Nixon

Science, Technology & Inventions

·        TV

§        Super Bowl & Monday Night Football

·        Neil Armstrong

·        Microwave Ovens

·        Three Mile Island (Nuclear Energy)

·        The Compact Disk (CD’s)

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1980’s

America at War

·        Cold War

§        Fall of Communism

§        Berlin Wall

·        Central America and Caribbean

§        Grenada

§        Nicaragua

§        El Salvador

·        Middle East

America and the Arts

Assignment 9.01 - Decades Final Project