Personal History Timeline 2016

Teacher: Mr. Green Due Date: September 7th, 2016 Total Points: 30 Points

Background:

As we discussed in class, history has MANY meanings. There can be World History, a study of how the cultures of the world interact, American History, the study of the history of America, and Ohio History, the history of Ohio. There are also many more historical sub-categories in history, such as cultural history, which can include women’s history, African American History, or Religious history. History can be more specific, such as History of World War II, or Vietnam War History. It can also include pop culture categories, like History of Music, Television, Movies, or Sports. History is the study of things in the past, that may or may not, impact our lives today.

Assignment:

I would like you to create a Personal History timeline for our class. This timeline will: 1. Start with the year of your Birth and end with the current year. (Ex. 2001 to 2016) 2. For each year provide at least ONE event that was significant to your life. This may include vacations, sports accomplishments, awards, or anything else important that has happened in your life. 3. Also, please include ONE event that have made a historical impact on our world during your life time. **4. For the ONE event you chose for above, provide a ONE paragraph summary on what the event was and why it is important in history, and to you. The paragraph should be at least FIVE sentences!** 5. Make sure to include your name, and the years you are covering on the Timeline.

Additional Requirements:

Please make this timeline as creative as possible, you do NOT need to include pictures, but you can if you want to. If you want to have drawings, or pictures from a magazine you are more than welcome to include those. This project can be done on any size paper, but neatness and clarity will count towards your grade. It can be done on the computer, if you want, or done by hand. I understand you will only have 14 nights to work on this, but it is relevant to our discussion on “What is History?” Please be as detailed as possible, and we will share these in class on Wednesday, September 7th, 2016.

Any questions, problems, or concerns; please e-mail me in advance or discuss them with me during school hours so we can get everything cleared up. Have fun with this assignment, I look forward to learning about you as well as sharing my accomplishments with you.