AmericanHistoryUnit6Project1960s‐1980sTheProcessYouwillbeassignedaspecificeventorpersontoresearchandreportonfromthetimeperiodinUnitedStateshistoryof1960sto1980s.Youneedtodoresearchonwhatcausedtheeventorbroughtthepersonintoahistoricalperspective,exactlywhattheeventwasindetail,andtheeffectsoftheeventorpersononAmericanhistory.Afterfindingtheresearch,itisnowtimetopresenttheinformation.Youaregoingtobepresentingtheinformationinablogform.Thereareavarietyofwaystoorganizetheinformationonablog;however,theeasiestforpeoplenotfamiliarwithbloggingistocreatepagesontheblog.Pagesarebasicallylikeweb‐pagesyouwouldfindonmostwebsites.Inadditiontocreatingtheblog,youwillbecreatinganonlinemultiplechoicequizforotherstotakeafterreadingthroughyourblog.Whendonewitheverything,youwillhaveanoralreviewoftheinformationwithMr.Kampmann.Thiswillbealargepartofyouroverallgrade.WebInformationYoucangetamajorityofyourresearchonline.SitesMr.Krecommendsendin.govor.edu.Youmay

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useWikipedia,astheinformationcoveredistoocloseinhistoryforWikipediatobeobjective.Othersitesthatwouldbeusefulwouldbeonlinenewspapers.Toassistinthecreationofyourblog,onMr.K’sblogisacouplehelpfulvideosoncreatingblogs.Mr.Khasalsocreatedhisownvideogoingthroughthestepsofcreatingablogandquiz.Mr.Kwillinformationyouoftheblogsitethatyouwilllogintoto.Thesitetologintoyourblogishttp://dhsprojects.blogs.mu/wp‐login.php?loggedout=true.ThiswillalsobelinkedonMrK’sblog.Emailaddress=dhssocialstudies+

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.AssessmentTogettotheassessmentinformation,gotoMr.K’sblog.Thiswillcountasanexamgrade.