Unit 2 Assignment
For this assignment, you are required to examine continuity and change over time. CCOT projects are a comparison essay where time periods are compared. The issues on the change-over-time essay tend to be global ones such as technology, trade, demographics.
Task
Create a Graphic Essay or Illustrated Timeline in response to the following prompt:
Analyze the continuities and changes of the following topics in American History between 1916 and 1945:
technology
civil rights/feminism
immigration/emigration (people coming to America and people moving from place to place in America business/finance
warfare
demographics
ideas about “democracy”
foreign relations
Include information about:
the big picture events that are going during this time period (You must explain what is going on in the world/in America that caused the continuity.)
the historical development of major events (what caused it and what it led to)
What remained the same and what changed over time.
Illustrate your presentation with art or photos from the era
