Coney Island Advertisements

View the link on the History of Coney Island, the first amusement park in the world. It is in New york City and was very popular in the 1800s and 1900s. Read the article and then use Publisher to to create an advertisement attracting people to come to Coney Island in the year 1927. It should include all of the main attractions and many reasons why people should come as well as pictures. Print your one page ad and turn it in.

Coney Island History

Discrimination and Segregation

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From www.classzone.com , click on the links for chapter 21 section 3 and read about segregation in American History.

Use Publisher to create a one page newsletter or newspaper that explains some of the difficulties that some Americans faced during this unfortunate time period in history. Create a newspaper title, headline to your story and a short news article summarizing segregation. Add a picture as well. Save your finished copy to the Mr. Mountain folder on the network.

Immigrant Experience presentation

You are going to be making a PowerPoint slideshow that accurately portrays the experiences of most immigrants that came to the United States through Ellis Island. Use the links given to you at the following website under section 2. Your presentation should consist of 4 slides with at least one picture on each and include special effects such as background colors, slide transitions and more.

Declaration of Independence (7th grade)

In July of 1776 the colonists passed the Declaration of Independence declaring independence from Britain. It was an act of treason that meant certain death if they were caught. Follow the link below and complete the questions. Print your answers and turn them in. Then post a paragraph response answering whether or not you would vote for independence as a comment to this blog.

http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078743893/student_view0/unit3/chapter5/student_web_activities.html