Friday, May 29, 2009

We are produts of President Ronald Reagan's presidency

For our project, we chose to focus on President Ronald Reagan. This is because he was a major president during the time period (1980-1989). We focused on the things that he did during his presidency for our items.
We took a picture in front of the pieces of the Berlin wall because during Reagan's presidency he gave a famous speech that demanded that Gorbachev tear down the Berlin Wall. We also brought a Newsweek magazine that talked about what he was doing during his presidency. WE also included a program from a Stanford commencement because the guest speaker for that day was Sandra Day O'Connor. She was important because she was the first woman to be appointed to Supreme Court. She was nominated by President Reagan. We also found many political cartoons from the time period which included President Reagan
We got our objects by visiting elderly neighbors, looking on the internet, and searching through many boxes in the garage.
I would have chosen a different topic because the topic that we chose was very narrow, so it was very hard to find specific things.
I would advise people to collect their items early. If they can't find enough items, simply switch your topic! This is because without your items, your project will look blank.

3 comments:

  1. Great job! way to be original and take on the challenge of doing something different!

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  2. Good job! It looks like an awesome topic, I love your collection method and ideas.

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  3. Great take on a broad topic, but if i were you i would have added more supporting details.

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