“Road Trip: America!” Project Products:

1. Digital Travel Log – Each number(stop) will include the name of the place, a picture, and the reason why it is/was significant to U.S. history

2. U.S. Map poster with road trip route highlighted and numbers indicating stops along the way Rules:● You must start on the West Coast and work your way to the East Coast

○ Start in AK, WA, OR, or CA -------> End in Maine● It is supposed to mimic a car ride, so your route should be continuous and moving forward

○ little to no back-tracking...your trip should be somewhat realistic● You CAN have more than one stop in the same city

○ *You just need to be specific about why the different stops are significant to U.S. history

You Must Visit:

★ At least 2 places per unit studied ( 2 places x 9 units = 18)★ 12 additional places of your choice (monuments, National Parks, Capitals, major events, favorite or

dream vacation spots/family heritage sites, etc.)★ TOTAL : 30 stops on your Travel Log and on your map

***Suggestion: Mark all the places you want to incorporate on your map with pencil numbers first (write down the name of the place next to its number on another sheet so you don’t forget as you go), figure out your starting point, mark your route along roads to hit all your points, then you can renumber/reorder your stops so they go in the actual order of your trip.

America Road Trip Tracking

SheetYou will fill this out throughout each unit so you can complete the Map Project easily at the end of the year.

Unit Name of Stop/Event

Location (City, State)

Why is it significant toU.S. History?

(include date(s) if relevant)

Example: Unit 2 (this has to do with Progressivism)

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire New York, NYIn 1911, 146 workers (mostly young immigrant women) died in a factory fire. They were locked in with no fire escapes. This sparked new laws around better working conditions/safety.

Beginning of Year:-History review

Unit 1:-Capital/Labor

-Conquering the West

-Industrial America

Unit 2:-Imperialism

-Progressivism

Unit 3:-WWI & Aftermath

Unit 4:-The New Era (1920s)

-The Great Depression

Unit 5:-WWII

Unit 6:-Affluent Society

Unit 7:-The Sixties

Unit 8:-1970s & 1980s

-“The Unraveling”

-“Triumph of the Right”

Unit 9:-Recent Past

***Miscellaneous Places

National Parks, Capitals, Monuments, favorite vacation spot, etc.

**Miscellaneous Places

GeoTour Map Project RUBRIC for Grading