Term IV ROAR: The History of _______________.
Proposal Due: March 7No biographies, think about reading a history of a topic that interests you. Please talk with librarians, use Amazon research, and maybe talk with your teachers for suggestions!
-math (the history of zero)
-chem (the discovery of an element)
-history (the Doner Party)
-ELA (history of curse words)
Here are some choice selections from past years:
The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars By Joel Glenn Brenner
This
book was about the war of chocolate. It started off telling about
these two men who wanted to pursue a career in creating the best
chocolates. The two men were Forrest Mars, and Milton Hershey.
Blue: The History of a Color By Michel Pastoureau
Certain
colors were forbidden outside certain social groups. The moral issue
was not the actual color, but the product used to create it. This became
part of how people distinguished social outcasts. "The crippled, the
deformed, lepers, the 'weak bodied,' and those who were 'cretins and
funny in the head' were often to wear bright colors" (Pastoureau 91).
Chewing Gum By Michael Redclift
Michael
Redclift shows a history of how gum was created. Thomas Adams
introduced chicle to the Americans but Wrigley offered baking powder to
customers who would buy two packs of gum. He convinced millions of
Americans to buy his gum.
Babe Ruth and the 1918 Red Sox By Allan Wood
As
the 1918 season ended it was a significant moment for the Red Sox.
Unfortunately, it was the last moment worth mentioning for the next 86
years. That year was full of controversy due to the player strike,
threat of government shutting down the season, and the lack of players
on rosters.
A History of the World in Six Glasses By Tom Standage
Beer,
spirits, wine, cola, coffee, and tea are six beverages that were each
the most influential drinks at particular eras in history. These six
beverages form a chain of drinks that were important to many people
because they were used for important events.
Ice Cream: The Delicious History By Marilyn Powell
The
book takes you back to when ice cream first came to be, and what an
interesting history it is. Marilyn Powell did a great in writing this
book. She sure knew how to draw her readers in by intriguing stories,
myths, and facts about ice cream.
Chocolate: A Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light By Mort Rosenblum
Chocolate,
referred to as "the gods' breakfast" is "just about everyone's drug of
choice." In the book Chocolate, Mort Rosenblum describes the history
and the processes that make chocolate. Based on history, it is said
that one hundred beans of cacao was worth one slave.
The book Can't Stop Won’t Stop was
about the hip-hop generation and how it started. Hip Hop was a very
popular type of music in the 1979 when it started. It appealed to people
because it was a type of music like no other. Hip Hop originated from
the Bronx, New York when DJs began isolating the percussion break from
funk and disco songs.
The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager By Thomas Hine
In
the book the idea of “teenager” was discussed. Amazingly, this word
did not always exist. According to Thomas Hine and many other people,
teens were invented. "The word was coined during the early 1940's by
some anonymous writer or editor to describe an age group that had
suddenly become a great interest to marketers and social reformers."
Heroin By Humberto Fernandez
Heroin,
the notorious drug known for its addiction and devastation, dates back
over 7,000 years ago as the Sumerians made the discovery of opium. One
of the main cereal crops that the Sumerians grew was the poppy flower,
in which they referred to as "hul gil", or "the plant of joy."
The Devil in the White City By Erik Larson
The
two men were very alike in physical features, but had different
careers. One is an architect, while the other is a killer. Burnham, the
architect, was well known for many of his like the Flatiron Building in
New York and Union Station in Washington. H. H. Holmes was at first a
doctor who then built a hotel called "World's Fair Hotel” where the
guests were brutally murdered.
