Select EIGHT individuals associated with the Civil War to attend your party from the lists below.

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1 DIRECTIONS: Eureka it s party time! Have you ever wondered what it would be like to party with your favorite Civil War Era personalities? Well now is your chance to find out just how hip and how cool history can be. Your job is to throw the biggest most fashionable party of the year by inviting some of your favorite Civil War Era friends to a Civil War Dinner Party! Follow the steps, examples, and directions below to complete the activity. You are to place your work within a PowerPoint presentation. Now kick back, relax, and enjoy a most historic celebration! Select EIGHT individuals associated with the Civil War to attend your party from the lists below. Road To Civil War People: 1. William Lloyd Garrison 2. Fredrick Douglas 3. Harriett Tubman 4. Henry Clay 5. John C. Calhoun 6. Daniel Webster 7. David Wilmont 8. Lewis Cass 9. Zack Taylor 10. William Seward 11. Millard Fillmore 12. Franklin Pierce 13. Harriett Beecher Stow 14. Steven Douglas 15. John Brown 16. Charles Sumner 17. James Buchanan 18. Dred Scott Civil War People: 1. Wilmer McLean 2. Robert E. Lee 3. Winfield Scott 4. Matthew Brady 5. Edwin M. Stanton 6. Irvine McDowell 7. Thomas Stonewall Jackson 8. James Slidell 9. Abner Doubleday 10. U.S. Grant 11. William T. Sherman 12. Don Carlos Buell 13. Albert Sydney Johnson 14. Benjamin Prentiss 15. James Farragut 16. John C. Pemberton 25. Joshua Chamberlain 26. George Pickett 27. Daniel E. Sickles 28. John Bell Hood 29. Joseph E. Johnston *ask about others

2 You will want to get the word out that you are having a party by creating an invitation to send out to your guests informing them of the festivities. Your invitation must include times, dates, and other important information. Your invitation should be creative and should have at least one graphic on it. Every good party has a theme. You will want to create a theme for your party such as Peace, Reunion, or Blue and Gray. The type of food served at the party is also very important. Describe the menu for your dinner in the form of a well written paragraph. You will also want to explain how the room will be for the dinner party will be decorated and explain why you choose that decor. You must also include the location of the party with an explanation of why you chose that particular location. Your theme, menu, and décor should be discussed in at least THREE paragraphs. For your high quality party RSVP s are a must in order to plan the best fiesta. Unfortunately, only FIVE of the EIGHT individuals invited will be able come to the party. The THREE that do not must RSVP back to you with a HISTORICAL reason why they cannot make attend the festivities. These RSVP s should consist of at least TWO paragraphs including a short biography of the individual and a good HISTORICAL reason why they cannot attend. You will want to discuss why you invited each of the FIVE guests that are attending the party. Using historical facts, you will want to discuss why you decided to invite that particular individual. This section of the project should consist of at least TWO paragraphs including a short

3 Finally it is time to eat the high quality food that has been prepared. During the dinner of course, your guests will be talking and interacting. You will need to write a summary of at least THREE interactions describing how your guests interacted during the meal based on real HISTORICAL relationships and personalities. Some good questions to answer for this part include: What was talked about? Who got along? Who did not? Why? *This example project is based on a study of the Cold War. Begin your presentation with a title slide. On the next slide simply list the eight guests you invited on a PowerPoint slide.

4 *Create a slide for each of the following three parts: Theme, Menu, and Décor. The text found on the example slide is printed below. Theme: The theme for my spectacular Cold War dinner party is On the Eve of Destruction, or Détente? All the most influential Cold War personalities will be there. It is an event that has been anticipated for over 50 years and can not be missed by anyone who is anyone. The party will include individuals from not only the NATO Powers, but also all your favorite Warsaw Pact faces. It is hoped that some good eats, some good talk, and some good old fashion diplomacy will serve to thaw out the Cold War. Menu: The menu for my spectacular Cold War dinner party consists of some delightful dishes from around the polarized globe. In honor of our red guests, a nice vat of caviar and a large bowl of borsht will be served as an appetizer. As a main course an all American dish will be served to our guests. They will be treated to a plump juicy Texas porterhouse steak severed with a slue of McDonald s greasy French fries on the side. For desert our guests will have the choice of either apple pie or a fine Siberian ice cream treat. Guests will have the choice of either Coca Cola or Russian Spring water to wash done these delicious entries. Décor: My party will be held in the Folda Gap meeting hall and will feature many of the finest decorations to bring out the atmosphere for our guests. The Folda Gap is of course the place in West Germany were the NATO powers expected the Soviet invasion. Our dinning room will be ringed in barbed wire with guard towers located in each corner. Each guard tower will be complete with a flood light

5 *Unfortunately, THREE of your guests cannot make it to your dinner party. You will need to create two slides for each of them. The first slide should include biographical information about that person and the second RSVP slide should contain historical reasons for why they cannot attend. The text found on the example slides is printed below. Biography: For those who do not know, I was born on a collective farm in While I was in college I joined the Communist and after I graduated was given a job within the party. After several years I was able to receive several promotions and soon found myself a member of the Communist Party Central Committee, a very prestigious job within the Soviet Union. In 1985, I was appointed the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Premier Chernenko. As premier I introduced striking economic reforms within Russia that encouraged private ownership and other freedoms. As leader of the USSR, I also made steps to improve our relationship with the United States and met with President Reagan several times. While I was premier, my nation s hold on the East block slowly eroded and I watch communism fall in our satellite states. Then in 1991, to spite my efforts, I watched the Soviet Union fall apart and die. After the end of the Cold War, I now live in San Francisco and spend my time lecturing in the United States. Historical reason for not attending: Thank you for inviting me to your high quality Cold War dinner party. I regret to inform you that I will not be able to attend the festivities. Currently I am conducting an economic change within the Soviet Union known as Perestroika. I am trying to reconstruct the struggling communist economy within my country by opening up some new markets for our citizens. I hope that such a policy that offers Soviets new freedoms will also bring the Soviet Union closer to the west and hopefully help us

6 *For this part of your project you will want to explain why you invited the FIVE guests who will be attending. You will need two slides for each of your five guests. The first slide should give biographical information about each of your guests. The second slide can be used to explain historically why you invited them. The text found on the example slides is printed below. Biography John F. Kennedy was born in 1917 to a prominent Massachusetts family. Kennedy attended Harvard University and joined the navy after graduating in During World War II, Kennedy commanded a small attack boat named PT 109 in the south Pacific. PT 109 was sunk by a Japanese ship and Kennedy was later rescued on a deserted island but suffered a back injury. After the war JFK was elected to the House of Representatives in Kennedy served admirable in the House and was later elected to the Senate in In 1960, Kennedy was elected President of the United States in a close election defeating Richard Nixon. During his presidency, Kennedy was faced with many Cold War problems especially concerning the island of Cuba. JFK also tried to advance Civil Rights and many social programs during his administration. Sadly, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, Historical Reasons for inviting JFK: I invited President Kennedy to my Cold War dinner party because I feel that he did a fine job during the Cuban Missile Crisis. During the missile crisis, the USSR tried to place nuclear missile ninety miles off the coast of the USA on the island of Cuba. This action brought the world as close to all out nuclear war and ultimate destruction as it had ever been. Kennedy needed to find a peaceful solution to the crisis. Many of his advisors told him that war was the only answer. Kennedy knew that he had to get the missiles out of Cuba and not back down to the Soviet threat. At the same

7 *Seating is very important and any exclusive gathering. For this part of the project, create a seating chart for your guests. To accomplish this, use a graphics program such as Paint, Photoshop, or even the drawing tools found within PowerPoint. Be sure to include a picture of each guest. You may also want to write a paragraph explaining why you sat each guest in their seat. Your seating chart should be displayed on one or two slides. *Now that everyone is at the party it is time to make small talk! For this section, create a slide to show each interaction between your guests. The text found on the example slides is printed below. Example: Kennedy to Khrushchev: Mr. Khrushchev can you please pass the borsht? Khrushchev to Kennedy: Sure Mr. President! We have borsht coming off the assembly lines like our missiles! Kennedy to Khrushchev: Yes Mr. Premier. You must understand that we cannot allow you to place nuclear missiles in Cuba. Khrushchev to Kennedy: You must be mistaken Mr. President. The Soviet Union does not have missiles in Cuba. Kennedy to Khrushchev: We have seen the pictures. We are prepared to wait all day for the truth. Do you