PROJECTS FOR

PRESIDENT JAMES A. GARFIELD: A WEB BOOK

Please select ONE of the following projects.:

#1: It is September 24, 1881 and you are a writer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer.  Your job is to write an 250-350 word obituary (an article in tribute to someone who has died) about President Garfield.  You need to write about his life- including his background, his contribution to America, and his assassination (If you would like to see an obituary really written at that time, click HERE.).  If you are a Fuchs Mizrachi School student, e-mail me your paper as a Word attachment by clicking here.

(You can see samples of three excellent articles written by students.  Click HERE to read Nurit's, here to read Evan's, and click HERE to read Eric's.)

#2: In honor of the upcoming 125th anniversary of President Garfield's death, you have been hired by the "Garfield Memorial Committee" to design a 11x17 inch poster about his life.  You need to show scenes (with some words, as needed) that will show students today why Garfield was important to America.

#3: You work for Western Reserve Historical Society, the group that (among other thing) runs President Garfield's home and museum in Mentor, Ohio.  Your job is to design a brochure about the Garfield home that will attract visitors.  Of course, this means you need to show why he was interesting, in addition to what visitors will see at the house and museum (You can visit the Garfield home on line by clicking HERE.).

You can see a sample of an excellent brochure (created by FMS 5th grader Yair), by clicking here.

#4- The year is 1911.  Produce a radio program in which you interview Lucretia Garfield on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of her husband's death.  The interview should be 4-5 minutes long, and include a discussion of Garfield's life, work and death.

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