• Modern World History A - APEX Program
  • December 1999
  • Ms. Cohen
 Modern World Magazine Check out the special issue on the 1830s

A SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE 1840s:
DARWIN REFLECTS ON VOYAGE OF THE
HMS BEAGLE

ASSIGNMENT   (Interdisciplinary Connections)
  1. You will work in a group of three.
  2. Your group will create three articles for a magazine about the 1840s when Charles Darwin returned from his journey around the world on the HMS Beagle. Each group will be assigned one country (see table of TOPICS below) that Darwin visited.
  3. Each person will write one article in a lively and interesting magazine essay form. The groups will decide who will write on which subject (see table of TOPICS below).   We will coordinate the choices so there is little overlap.
  4. Each person will insert at least one visual to illustrate the most important point of his/her article.
  5. The group will write and produce the magazine section together.
  6. Each person will create an annotated bibliography of at least six sources: two print sources, two electronic sources (GALENET or Encyclopedias, and two internet sources.
  7. You will have access to the Media Center and a computer lab.
TOPICS
Countries:                                     Subjects:
Brazil                                                   Political and Economic News
Argentina                                             Science and Technology
Chile                                                    Sports
Peru (Galapagos Islands)                      Arts:  Music, Visual, Dance
Tahiti                                                        Drama, Literature
Australia                                               Humor
Mauritius                                              Obituaries
South Africa
Research Resources:
Print
Sources can be found in any library.  Look for books on each country or region of the world and for histories of the nineteenth century.  Biographies of Charles Darwin will also be helpful. See bibliography.


On-line Reference Sources
available through the WJHS Media Center

Britannica
Americana
Galenet Discovering World History has great timelines for each year.


Internet Sources (Use a checklist for any not on this list.)

Information about South Africa
General Historical Sources
Great Trek History
South African History
Cape Dutch Architecture
Colonization of South Africa
Victorian England links