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toc //(NOTE: After you add your information to this page, delete the instructions in parenthesis, including this note, so that all that's left is the 4 headers and your information.)// =G.R.A.S.P.S= =Understanding(s)= •The concepts/nuances of the Post-War U.S. affect the world today. •There are enduring themes occurring before, during and after the Post-War U.S. •The Cold War/Post-War U.S. affected other political powers throughout the world
 * Goal || You will be interviewing an important figure from this time period for an upcoming radio show. ||
 * Role || You are a radio DJ given an assignment to find the most interesting historical figure to interview. ||
 * Audience || Your interview will be broadcast to the entire listening population. ||
 * Setting || Your audience will be voting for the most interesting and exciting interview they hear. ||
 * Presentation || Your product will be a podcast interview created using GarageBand or another audio recording program that answers the following questions: (1) Introduction: Name, title, place of origin, country association. //(2)// What are a some (two from the timeline) of your greatest achievements? //(3)(4)(5) At least two questions of your own//. Prior to sharing your product you will present your main ideas to the class (6) explaining your timeline as well as answering the following questions: (7) //Why did you choose this character? (8) How did you come up with your questions?// Prior to the creation of your podcast interview, you will create a timeline of important events in your character's lifetime using the following template . At least two of these events will be included in your answer to Question 1. ||
 * Standards || Presentation: //Stays on Topic (15%), Amount of Information (15%), Speaks Clearly (20%), Content (20%), Preparedness (20%), Listens to Peer Presentations (10%).//Product: //Fits Role (10%), Consistency of Voice (10%), Sources (20%), Timeline (20%), Content (20%), Organization (20%).// ||

=Introduction= A new technology has been created that will alter our outlook on history forever. The first ever time traveling machine has been invented. This has special implications for you as a radio DJ, opening up a variety of possibilities.

If one could make alive again for other people some cobwebbed skein of old dead intrigues and breathe breath and character into dead names and stiff portraits. That is history to me! --George Macaulay Trevelyan

=Task= As one of the foremost and hip radio DJs in the town of Farmington you have been given a special task. You are to research an important historical figure from 1945-1961 and conduct an "interview" with him/her on air. This interview will be broadcast to all of your listeners. However, other DJs have been given this same assignment. When your listeners hear the interviews they will be calling in on a special line to vote for the most interesting/exciting interview.

=Conclusion= Following your journey through time and space and reflecting upon the wonderful opportunity you were given to speak with such an acclaimed historical figure, you are realizing that your inquisitive nature and skill at asking probing questions has paid off. No one else could have gathered such rich information and reported it in such an efficient manner. Your skills will undoubtedly come in handy again.