Friday, March 6, 2020

History Projects 2020: Vikings, Catacombs, and the Biggest Pre-Atomic Age Explosion

The 2020 history projects have been turned in and graded.  The students presented some pretty amazing projects.  The next two posts will have more of these, so stay tuned. 
In the meantime, the students are diligently working on their research papers, many of which are about their history project topics.  

To see more history projects from past years, click here.  (And click "Next Posts" when you get to the bottom of the page.)  

Most of these ideas from these came from The Plain Professors' List of Over 100 Interesting Research Paper or History Project Topics.  If you email us at littleflock7 at gmail.com, we'll be happy to share it with you.  

Muslim Irrigation Methods: Water Wheel
This is a working water wheel.


The Halifax Explosion
When these two ships collided, the explosion broke windows within a fifty-mile radius.  It was the biggest explosion in the world before the atomic age.    

The Mont Blanc was carrying 2,300 tons of explosives.


The Catacombs of Rome 
Under the streets of Rome are miles and miles of catacombs where six to seven million bodies used to be buried.  

The lid with the car lifts off, and underneath are stairs, a church, and a few bodies.
Thomas More's Utopia
One of the neatest aspects of this little island was her ten facts paper; it was rolled up inside the bottle!  (All projects must include at least ten facts about the project.)  

L'Anse aux Meadows
L'Anse aux Meadows was a Viking settlement in Canada long before Columbus arrived. 

The Great Enclosure
This astounding group of buildings was built in ancient Zimbabwe to house the royal family. 

King Tutankhamen's Sarcophagus
King Tutankhamen's coffin was actually inside three larger coffins.  The outer large gold box is called a sarcophagus.


A Medieval Trebuchet
This working trebuchet shot several tennis balls across the all-purpose room.




Timbuktu
The ancient trading city of Timbuktu in West Africa was full of camels, caravans, salt, and gold.