Help? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

ks · 02-19-2002, 08:57 PM

Ok, I know there are alot of imaginative people on this board, so I was hoping you guys could use your imagination and knowledge of the 20th century to help me out. I have to do a report for a class of mine and it must be on something or someone from the 20th century. It can be a war, a weird happening, a person, or maybe something significant that happened in TV or sports. If you have ANYTHING like this that is an interest to you that I could write about or present to my class, your help would be MUCH appreciated. Thanks to anyone who reponds!

ks

Chocoholic · 02-19-2002, 09:03 PM

I was born in the 20th century. You can do a report on ME!!!

How about........<thinking, thinking>........... World War 2?

ks · 02-19-2002, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by WingsFan
I was born in the 20th century. You can do a report on ME!!!

That's it! I'll do a report on WingsFan. SILLY ME...Wwhy didn't I think of that earlier

Now all you have to do is write a book about yourself so I can present it to the teacher...

ks

XoVanillaRain90oX · 02-19-2002, 09:11 PM

the '63, '64 blackout of New York for two days!! hehe

Hollow · 02-19-2002, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Division_Fan_Lisa
the '63, '64 blackout of New York for two days!! hehe

that sounds like fun...

Anyways you should write about when tv was first came out and stuff hehe

vienna waits · 02-19-2002, 09:29 PM

You could write about The Great Depression.

Kay Scarpetta · 02-19-2002, 09:36 PM

Write about the Nazi's

XoVanillaRain90oX · 02-19-2002, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lisa Whelchel Forever
Write about the Nazi's

o yea!! Thats interesting. I read a book in school, "Number The Stars" by Lois Lowry, about the nazis and how this girl, AnneMarie is protistant and her best friend is Jewish and they hide her...Its a really gr8 book....Kk, Im rambling!! muaz yall

( im a weirdo today

)

vienna waits · 02-19-2002, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Division_Fan_Lisa

o yea!! Thats interesting. I read a book in school, "Number The Stars" by Lois Lowry, about the nazis and how this girl, AnneMarie is protistant and her best friend is Jewish and they hide her...Its a really gr8 book....Kk, Im rambling!! muaz yall ( im a weirdo today )

I read that book in 6th grade. It's really good!

Chocoholic · 02-19-2002, 09:50 PM

How about the women's suffrage movement during the early part of the century? Or the first feature film? Or the invention of the Internet?

Kay Scarpetta · 02-19-2002, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Division_Fan_Lisa
o yea!! Thats interesting. I read a book in school, "Number The Stars" by Lois Lowry, about the nazis and how this girl, AnneMarie is protistant and her best friend is Jewish and they hide her...Its a really gr8 book....Kk, Im rambling!! muaz yall ( im a weirdo today )

I read that last year!! One of my favorites!! And Annemarie, her sister died, and then her fiancee Peter was left, and then he dies, and then yeah omg! It must be required for a LOT of schools to be read for 6th grade!

Bootsy Whoosh · 02-19-2002, 10:03 PM

My advice to you would be, think of something you would enjoy researching and writing about. I always keep this in mind when I am choosing paper topics. When you are writing a paper that is gonig to require 5+ weeks of research and writing, it had better be on something you find interesting! (Of course I know you probably won't have to spend 5 weeks on yours).

My other advice....try to pick something interesting and unusual, something you think no one else in the class will pick. In my mind, if yours is like the 8th paper a teacher has read on the same topic, she may be getting bored and that's never a good thing.

Hmmm....as for some ideas....luckily I have a book here that lists the "People of the Century"...here's a few:

Emmeline Pankhurst (fought for women's suffrage)
Leo Baekeland (inventor of plastic)
Willis Carrier (inventor of air conditioning)
Margaret Sanger (pioneer in liberating women's sexuality, birth control pioneer)
Alexander Fleming (discovered penicillin)
Robert Goddard ("father of modern rocketry")
Coco Chanel
Louis B. Mayer (MGM movie studio pioneer)
Edwin Hubble (astronomer)
David Sarnoff (TV pioneer, created networks and brought TV to the public)
Leo Burnett (ad man who gave us the Jolly Green Giant, the Pillsbury Doughboy, Tony the Tiger, the Keebler Elves, the Marlboro Man, and Morris the Cat among others)
Bill W. (founder of Alcoholics Anonymous)
Ray Kroc (founder of McDonald's)
The Leaky Family (famous anthropologists)
Philo Farnsworth (inventor of TV)
William Levitt ("inventor" of suburbia, developed a way of building houses fast so suburbs could flourish)
Lucille Ball
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay (first to climb Mount Everest)
Jonas Salk (invented polio vaccine)
Watson and Crick (discovered structure of DNA)
Sam Walton (man behind Wal-Mart and Sam's Club)
Jackie Robinson
Akio Morita (co-founder of Sony)
Margaret Thatcher
Che Guevara
Harvey Milk (first openly gay person elected to political office in US. He was assisinated....the man who killed him tried to use the now-infamous "Twinkie defense")
Jim Hensen
Mohammed Ali
Oprah Winfrey
Tim Berners-Lee (inventer of the World Wide Web)

I included mostly people that had significant contributions, but that most of us wouldn't even recognize the names of. And I threw in a few influential sports and entertainment figures for fun.

Anyway, there's some people you could write about. I think it would be interesting to write about the guy who invented the Web, or the Web in general...I mean really, think about how much it has changed our lives in less than 10 years! Without it I wouldn't even be able to suggest ideas to you!

°Bubbly Blonde° · 02-19-2002, 10:36 PM

How about Gloria Steneim, a women's liberation advocate? Or maybe a famous movie star like Marilyn Monroe or Natalie Wood? Sojourner Truth...? Ive done reports over all four of them, and it was fun to look up things on them, they had very interesting lives.

ks · 02-19-2002, 10:48 PM

Thanks alot, guys-those were all really good ideas. I've never heard alot of those names you threw out, Botsy-some of those caught my eye and if I can find a book on them...
I have a month to write this paper, but my teacher must know my topic within a few days so...

WingsFan, what was the first motion picture?

ks

Max Whittaker · 02-19-2002, 11:04 PM

Yes, Alex. Always glad to help! I agree with Bootsy. Try to think originally. I think we all have heard about World War II. Perhaps you should look into WWI.

I suggest you research the origin of the computer and the individual(s) who made it all possible.

Also an option: The industrial revolution. How it benefited our world and how it changed our lives.

Or how about you study your roots. Maybe you'll find,for example, your Great Great Grandfather's life story worthy of telling.

I've always been fascinated with the early movie era and the Native Americans.

Find what intrests you, my friend. Then your assignment will be fun. Good luck.

02-19-2002, 08:57 PM	#1
ks Certifiably Insane Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 21, 2000 Location: I live in my hole... Posts: 5,501	Help? Ok, I know there are alot of imaginative people on this board, so I was hoping you guys could use your imagination and knowledge of the 20th century to help me out. I have to do a report for a class of mine and it must be on something or someone from the 20th century. It can be a war, a weird happening, a person, or maybe something significant that happened in TV or sports. If you have ANYTHING like this that is an interest to you that I could write about or present to my class, your help would be MUCH appreciated. Thanks to anyone who reponds! ks
	__________________ "Ya gotta have a little faith." C.D. DeLerenzo

02-19-2002, 09:11 PM	#4
XoVanillaRain90oX youre RAD <3<3 Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 14, 2001 Location: SwEdEn BaBii! Posts: 3,416	the '63, '64 blackout of New York for two days!! hehe
	__________________ <3Lisa With one look in your eyes.. & suddenly I knew, I'd fallen for you Proud PLAY fan, that's right 2001 - forever.

02-19-2002, 09:29 PM	#6
vienna waits avatars are stupid. Forum Superstar Join Date: May 18, 2001 Location: Ravenclaw Common Room Posts: 29,859	You could write about The Great Depression.
	__________________ Me: Did you see Dunkleman in the audience at the finale? Crystal: No! Me: Yeah, that's because he wasn't invited.

02-19-2002, 09:36 PM	#7
Kay Scarpetta Defy Gravity 8.26.05 Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 04, 2001 Location: La Vie Boheme Posts: 28,013	Write about the Nazi's
	__________________ The people who think they know everything about Broadway make me laugh. They've never seen a Broadway play in their life. "oh mi godddd RENT's a mooovie! lyke 525600 minuuuuuuutes!" No. To be a Broadway Freak, you must live, eat, sleep, study, devout, think, obsess, dream, believe Broadway. You must know original & revival casts, soundtracks, performance runs, dates, theatres, numbers, how many Tony Awards A Chorus Line won. You must be Broadway. That's right bitches. I AM Broadway.

02-19-2002, 10:03 PM	#12
Bootsy Whoosh Storms abrewin'... Senior Member Join Date: May 16, 2001 Location: The Alpha Quadrant, Sector 001 Posts: 2,104	My advice to you would be, think of something you would enjoy researching and writing about. I always keep this in mind when I am choosing paper topics. When you are writing a paper that is gonig to require 5+ weeks of research and writing, it had better be on something you find interesting! (Of course I know you probably won't have to spend 5 weeks on yours). My other advice....try to pick something interesting and unusual, something you think no one else in the class will pick. In my mind, if yours is like the 8th paper a teacher has read on the same topic, she may be getting bored and that's never a good thing. Hmmm....as for some ideas....luckily I have a book here that lists the "People of the Century"...here's a few: Emmeline Pankhurst (fought for women's suffrage) Leo Baekeland (inventor of plastic) Willis Carrier (inventor of air conditioning) Margaret Sanger (pioneer in liberating women's sexuality, birth control pioneer) Alexander Fleming (discovered penicillin) Robert Goddard ("father of modern rocketry") Coco Chanel Louis B. Mayer (MGM movie studio pioneer) Edwin Hubble (astronomer) David Sarnoff (TV pioneer, created networks and brought TV to the public) Leo Burnett (ad man who gave us the Jolly Green Giant, the Pillsbury Doughboy, Tony the Tiger, the Keebler Elves, the Marlboro Man, and Morris the Cat among others) Bill W. (founder of Alcoholics Anonymous) Ray Kroc (founder of McDonald's) The Leaky Family (famous anthropologists) Philo Farnsworth (inventor of TV) William Levitt ("inventor" of suburbia, developed a way of building houses fast so suburbs could flourish) Lucille Ball Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay (first to climb Mount Everest) Jonas Salk (invented polio vaccine) Watson and Crick (discovered structure of DNA) Sam Walton (man behind Wal-Mart and Sam's Club) Jackie Robinson Akio Morita (co-founder of Sony) Margaret Thatcher Che Guevara Harvey Milk (first openly gay person elected to political office in US. He was assisinated....the man who killed him tried to use the now-infamous "Twinkie defense") Jim Hensen Mohammed Ali Oprah Winfrey Tim Berners-Lee (inventer of the World Wide Web) I included mostly people that had significant contributions, but that most of us wouldn't even recognize the names of. And I threw in a few influential sports and entertainment figures for fun. Anyway, there's some people you could write about. I think it would be interesting to write about the guy who invented the Web, or the Web in general...I mean really, think about how much it has changed our lives in less than 10 years! Without it I wouldn't even be able to suggest ideas to you!
	__________________ Watch your thoughts; they become your words. Watch your words; they become your actions. Watch your actions; they become your habits. Watch your habits; they become your character. Watch your character for it will become your destiny. - unknown Last edited by Bootsy Whoosh; 02-19-2002 at 10:06 PM.

02-19-2002, 09:03 PM	#2
Chocoholic Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Between a rock and a hard place. Posts: 11,235	I was born in the 20th century. You can do a report on ME!!! How about........<thinking, thinking>........... World War 2?

02-19-2002, 09:50 PM	#10
Chocoholic Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Between a rock and a hard place. Posts: 11,235	How about the women's suffrage movement during the early part of the century? Or the first feature film? Or the invention of the Internet?

02-19-2002, 10:36 PM	#13
°Bubbly Blonde° <3 Forum Veteran Join Date: Nov 25, 2001 Location: Playboy Mansion Posts: 5,876	How about Gloria Steneim, a women's liberation advocate? Or maybe a famous movie star like Marilyn Monroe or Natalie Wood? Sojourner Truth...? Ive done reports over all four of them, and it was fun to look up things on them, they had very interesting lives.
	__________________ ¤ Courtney ¤ -random quotes- Fashion is Architecture: it is a matter of proportions - Coco Chanel We are all born sexual creatures, thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift. - Marilyn Monroe I love sluts; they're the nicest people in the world. -Manolo I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They're beautiful. Everybody's plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic. - Andy Warhol Last edited by °Bubbly Blonde°; 02-19-2002 at 10:41 PM.

02-19-2002, 10:48 PM	#14
ks Certifiably Insane Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 21, 2000 Location: I live in my hole... Posts: 5,501	Thanks alot, guys-those were all really good ideas. I've never heard alot of those names you threw out, Botsy-some of those caught my eye and if I can find a book on them... I have a month to write this paper, but my teacher must know my topic within a few days so... WingsFan, what was the first motion picture? ks

02-19-2002, 11:04 PM	#15
Max Whittaker I want Serenity back Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 30, 2001 Posts: 6,180	Yes, Alex. Always glad to help! I agree with Bootsy. Try to think originally. I think we all have heard about World War II. Perhaps you should look into WWI. I suggest you research the origin of the computer and the individual(s) who made it all possible. Also an option: The industrial revolution. How it benefited our world and how it changed our lives. Or how about you study your roots. Maybe you'll find,for example, your Great Great Grandfather's life story worthy of telling. I've always been fascinated with the early movie era and the Native Americans. Find what intrests you, my friend. Then your assignment will be fun. Good luck.
	__________________ I will get things done for America – to make our people safer, smarter, & healthier. I will bring Americans together to strengthen our communities. Faced with apathy, I will take action. Faced with conflict, I will seek common ground. Faced with adversity, I will persevere. I will carry this commitment with me this year and beyond. I am an AmeriCorps member, and I will get things done.