My Year project
The sites and databases below can be used to find information about your year.
Many of these sites give information about the year you chose for different times in history. Start by searching just the year. For example, choose any of the sites below and go to the year you chose to write about. See what was going on in some of the areas we outlined (entertainment, politics, etc.).
What Happened in my birth year
Grammy Award winning albums (number one song and number one album)
Academy Award winning Movies since 2000 (number one movie)
Internet Movie Database (find who stars in movies)
25 Best Fashion Trends of the 2000s
28 Pop Culture Moments
Best commercials of the 2000s
Best Superbowl commercials 2000-2009
Top 10 Advertising Jingles of the 2000s
2000-2009 Timeline
2010-present Timeline
25 of the best video games of the 2000s
50 Great sports moments
Major events of the 2000s
Best known politicians of the 2000s
Decade timeline of world events: 2000s
Timeline 2010+
Interviews:
You may use your phones to record your interviews with your family and friends. Below are two great voice recording apps that are free. Both of these allow you to record voices and upload to email, Google drive, etc. If you don't have a phone, you may check out a video recorder from the library.
For the iPhone: Voice Record Pro by Dayana Networks.
For Android: Tape-a-Talk by Markus Drosser