WWH- Block Day, 2/28/07 & 3/1/07 February 28, 2007
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Students continued to work in groups on the Changing World study guide. This will be the last class time given, and the packet will be due next Tuesday, the date of the quiz.
APUSH- Block Day, 2/28/07 & 3/1/07 February 28, 2007
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WWH- 2/27/07 February 27, 2007
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Students worked in groups on the new, improved Changing World study guide. We will finish these in class on block day. Resources for completing the study guide can be found at the “A Changing World” notes and organizers section of my World History notes page.
APUSH- 2/27/07 February 27, 2007
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Students watched “Hoover Dam” and completed a motion picture analysis worksheet.
- On block day this week there will a reading quiz over pages 757-785. This one will definitely count! (review questions have now been posted at the Testing Center!)
- Discussion topic for block day: How effective were the responses of the Roosevelt administration to the problems of the Great Depression? How did they change the role of the Federal Government?
WWH- 2/26/07 February 26, 2007
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We discussed nationalism and imperialism, and students had time to work on the Changing World vocab worksheet.
APUSH- 2/26/07 February 26, 2007
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We talked about Keynesian economic theory and the Hoover Administration’s response to the opening stages of the Great Depression.
- How do you account for the different reactions to Hoover and Roosevelt’s programs and policies given Rexford Tugwell’s admission that “. . . practically the whole New Deal was extrapolated from programs that Hoover started?”
Make sure to have read pages 770-785 for Tuesday.
WWH- 2/23/07 February 23, 2007
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Students took the Industrial Revolution test and turned in the I.R. packet. On Monday we will start a unit call “The Changing World” which will deal largely with the themes of nationalism and imperialism and the impact these had in various parts of the world.
APUSH- 2/23/07 February 23, 2007
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We graded the study guide for chapters 31 and 32. I then described six causes of the Great Depression: tax policies favoring the wealthy, overproduction (or underconsumption), high tariffs, speculation in the stock markets (aided by buying on the margin), over-expansion of credit, and drought in the Mississippi Valley.
For Monday, consider the Hoover Administration’s efforts to combat the Great Depression.
WWH- Block Day, 2/21/07 & 2/22/07 February 21, 2007
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Students put together and turned in their Industrial Revolution research projects. We reviewed briefly the lifestyle changes that accompanied the Industrial Revolution, and well as the impact of transportation improvements. We also reviewed the impact of industrialization on child laborers through an examination of the photographs of Lewis Hine.
The Industrial Revolution test will be on Friday. Check back here shortly for details.
- The test will have 20 multiple choice questions and 5 pictures to respond to with short essays. Each picture corresponds to one of the 5 categories we have been looking at: political, economic, environmental, social, and technology. You will need to be able to describe what you see in the picture, how it relates to the Industrial Revolution using specific vocabulary and examples, and what happened in response to that issue.
APUSH- Block Day, 2/21/07 & 2/22/07 February 21, 2007
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Students worked in pairs on their entries for the 1920s wiki.
Sacco and Vanzetti discussion questions and chapters 31 and 32 in the study guide will be due Friday, 2/23
WWH- 2/16/07 February 16, 2007
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Students had one last class period to work on the Industrial Revolution research project. The project will be due on block day next week.
APUSH- 2/16/07 February 16, 2007
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WWH- Block Day, 2/14/07 & 2/15/07 February 14, 2007
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Students continued work on the I.R. research project. The final draft will be due on Wednesday, February 21.
1st hour did a great job staying on task in the library!
APUSH- Block Day, 2/14/07 & 2/15/07 February 14, 2007
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Students worked on mind maps of U.S. involvement in WWI using Freemind.
WWH- 2/13/07 February 14, 2007
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Snow Day, no school! Deadlines for the Industrial Revolution research project will all be pushed back one day.
