Wednesday 10-28-15

We are studying the Great Depression.

Link to Great Depression Slideshow.

Link to Great Depression Flashcards

Monday 10-26-15

Today we will be continuing our viewing of the movie, Cinderella Man.

There will be some questions that you will be assigned after viewing the film.

Link to Movie Questions

Wednesday 10-21-15

Link to Roaring 20s Slideshow

Link to Flashcards

Link to Quizlet set that is very helpful for Chapters 19 and 20.

Monday 10-19-15

Today we will be looking at the effects of the Great Migration on American Culture.

Great Migration:

-Racial Tension: Red Summer of 1919

Harlem - the capital of African American Culture and activism

Harlem Renaissance:
-Common Theme - defiance or resistance of white prejudice

The New Negro:

W.E.B. DuBois - "The Crisis"

Marcus Garvey:

Famous Harlem Renaissance Figures:

Writers:
-Langston Hughes
   -The Negro Speaks of Rivers
   -"I, Too"

-Zora Neale Hurston
-Claude McKay

Art:
-Jacob Lawrence

Performer:
-Paul Robeson

Musicians:
-Louis Armstrong
-Duke Ellington
-Bessie Smith

Friday 10-16-15

We will be continuing our study of the 1920s today.

Key Terms:
New Roles for Women
-Voting
-Working

"Flappers"

Effects of Urbanization
-Clash of Culture/Values

Rise of Fundamentalism
-Billy Sunday

-Scopes Trial
   -Evolution vs. Creation

Success of Prohibition?
-Volstead Act
-Bootleggers
-Organized Crime
   -Al Capone
-Speakeasies

Thursday 10-15-15

I will be out of class today.  Mrs. Hildebrand will there as my substitute.  I trust that you will not give her any trouble.

Assignments for today:
You will be completing your group assignment of creating a 1920s newspaper with certain stories that pertain to chapters 19 and 20.  Make sure your finished product meets all expectations which you can find on yesterday's blog post.

If there is time left, you will watch an episode of America: Story of Us.

Wednesday 10-14-15

Today we will be continuing our study of the 1920s.

We will be starting a group project to create a 1920s Newspaper.  You will be creating the front page only.  The instructions can be found here.

Tuesday 10-13-15

"The Business of the American People is Business.
The man that builds a factory builds a temple.
The man that works there, worships there".
-President Calvin Coolidge

-Henry Ford

-Assembly Line Production
   -"Model T"
   -$5 a day wage

-Productivity - up 60% in the 1920s

-Welfare Capitalism

-Impact of the Automobile on American Society

-Suburbs

-Installment Plan Buying
   -Credit
   -Financing
   -"Buy now, pay later"

-Advertising
   -"Appeals to Needs, Wants, & Fears!"

-Impact of the Radio

-Tariffs - up 60% in the 1920s to protect American businesses

Monday 10-12-15

Post WWI and the Roaring 20s
Key Terms:
After the war, a lot of economic and political turmoil

First Red Scare
Communism->Socialism->Bolshevism
"Reds"
Immigrants=Anarchism

A. Mitchell Palmer - "Palmer Raids"
-Deportation of radicals

1919 - "The Year of the Strike"
->over 3000 strikes that year

Limiting Immigration
Emergency Quota Act 1921
National Origins Act 1924

"New" KKK

Sacco & Vanzetti Case
-Anti-immigrant attitudes

Saturday 10-10-15

Next week we will begin studying the Post WWI Era and get into the Roaring 20s.  Here is a link to Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series help you get familiar with the Harlem Renaissance that impacted Northern cities as a result of the Great Migration.

Thursday 10-8-15

Link to Review Flash Cards for Chapter 18

Test Tomorrow on The Great War.

Wednesday 10-7-15

Key Terms in Chapter 18:

-Neutrality

-Isolationism

-Sussex Pledge

-"He Kept Us Out of War"

-"Peace Without Victory"

-Zimmermann Telegram

-Russian Revolution

-"To Make The World Safe For Democracy"

-Selective Service Act

-Segregated Forces

-AEF
   -John J. Pershing
   -"Doughboys"

-Bolshevik Revolution

-Women's Role in the War

Home Front
-War Revenue Act

-Liberty Bonds

-W.I.B.  - War Industries Board

-Food Administration
   -Victory Gardens
   -"Meatless Mondays & Wheatless Wednesdays"
   -18th Amendment
      -Volstead Act
-Fuel Administration
   -Daylight Savings Time

-National War Labor Board

-Women's Roles

-Influenza Epidemic

-Committee on Public Information
   -Propaganda
   -"4 Minute Men"

-Espionage & Sedition Acts

-Schenck v. United States

Tuesday 10-6-15

Link to questions on The Century Video - Shell Shock

Link to Over There Video

Friday 10-2-15

Today we will be working on a small group project that pertains to America's involvement in The Great War.

Here is the link to the Choose Your Own Adventure Activity

This should be done completely using the links included on the assignment page.  Make sure you follow the instructions as described.

Thursday 10-1-15

Today we will wrap up our study of US Imperialism by taking a test.  The link to the flash cards for review is on Wednesday's post.

Then we will begin our study of America's involvement in WWI.

Link to WWI Slideshow

Link to Quiz quiz for a review