BRING IN OAK TAG MONDAY!!! WE WILL START PUTTING ASSIGNMENT TOGETHER. IF YOU HAVE GLUE, MARKERS, OR SCISSORS, BRING THOSE IN AS WELL!!!
ASSIGNMENT IS DUE ON THURSDAY!!
Friday, January 30, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
January 29
Tomorrow, bring in a piece of oak tag along with images or pictures that you can use.
Complete more research for your assignment!! (MUSIC/JAZZ, FASHION, ECONOMY, POLITICS, SOCIAL ISSUES)
1920s Famous Individual Mini-Project
Many people became famous in the 1920s for a variety of reasons. Some of these people are still well known today, while others have been forgotten over the years.
This mini-project is a quick way to become familiar with one important personality of the Twenties. Follow the instructions below:
1. Your teacher will assign one person to each student. Both that person and something he or she is associated with will be all you will be given to start.
2. Time will be given in class to begin your research, but you may need to use the media center at other times.
3. You will gather your information for your oral report on the organized form provided. This is to be handed in with your visual aid.
4. On a piece of oaktag, you will prepare a visual aid about the person you are researching. On the oaktag you will give the name you have been assigned, add some kind of artwork that explains what that person is famous for, and print three or four sentences to briefly explain why this person was important in the Twenties.
5. You will be expected to give a one to two minute oral report on the person you have researched. You must give all vital information, including an explanation of your visual aid, biographical information, his/her activities during the 1920s, the impact of these activities and other points of interest.
6. Your grade will be based on: (1) neatness, accuracy, and 2) imaginativeness of the poster; (3 accuracy and completeness of the information in the oral report; and (4 delivery of the oral report.
Use the following to help you organize for this mini-project: Who is the person you are researching? Why was he/she famous? How did he/she contribute to American society during the Roaring 20s? You may use the DBQ essay format to work on this.
PERSON
EVENT OR ACTIVITY Louis Armstrong JazzClarence Birdseye Quick FreezingAl Capone ProhibitionCarrie Chapman Catt League of Women VotersCharlie Chaplin FilmsJack Dempsey Professional BoxingAmelia Earhart FlightGertrude Ederle English ChannelAlbert Fall Teapot Dome ScandelF. Scott Fitzgerald The Great GatsbyHenry Ford Model TMarcus Garvey UNIAGeorge Gershwin Concert MusicTexas Guinan ProhibitionWarren G. Harding "Return to Normalcy"Ernest Hemingway LiteratureLangston Hughes Harlem RenaissanceAl Jolson TalkiesBobby Jones GolfFrank B. Kellogg Kellogg-Briand PactCharles Lindbergh Spirit of St. LouisEdna St. Vincent Millay PoetryA. Mitchell Palmer The Red ScareMary Pickford FilmsKnute Rockne FootballBabe Ruth YankeesSacco and Vanzetti Electric ChairJohn T. Scopes "Monkey Trial"William Joseph Simmons Ku Klux KlanBessie Smith The Blues
Complete more research for your assignment!! (MUSIC/JAZZ, FASHION, ECONOMY, POLITICS, SOCIAL ISSUES)
1920s Famous Individual Mini-Project
Many people became famous in the 1920s for a variety of reasons. Some of these people are still well known today, while others have been forgotten over the years.
This mini-project is a quick way to become familiar with one important personality of the Twenties. Follow the instructions below:
1. Your teacher will assign one person to each student. Both that person and something he or she is associated with will be all you will be given to start.
2. Time will be given in class to begin your research, but you may need to use the media center at other times.
3. You will gather your information for your oral report on the organized form provided. This is to be handed in with your visual aid.
4. On a piece of oaktag, you will prepare a visual aid about the person you are researching. On the oaktag you will give the name you have been assigned, add some kind of artwork that explains what that person is famous for, and print three or four sentences to briefly explain why this person was important in the Twenties.
5. You will be expected to give a one to two minute oral report on the person you have researched. You must give all vital information, including an explanation of your visual aid, biographical information, his/her activities during the 1920s, the impact of these activities and other points of interest.
6. Your grade will be based on: (1) neatness, accuracy, and 2) imaginativeness of the poster; (3 accuracy and completeness of the information in the oral report; and (4 delivery of the oral report.
Use the following to help you organize for this mini-project: Who is the person you are researching? Why was he/she famous? How did he/she contribute to American society during the Roaring 20s? You may use the DBQ essay format to work on this.
PERSON
EVENT OR ACTIVITY Louis Armstrong JazzClarence Birdseye Quick FreezingAl Capone ProhibitionCarrie Chapman Catt League of Women VotersCharlie Chaplin FilmsJack Dempsey Professional BoxingAmelia Earhart FlightGertrude Ederle English ChannelAlbert Fall Teapot Dome ScandelF. Scott Fitzgerald The Great GatsbyHenry Ford Model TMarcus Garvey UNIAGeorge Gershwin Concert MusicTexas Guinan ProhibitionWarren G. Harding "Return to Normalcy"Ernest Hemingway LiteratureLangston Hughes Harlem RenaissanceAl Jolson TalkiesBobby Jones GolfFrank B. Kellogg Kellogg-Briand PactCharles Lindbergh Spirit of St. LouisEdna St. Vincent Millay PoetryA. Mitchell Palmer The Red ScareMary Pickford FilmsKnute Rockne FootballBabe Ruth YankeesSacco and Vanzetti Electric ChairJohn T. Scopes "Monkey Trial"William Joseph Simmons Ku Klux KlanBessie Smith The Blues
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
January 27
THURSDAY, WE WILL START A MINI-PROJECT ON THE ROARING TWENTIES, START COMPLETING RESEARCH ON A TOPIC OF YOUR INTEREST FOR 1920s
(MUSIC/JAZZ, FASHION, ECONOMY, POLITICS, SOCIAL ISSUES)
http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage.html
http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/keys/games/18
(MUSIC/JAZZ, FASHION, ECONOMY, POLITICS, SOCIAL ISSUES)
http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage.html
http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/keys/games/18
Monday, January 26, 2009
January 26
802 and 831:
Yes, it's been a long couple of weeks! For Thursday, bring in BOTH DBQ essays (Erie Canal and Women's Rights) COMPLETED!!!!
Yes, it's been a long couple of weeks! For Thursday, bring in BOTH DBQ essays (Erie Canal and Women's Rights) COMPLETED!!!!
Friday, January 16, 2009
January 16
831: Get rest for the ELA exams. Bring in rough draft on Tuesday of essay.
802: Get rest for the ELA exams. 1st drafts will be given back next week.
802: Get rest for the ELA exams. 1st drafts will be given back next week.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
January 13
HW: DUE Thursday, FINISH outline sheet AND intro paragraph for Erie Csnal DBQ.
Test corrections: Those who turn in tests with corrections WILL receive half credit (Must be written out on a separate sheet of paper and handed in with test)
Test corrections: Those who turn in tests with corrections WILL receive half credit (Must be written out on a separate sheet of paper and handed in with test)
Monday, January 12, 2009
January 12
831: See assignment bellow for 802. Complete test corrections in order to receive half credit (on a separate sheet of paper!)
Friday, January 9, 2009
January 9
802: Bring in completed documents for DBQ on TUESDAY. Do not complete an outline for essay just yet. See below for link to DBQ in case you lost it.....
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/scostei/socstudeiarch/ss8bk2ju03.pdf
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/scostei/socstudeiarch/ss8bk2ju03.pdf
Thursday, January 8, 2009
January 8
831:
DUE Monday, COMPLETE the outline sheet for essay!!!!! Do not complete second draft of essay yet.
802: Bring this in TOMORROW!!!
DUE Monday, COMPLETE the outline sheet for essay!!!!! Do not complete second draft of essay yet.
802: Bring this in TOMORROW!!!
Sunday, January 4, 2009
January 4
Welcome to 2009!!! =)
See below for some info on test (Jan 8) . Here's a good link to check out. http://www.nysedregents.org/testing/scostei/socstudies8.html
Topics to study:
Causes of WWI, Home Front, War Front, role of women during war, Propaganda, Triple Alliance (Central Powers), Triple Entente (Allied Powers) Treaty of Versailles, reparations, armistice, Fourteen Points, League of Nations, President Woodrow Wilson
Quiz will have 15 multiple choice questions, 5 identifications, and 1 DBQ part. (STUDY THE ‘READING PACKETS
Review Questions
1) Where did the United States get most of the money it needed to finance the war?
a) by borrowing money from Great Britain and France b) by encouraging people to buy and eat more food c) by fining those that opposed the war d) by selling war bonds to the American people
2) Information that is designed to influence opinion is called
a) propaganda b) militarism c) autocracy d) telegram
3) Liberty Bonds were a) colorful war posters b) government bonds sold to raise money for the war. c) paper money decorated with a drawing of the Statue of Liberty d) newspapers that carried stories about the war
4) According to the Treaty of Versailles
a) nations who had lost the war must join the League of Nations b) the United States had to give up its overseas territories c) Germany had to pay costly war reparations d) the United States would devote a great deal of time and effort in rebuilding Europe
5) “ …Before me gapes the shell-hole. I grasp it with my eyes as with fists. With one leap I must be in it. There I get a smack in the face, a hand clamps onto my shoulder –has the dead man waked up? – The hand shakes me, I turn my head, in the second of light I stare into the face of Katczinsky, he has his mouth wide open and is yelling. I hear nothing. He rattles me, comes nearer, in a momentary lull his voice reaches me: ‘Gas – Gaas – Gaas – Pass it on.’
“I grab for my gas-mask. Some distance from me there lies someone . I think of nothing but this: That fellow there must know: Gaaas – Gaaas - “ - Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front
This excerpt from a famous novel describes the arrival of which new feature introduced into warfare in 1915 by the German army?
a) trenches b) tanks c) balloons d) artillery
6) An agreement to end fighting is called
a) an alliance b) an entente c) armistice d) reparation
7) Which country was not part of the Triple Alliance?
a) Germany b)Italy c) Austria-Hungary d)Russia
8) Which of the following prompted the United States to enter World War I?
a) Germany began sinking American ships bound for Europe. b) Mexico declared war on the United States to reclaim Texas c) Great Britain asked the United States to help because it was losing the war. d) Russia joined forces with Germany.
IDENTIFICATIONS Identify what each term is and explain its historical significance during WWI or the 1920s, and i.s impact on U.S. history.
President Woodrow Wilson
Fourteen Points
Triple Alliance
See below for some info on test (Jan 8) . Here's a good link to check out. http://www.nysedregents.org/testing/scostei/socstudies8.html
Topics to study:
Causes of WWI, Home Front, War Front, role of women during war, Propaganda, Triple Alliance (Central Powers), Triple Entente (Allied Powers) Treaty of Versailles, reparations, armistice, Fourteen Points, League of Nations, President Woodrow Wilson
Quiz will have 15 multiple choice questions, 5 identifications, and 1 DBQ part. (STUDY THE ‘READING PACKETS
Review Questions
1) Where did the United States get most of the money it needed to finance the war?
a) by borrowing money from Great Britain and France b) by encouraging people to buy and eat more food c) by fining those that opposed the war d) by selling war bonds to the American people
2) Information that is designed to influence opinion is called
a) propaganda b) militarism c) autocracy d) telegram
3) Liberty Bonds were a) colorful war posters b) government bonds sold to raise money for the war. c) paper money decorated with a drawing of the Statue of Liberty d) newspapers that carried stories about the war
4) According to the Treaty of Versailles
a) nations who had lost the war must join the League of Nations b) the United States had to give up its overseas territories c) Germany had to pay costly war reparations d) the United States would devote a great deal of time and effort in rebuilding Europe
5) “ …Before me gapes the shell-hole. I grasp it with my eyes as with fists. With one leap I must be in it. There I get a smack in the face, a hand clamps onto my shoulder –has the dead man waked up? – The hand shakes me, I turn my head, in the second of light I stare into the face of Katczinsky, he has his mouth wide open and is yelling. I hear nothing. He rattles me, comes nearer, in a momentary lull his voice reaches me: ‘Gas – Gaas – Gaas – Pass it on.’
“I grab for my gas-mask. Some distance from me there lies someone . I think of nothing but this: That fellow there must know: Gaaas – Gaaas - “ - Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front
This excerpt from a famous novel describes the arrival of which new feature introduced into warfare in 1915 by the German army?
a) trenches b) tanks c) balloons d) artillery
6) An agreement to end fighting is called
a) an alliance b) an entente c) armistice d) reparation
7) Which country was not part of the Triple Alliance?
a) Germany b)Italy c) Austria-Hungary d)Russia
8) Which of the following prompted the United States to enter World War I?
a) Germany began sinking American ships bound for Europe. b) Mexico declared war on the United States to reclaim Texas c) Great Britain asked the United States to help because it was losing the war. d) Russia joined forces with Germany.
IDENTIFICATIONS Identify what each term is and explain its historical significance during WWI or the 1920s, and i.s impact on U.S. history.
President Woodrow Wilson
Fourteen Points
Triple Alliance
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