Monday 12/14

We began to look at WWI and what drew America into the War. We had a quickwrite to review what started the war. The alliance and the assassination of the archduke of austria were the key points that began the war. America largely stays out of it for many reasons but among them are the fact we didn't even know what side to fight against. Little events would slowly pull us in however.
We looked at the first reading. Period 4 and 5 looked at the second as well.

Friday 12/11

We reviewed yesterday's cartoons. We then looked at the other colonies America was taking over at the time including Hawaii and the Panama Canal.
Imperialism Notes

Thursday 12/10

US History-Philippine war cartoons were what we looked at in class. We did analysis of different cartoons and how they showed both sides of American opinion. Here is a link to the questions as well. Questions part

Wed 12/9

US History-We finished up looking at the Philippine American War and then read the poem the white man's burden. In this we were trying to see what responsibilities colonizing other countries brought with it. We also looked at the poem the black man's burden and the other side of the story.

Tuesday 12/8

US History- 1,2,4th-read the handout on the Philippine american war after we finished the notes from yesterday. The assignment is at the end of the notes from yesterday. You can ask me for the reading part.

5th period did similar but online Follow the Link to Google Classroom Google Classroom link


Economics-This link is for Econ in class.
1. Click this link www.everfi.com/register
2. Register with the code c01fbfb8
3. Sign up to be in the class(I'm not sure exactly what this entails but use your rusdlearns info)
4. Begin the modules. There are 9 that you will need to do by January 8th. While they are all relatively simple, they take a little time. 
5. When you have completed the program print off your certificate of completion. (I can also check your progress and see how you are doing throughout the time. 

This is going to be in replacement of our normal Growing Up project. It will be roughly a 100 point project grade. 

Monday 12/7

We finished up the temperance movement assignment from friday and began to look at the second part of the unit which was the "power." America will grow as a nation in world power from 1898-1920. The spanish american war, coupled with the addition of colonies and world war I will put america on the map. we finished class with notes on the start of the war.
Notes to start spanish american war

Friday 12/4

We continued looking at progress made in America during this time period. One of the big pushes that took place during WWI(besides women's suffrage that we saw yesterday), was the temperance movement. America saw alcohol as not only a terrible thing but also a waste of resources.
If you are interested in an interesting look at how drinking fountains impacted the temperance movement I'd highly recommend this podcast from 99% invisible. Podcast

Reading on the Temperance movement of the 1800's and first part of assignment
Notes and Second part of assignment

Thursday 12/3

Today in class we finished discussing the Fire from yesterday. If you look at last thursday  nov 19 notes the last two slides are actually from today. Their was quickwrite # 2 from unit 4. Also the results of the fire. With that it led into another goal of women that paralleled getting better working conditions. That was the women's suffrage movement. We went through some notes and then  had a short assignment from the book to finish class.
Women's Suffrage Movement

Wed 12/2

We watched a documentary on the Triangle Shirtwaist fire. This tragic event in downtown New York shook the US labor world.
This is a different but similar film done for the 100 year anniversary of the fire as well.
Triangle Shirtwaist Video

Tuesday 12/1

We continued the muckrakers from yesterday. (look at notes). The 3 muckrakers we looked at were Upton Sinclair, John Spargo, and Ida Tarbell. There were many more of these but a muckraker is a journalist who tries to solve a problem or do research on a problem in society. Today we can see these type of people everyday on the news and dateline type shoes, but for the time it was a new form of journalism to solve the issues of the day. You are completing the questions from the handout however for question 3 you are supposed to do the 3 questions on yesterday's notes about the three muckrakers(sorry its confusing but I wanted the questions to be a little more specific).
The Jungle/Bitter Cry of Children/Questions
Ida Tarbell reading

Monday 11/30

Welcome back from break! Today we began Unit 4 titled Progress and Power. This builds on last unit, and will look to solve many of the problems America faced at this time. The goal was hopefully progress could be made during the Progressive Era. We also will be looking at America's growth as a global power. The events of the Spanish American War, Imperialism and WWI will allow America to grow in world wide strength.

Notes for monday and tuesday with tuesday's assignment

Friday 11/20

US-students took the quiz