Tuesday, November 19, 2019

11/18-11/19

11/18-We began Unit 4 of our semester: War, Reds and Jazz is the title. We had a quickwrite: 
}What difficulties may America face in deciding to enter a war, while also having immigrants from every nation within the war? Is it fair to make immigrants go and fight against their homeland in a war?
}List any reasons America fights in WWI that you remember.

After this we briefly discussed what led to WWI taking place. We finished class with a small packet of readings highlighting why America got involved in WWI

11/19-We continued looking at causes of WWI for America. The Lusitania, Zimmerman Note, Unrestricted Submarine Warfare, Financial Loans, and Economic Profit were all possible reasons America entered the war. Students finished their assignment from this. 
After this we briefly looked at how propaganda played a role in the war. There were thousands of posters/advertisements produced in America for the war effort. They all had the profound effect of influencing Americans into believing they were needed for the war to be won. 

Slides and 11/20's assignment