24-28th

1/24-We finished up the week looking mostly at the King High Remember packet that needs to be given to a parent. If anybody has a veteran they want to bring they need to bring back the paper with it on. I finished by showing a video clip of the CCC and passed out the study guide.
1/27-I concluded the Depression with one slide of notes and just talked about the legacy of it. Also how WWII brings the Depression to an end as america begins ramping up production to assist the allies in Europe.

Students finished the unit by looking at how minority groups were impacted by the New Deal. This assignment was on the back of their study guide.

Order for Notebook

  1. Title Page-Put your name, Period, Unit 5, The good times bad times and good times

  2. Quickwrites-There were 5

  3. Notes-Including the one I printed out for you on Scopes Trial

  4. Work:

u1. Prohibition questions (if you need to see the packet to review for test take them)

u2. Harlem Renaissance Questions

u3. Conservative Presidents

u4. Scopes Trial Reading

u5. Scopes Trial Work in notebook

       6. Superficial prosperity work in notebook

       7. Reading with typewriter on paper

u8. Perfect Storm of Depression

u9. New Deal Remedies

u10. FDR and the New Deal: Was the New Deal Effective?

u11. Study Guide/On Back minorities in New Deal

1/28-We took our unit 5 test today and turned in notebooks

Friday 1/10-1/23

1/10-I was out again, students looked at the Scopes Trial and how small towns differed from big cities. Also then looked at The Conservative Presidents of the 1920's.
1/13-I reviewed the work from last week we went over the Harlem Ren. the Towns and Scopes trial. We finished by beginning to look at how individuals started to buy the new inventions of the time.
1/14-We began to look at spending in the 1920's including purchasing things on credit.
1/15-We finished looking at purchases. Students did a short assignment in their notebook on superficial prosperity.
1/16-I talked about what a stock was and how it could crash, then began to look at a google classroom assignment on what it was like to live through the Depression.
1/17-Students finished the google classroom assignment from yesterday.
1/21-We took notes in class about the banks and how everyone wanted to withdraw their money. Secondly how Hoover handled the beginning of the Depression. Though his logic was there the people couldnt wait for things to turn around. FDR took over with the idea of pushing things forward.
1/22-We began class by looking at a political cartoon that reflected a dr trying to fix a sick patient. We then read about what it was like to endure a dust storm, and finished by looking at the first 100 days of FDR's presidency.
1/23-Today we began to look at the new deal remedies. We focused on the CCC. There was a short packet that looked at several parts of the New Deal and if it was helping.

Thursday. The following 4 things are used in the lesson.

I was out with the flu. Students looked at the Harlem Renaissance, including readings and video's from the era 

*warning- The first video does use a version of the n-word that was used to describe the housing community at the time. 

Harlem Book

1/6-1/7

Welcome back-as we begin the second semester the big project will be March 6th. King High Remembers is for those who passed first semester and can maintain a C until the end of February.

1/6 Monday-We began to look at why America changed it's mind on the 18th amendment. We looked through the first half of 10 documents and discussed how things didn't turn out as perfect as America thought it would. The title of the unit is The best of Times, The Worst of Times. also students had quickwrite # 1-

The 18th amendment ends alcohol in America. They call it the “noble experiment.” What do you think this means? Why do you think they end up getting rid of it?

1/7 Tuesday- We finished looking at the documents. Students answered a question for each and then prepared as if they were writing a dbq. The Thesis is the main thing we are focusing on. 

The Documents

1/8-We looked over King High Remembers which is this year, and watched a video that showed what students will be doing.