The Depression Era

We will do a DBQ working with the 11 documents deciding what were the causes of the great depression.We will finish the question using inspiration soft ware in the lab on Friday. You will hand in your questions and your rough draft along with the final multi flow map done on the computer program.There may also be a short follow up project from a webquest. Have a nice holiday.

class update

WW I
The grades for the Progressive unit are online.Be sure you have gotten on to the online book by now as we will continue to use this for the year.The chapter for this unit is 11, page 370.The directions for the book are found at the Oct.22 entry.
Folder : daily assignments,tree map of sec.1/chap/11,fleemap notes of sec 1/2,blue powerpoint notes of sec. 3/4, questions at the end of each section [4 sets],circle frame map of the film[trench in the middle and other wars warfare in the frame,reflect on the back...what was trench warfare like..
Poster : research your date and find an event to describe in 8 parts.Find pictures that match the era and use them to create your poster.Please keep them small, but not as small as a piece of paper.You must include a time line and explanations for each event. Follow the example I handed out.This is due on Monday and the folder on Tues. Dec. 18.
Quiz this Friday before you use the lab.

ww I poster project

You must sign up for a year during the ww I era.You need to collect pictures and info about 8 events from the year you signed up for and make a poster.Check the calendar in the room for all assignments for this chapter. Read the whole chapter and do the questions at the end of each section.

Folder I. Lecture Notes 1.goals-local,state government 2.women 3.TR square deal 4.Taft/5th hour make up before after school 5.Wilson II. Reading Notes 1.Progressive Movement begins/questions 1-6 2.Roosevelt as leader/questions 1-6 3.Taft 4.Wilson III. Double Bubble/Pair IV. Media Projects 1. Panama Canal 2.Yellow Reform Sheets 2 ___________________________________ Keep Movie Flee fot Test- hand in with essay

Progressive era

Be sure to use your on-line book. You can find directions on the blog.Your folder is due when you walk in the door on Thursday. The test is also on thursday,and you will need the film notes . You will have to also peer review that day so there is not a minute to waste.Always check the board for assignments.You get points for having this in your folder.
You need lecture notes,reading notes,film notes and a double bubble pair map.Also, 2 media projects.
1.Panama canal-use website off of google
2.Progressive reforms-use any site to fill in yellow sheet.

I would also like to remind you to be respectful to all and take personal responsibilty for your assignments.Things are getting better and I appreciate all those who are showing true interest in doing the best that they can.Thanks Ms. G

media project for Imperialism

The assignment for Nov.2-9 : Go to this website and download the questions and use the sites you find there to answer the questions . Do this on the paper. If a site is dead then Google it.
www.Ir.k12.nj.us/site/cherokee/webquest/matthews/matthews.htm

Gilded Age Documentary

This is a reminder that you and your group must do a storyboard for your documentary. This is due on Friday.Also you only have this Friday Oct.26 to do in- class recordings. You may come in before and after school any day this week to work on this. You also may work on this at home if you have the recording capability.We had 2 headsets stolen last Friday so this further limits our access to media tools. If anyone would like to return these it would be helpful.The projects will be presented on Mon.Oct.30 and 31 in class.I will use the rubric found at the end of the website.Your group will meet the first half of the lab session on Fri.Nov.1 to determine how the 24 points will be divided up as a percentage of who did the most work. This is the final grade for this quarter.All grades and extra credit go in on Friday and will be posted on Ed-line and sent to ICue.Also there will be no folder grade for this unit but rather you will need to hand in all flee-notes on readings and lectures and all worksheets for the Industrial unit. ALL WORK MUST BE DONE BY OCT.31