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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
1920s: Roar or Yawn?
Use your technology skills to complete the following webquest.
You can copy and paste the questions onto a word document and then type in your answers if it's easier.
Name___________________________________
How were social values conflicted in the 1920s?
Directions: Your goal is to write a body paragraph answering the aim question above. Use your problem solving and technology skills to research the following questions. You will use a variety of websites. You must credit the website you use to answer each question. If you use Wikipedia, you must credit two other sites. If you do not, you will not receive credit. Remember to save your work throughout the assignment. When you write down the answers to your questions, make sure you understand what you write, so that you can use what you learned in your paragraph.
1) Explain the Red Scare in America after World War I.
2) What were the Palmer Raids?
3) Find an image and describe the events of the Sacco and Vanzetti case?
4) How did the Red Scare and the Sacco and Vanzetti case contribute to immigration laws?
5) Find an image of the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s and explain why they gained popularity in this decade.
6) Find a political cartoon of the Teapot Dome Scandal and explain in your own words the meaning of the cartoon.
7) Find an image of President Calvin Coolidge.
8) List the Presidents in chronological order from Teddy Roosevelt to Calvin Coolidge.
9) Find an image of the Model T and describe the impact of the automobile for America.
10) Find two images of the new consumer appliances that Americans could purchase in the 1920s.
11) Describe the causes and effects of the 18th amendment (include prohibition, bootleggers, and speakeasies in your answer).
12) Explain the Scopes Trial. What roles did Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan play in the trial?
13) Find a political cartoon or image surrounding the Scopes Trial. Summarize what is occurring in the cartoon.
14) Find an image of a flapper. How was the role of women changing?
15) What new careers were available to women in the 1920s?
16) Find an image of the Spirit of St. Louis and describe its significance.
17) Find an image of Charles Lindberg.
18) Find images of 3 top book jackets from the era (F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis)
19) What was the Harlem Renaissance?
20) Find an image of the Great Migration.
21) Find the image of the person who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
22) Compare and contrast the philosophies of Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Dubois, and Marcus Garvey in a chart or diagram.
Find a poem, song, or piece of literature for the following artists: REMEMBER TO CITE YOUR SOURCES!!
23) Langston Hughes
24) Paul Robeson
25) Louis Armstrong
26) “Duke” Ellington
27) Bessie Smith
28) Jacob Lawrence
29) Find an image of a painting by Georgia O’Keefe. What themes does she portray?
30) Find an image of a painting by Edward Hopper. What themes does he portray?
**Bonus: Explain how the entertainment industry impacted the U.S. economy during the 1920s? (Include spectator sports, movies, and radio.)
HOMEWORK:
Use your research to write a paragraph supporting the following thesis:
The 1920s was a period of great social change and conflicting social values.
Name________________________________________________
You can copy and paste the questions onto a word document and then type in your answers if it's easier.
Name___________________________________
How were social values conflicted in the 1920s?
Directions: Your goal is to write a body paragraph answering the aim question above. Use your problem solving and technology skills to research the following questions. You will use a variety of websites. You must credit the website you use to answer each question. If you use Wikipedia, you must credit two other sites. If you do not, you will not receive credit. Remember to save your work throughout the assignment. When you write down the answers to your questions, make sure you understand what you write, so that you can use what you learned in your paragraph.
1) Explain the Red Scare in America after World War I.
2) What were the Palmer Raids?
3) Find an image and describe the events of the Sacco and Vanzetti case?
4) How did the Red Scare and the Sacco and Vanzetti case contribute to immigration laws?
5) Find an image of the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s and explain why they gained popularity in this decade.
6) Find a political cartoon of the Teapot Dome Scandal and explain in your own words the meaning of the cartoon.
7) Find an image of President Calvin Coolidge.
8) List the Presidents in chronological order from Teddy Roosevelt to Calvin Coolidge.
9) Find an image of the Model T and describe the impact of the automobile for America.
10) Find two images of the new consumer appliances that Americans could purchase in the 1920s.
11) Describe the causes and effects of the 18th amendment (include prohibition, bootleggers, and speakeasies in your answer).
12) Explain the Scopes Trial. What roles did Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan play in the trial?
13) Find a political cartoon or image surrounding the Scopes Trial. Summarize what is occurring in the cartoon.
14) Find an image of a flapper. How was the role of women changing?
15) What new careers were available to women in the 1920s?
16) Find an image of the Spirit of St. Louis and describe its significance.
17) Find an image of Charles Lindberg.
18) Find images of 3 top book jackets from the era (F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis)
19) What was the Harlem Renaissance?
20) Find an image of the Great Migration.
21) Find the image of the person who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
22) Compare and contrast the philosophies of Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Dubois, and Marcus Garvey in a chart or diagram.
Find a poem, song, or piece of literature for the following artists: REMEMBER TO CITE YOUR SOURCES!!
23) Langston Hughes
24) Paul Robeson
25) Louis Armstrong
26) “Duke” Ellington
27) Bessie Smith
28) Jacob Lawrence
29) Find an image of a painting by Georgia O’Keefe. What themes does she portray?
30) Find an image of a painting by Edward Hopper. What themes does he portray?
**Bonus: Explain how the entertainment industry impacted the U.S. economy during the 1920s? (Include spectator sports, movies, and radio.)
HOMEWORK:
Use your research to write a paragraph supporting the following thesis:
The 1920s was a period of great social change and conflicting social values.
Name________________________________________________
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
How did populists try to improve lives for farmers?
HW: Read and highlight the documents and answer the questions that follow.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
How did the Technological Revolution Change people's lives from 1865 to 1900?
Use these notes from class to write a paragraph answering the aim above.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Beginning Third Quarter
Over the weekend
- Do Green Book Questions (Due Monday)
- Start outlines (Due Tuesday).
You should be doing your green review book questions, so you are ready for our big review test. Make sure you have any questions ready for me on Monday. Even though you are doing scheduling, most likely it will not take the whole period and we can use the downtime to go over the questions. I can also answer any questions that you have in extra help on Monday.
Green Book Questions:
Exam Questions
June 2010 1-16
August 2010 1-18
January 2011 1-18
June 2011 1-18
August 2011 1-17
Green Book Questions:
Exam Questions
June 2010 1-16
August 2010 1-18
January 2011 1-18
June 2011 1-18
August 2011 1-17
HW- Outline two examples of separation of powers in action, due Tuesday
Tuesday - Multiple Choice part of your Big Review Test. Show me your outlines.
HW- study your outlines.
Wednesday - Essay portion of Big Review Test. No Homework. Relax and take pride in your hard work.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Civil War Webquest
Period 3 - Click here to access the Civil War Webquest.
Period 6 -Click here to access the Civil War Webquest.
Homework:
Do these Regents Review Questions on the Civil War on-line.
Then write a paragraph which includes the answers to the following questions:
How do you feel you did on the questions?
Which types of questions did you get right?
Which ones didn't you know?
What do you need to study more?
How can we/I help you?
Study Civil War Materials for Quiz on Friday.
Use this review guide to help you (You only need to know topics related to Civil War).
Period 6 -Click here to access the Civil War Webquest.
Homework:
Do these Regents Review Questions on the Civil War on-line.
Then write a paragraph which includes the answers to the following questions:
How do you feel you did on the questions?
Which types of questions did you get right?
Which ones didn't you know?
What do you need to study more?
How can we/I help you?
Study Civil War Materials for Quiz on Friday.
Use this review guide to help you (You only need to know topics related to Civil War).
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