The Federal Government documented the in photographs. We watched a video from the Smithsonian, in which their Curator of Photography discussed the work of some of these photographers, particularly Dorothea Lange and her photograph Immigrant Mother. Students have a Film Guide to complete. You can watch the film again at C-SPAN Bellringers.
Students had time at the beginning of class to read part of Chapter 11. We discussed some terms (panic, recession, depression, bubble, GDP, etc.) and related the financial crisis of 1929 to the housing bubble of 2008.
The Federal Government documented the in photographs. We watched a video from the Smithsonian, in which their Curator of Photography discussed the work of some of these photographers, particularly Dorothea Lange and her photograph Immigrant Mother. Students have a Film Guide to complete. You can watch the film again at C-SPAN Bellringers.
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We finished watching "Bust." I then led students through a series of questions covering Chapter 12 sections 2 & 3. We will finish this on Friday. Expect a quiz over the chapter and current events.
Today we began our study of Roosevelt's response to the Great Depression. Students had twenty minutes to read part of Chapter 12. We watched a C-SPAN bio of FDR as students answered questions on a film guide. We then discussed terms from section 1, watching a video clip from It's A Wonderful Life.
We finished the film today. Use your film guide to help you prepare for the test over WWII Chapters 13 & 14 next Wednesday. Also study the four maps.
We took a practice current events quiz, based on the WSJ. We then watched most of the rest of The Perilous Fight, and will finish it before the test next week. On Friday we have a guest speaker.
Students took a practice quiz over WWII quotes this morning. We discussed events from 14.4 in Europe, then watched more of The Perilous Fight. Be sure to keep reading the WWII obits in the classroom at the beginning of class each day.
Students read the WWII Obits as class started. Continue reading these this week to learn more about these Americans. We read two online documents about Higgins Boats and D-Day, then watched The Perilous Fight. Today the film covered preparations for D-Day, including the capture of German Enigma machines, the D-Day landings and hedgerow fighting, the liberation of Paris, and the Battle of the Bulge.
Students are working on a WWII map of Europe and North Africa. Students took a quiz over Chapter 14 this morning. We continued to watch The Perilous Fight, up to the Allied landings in Sicily. Next week we will finish the film.
The Wall Street Journal has made daily newspapers available to our juniors and seniors for the rest of the school year. Students in American History should pick up the current issue every day they are at school - including Thursday, the day we don't normally have class. We will use the newspaper to follow current news, read selected articles that integrate with our study of history, and as a source of useful information, especially concerning saving money and investing.
We used review questions to look at the early war in the Pacific today, information covered in Chapter 14.2 We then watched more of The Perilous Fight. Students turned in their WWII obit assignment today. We reviewed events, ideas and people from Chapter 14.1. Today we began watching World War II in Color The Perilous Fight. It tells the story of America's involvement in WWII using only original color film from the war. We will watch more of this each class period this week. The film guide is due next Monday, February 8.
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James WaltersMr. Walters has taught at RAA since 1985. He currently teaches Geography, World History, American History, Government, Economics and Handbell Ensembles. He is Music Director/Organist of Magnolia Presbyterian Church and is an adjunct professor at Concordia University Wisconsin, teaching Handbell Methods and Materials. Archives
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