Be sure to bring your textbook to class tomorrow to complete a written assignment.
Today we continued to learn more about the causes of the Great Depression, including the loss of factory jobs which led to more workers unable to purchase goods and services, which led to more job losses; the role of the installment plan in causing further losses; the role of tariffs and interest rates, including mistakes made before and during the Depression by the Federal Reserve; and the Dust Bowl of the mid 1930's.
Be sure to bring your textbook to class tomorrow to complete a written assignment.
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Students read in their textbooks (sorry for my mistake). We then examined the financial causes of the Great Depression and learned a bit about the stock market, banks and the role of the FDIC in protecting consumers' banking accounts. We also watched a brief biography of Herbert Hoover, completing a handout based on the film.
Continue completing your WWII essays this week outside of class. Many juniors were gone today, on field trips to PUC or Magic Mt. The students who were in class received the WWII Essays assignment. Bring a laptop or tablet to class on Wednesday-Friday to work on this assignment, then finish it by February 24.
We took time to read other students' obits of WWII figures. You should know a bit about what five of these people (your choice) did in the war. Take a photo of each obit you want to keep for study. Students answered questions based on Chapter 14.2 in class, then watched the war in the Pacific in The Perilous Fight.
If possible, bring a laptop to class next week to use in writing essays and doing research on WWII. Students discussed and answered questions based on Chapter 14.1. We watched the end of the war in Europe in The Perilous Fight.
Students received a handout of quotes from people involved in WWII, some we have heard before, some new. Memorize them, know who said them, and understand the circumstances in which they were uttered. We watched more of The Perilous Fight, stopping occasionally to write in our notes.
Beginning tomorrow, I will assume you have finished reading and studying Chapters 13 & 14. We will dig into our textbooks more over the next three class periods and there will be quizzes. We continued with Part III of The Perilous Fight, learning about Allied bombing of Hamburg in 1943 and the resulting firestorm that killed about 40,000 people, the role of women pilots, Tito and the Yugoslav partisans, Operation Overlord, the capture of a German Enigma machine and the German codes, two ways in which the Allies confused the Germans about where and when the landings would take place, the D-Day landings, and segregation in the U.S. military.
Remember, your Obit assignment is due by next Wednesday. See the obit posted in the History Room as an example. The Perilous Fight took us to America, where women and African Americans moved into factory jobs once held by white men. Then to North Africa, for Operation Torch. We saw Japanese internment camps in California and President Roosevelt meeting with Winston Churchill in Casablanca. The first obit assignment has been turned in and is posted on a bulletin board in the history room. Please read it to learn about Admiral William (Bull) Halsey, a naval commander in WWII. I particularly like something he once said about facing challenges: There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.
Students took a quiz over Chapter 13.1 & 2. We watched more of The Perilous Fight, stopping to discuss events. Today included the Doolittle Raid, the Battle of Midway, blackouts on the East coast, and the Double V Campaign.
Students chose an American hero from WWII for the Obituary Assignment. I asked review questions over Chapter 13.2 (be prepared for a quiz over all of Chapter 13 on Thursday. We watched more of The Perilous Fight, stopping ocasionally to clarify events.
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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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