The website will just be weekly updates now with overviews for those who were absent. If you need anything more substation like notes or assignments check with me.
Jan 22-I was back after being sick the end of last week. We reviewed all of the perfect storm of the great depression. We also looked a little at Hoover and his choices. The other thing we read together was about the Business cycle and how they go up and down. Due to spending on credit it went higher than it should of though, which led it to crashing as well.
Jan 23-24-Students worked on a google classroom assignment wed and most of thursday. It is the classroom assignment on the depression. If you turn it in late I will need to know as it has been graded.
The second half of class on thursday I talked about what happens next. Hoover obviously was a disaster and America wanted somebody else. FDR leads america to this idea of the only thing we have to fear is being stuck from doing something. He will push us forward.
Jan 25-Mr Whitman briefly discussed the Bonus Army, Then he talked about the New Deal and how it presented solutions to help with the depression. Some were short term, some were long term, but he set out to solve some of the problems.
Hey below is just a brief recap of things we covered since the break.
1/7-Back from break we briefly reviewed the time before the break. We then began to discuss the Red scare in America and how communism was the fear after WWI had ended.
1/8-We finished the lesson from the day before with Sacco and Vanzetti and how their trial captured America, we finished class by talking about another trial the scopes trial
1/9-America was largely becoming divided between fundamentalism. Part of America held on to the values of the past, as well as the new laws of prohibition. The other half(mostly cities)took to speakeasies and clubs and rebelled against the traditions of the past.
1/10-Mr Whitman looked at what the early part of prohibition looked like. Students watched a simpsons episode where prohibition took place.
1/11-We covered how the video related back to what was happening in real life. Then we started talking about why the 21st amendment was passed ending prohibition
1/14-We continued on looking at why prohibition ended. We went through 4 documents. At the end students had to answer among the 6 reasons which they thought was most important, as well as 1 positve for prohibition.
1/15-Mr Whitman introduced the Harlem Ren and its importance on America. Here is a link to the pictures that students looked at(there was a work page that went with it) and a clip showed in class. harlem renaissance
1/16-We finished up talking about the Harlem Ren and what it meant to civil rights in America. It was a story of 2 steps forward one step back. It didn't fix anything long term but it did help progress the culture in America. I also quickly went through the presidents of the day and how they were very conservative.
1/17-Students were with Mr Whitman. They looked at the increase in purchasing on credit and its impact on Americas. (I was out sick). If you buy stuff on credit the problem is you will eventually have to pay for that stuff. We will talk about this all next week.
1/18-I was still out today and students were looking at the start of the Great Depression. It was in a small sense a perfect storm. Everything happening at the same time that pushed America into a terrible depression economically. Students read chapter 14.1 and filled out the assignment, as well as Hoover and his reaction to the crisis. There were questions that were done on a separate paper for him.
