"There are two types of education. One should teach us how to make a living, and the other how to live..."

--John Adams

Friday, March 2, 2012

Week of March 5-9

Hey Bumble Bees, we've got a big week ahead of us.  The Civil War ended and now it's time to Reconstruct the nation, Get RICH, welcome some 23 million immigrants from Asia and Europe, and hopefully watch the Rise of the Slums as we welcome 9 mediocre Presidents...

** Do not forget the President Research Paper Outline is due Friday **

Day 1:  Reconstruction 1865--1877, the KKK, Freedman's Bureau, and how to put the nation back together as it was before the Civil War
HW:  President Research Paper Outline due Friday March 9 (All Classes!)

Day 2:  Reconstruction & The Gilded Age -- The Rich get RICHER and the poor get poorer!  How big business and political corruption dominated 1865--1900!  
HW:  President Research Paper Outline due Friday March 9 (All Classes!)

Day 3:  Gilded Age & the Death of Native America -- How the Gilded Age killed the American West with railroads, industry, and the birth of the ranch
HW:  President Research Paper Outline due Friday March 9 (All Classes)