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

--John Adams

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Week of April 4-8, 2016

Welcome to April and the Roaring Twenties!  We have a number of cool topics that we'll learn about this week including Jazz, Prohibition, the birth of the teenager, the rise of the automobile, Al Capone's gang activity, the birth of mass communications and radio, and the rebirth of the KKK...

Day 1
In Class:  Welcome to the Roaring 20s and the Speakeasy full of Jazz, illegal liquor, gang activity, and radio broadcasting!  Should be a fun day! -- National Parks Project Due! -- 
HW:  Presidential Projects - Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft due Friday!!!
Notes:  Test on April 11 -- Native America, World War Won, Roaring Twenties!



Al Capone and the Beer Wars of Chicago!


Day 2
In Class: More Roaring 20s!!!
HW:  Presidential Projects - Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft due Friday!!!
Notes:  Test on April 11 -- Native America, World War Won, Roaring Twenties!

Day 3
In Class:  Introduce the Fave Five Project and 20th Century Pres Projects Project! -- Fave Five Project
HW:  Presidential Projects - Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft due Friday!!!
Notes:  Test on April 11 -- Native America, World War Won, Roaring Twenties!

No Classes Day 4 -- Interfaith Day