Digital Learning Week 2 - March 23-27 2k20

Hey #Davis8!  It was GREAT seeing y'all the other day on Zoom!  Thank you to those who already e-mailed me your papers.  I will print them off, grade them, then scan them to you in about a week.  I'll do my best to grade them ASAP.

This week's Zoom Lessons -- MANDATORY attendance!  I am giving a daily/HW grade for your attendance.  If you are absent you will receive a ZERO!

Below are my Zoom Office Hours Schedule -- BOTH Classes will be recorded and uploaded to the blog if you miss something!  Click the links to access the Zoom...

March 24 - 10:30 - 11:00 AM - This is the link to Today's Class!  Enjoy!

March 27 - 9:30 - 10:00 AM -- This is a 30 minute class period!  All 8th grade MUST attend!  Attending Zoom lessons are HW grades.  If you do not attend you will receive a ZERO for a HW grade!

Please watch the video podcast below about the Gilded Age and then begin reading the Gilded Age Doc... While reading through the Doc, answer the following Q's.

1. Define gilded.  
2. What was a massive problem facing the nation after the Civil War?
3. What was some of the social cost of the Gilded Age?
4. What percent of the nation lived below the poverty line in the Gilded Age?
5. What is the difference between vertical and horizontal integration?
6. What industries were the following men dominant in:  Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Rockefeller, Morgan
7. How does the Johnstown Flood prove the nation was "gilded" Enjoy the flick
8. Why do you think the nation was "gilded" during this age?

Johnstown Flood Flick!

Type the answers and e-mail them to me by Friday, March 27, by 4 pm EST.

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Watch the following two Video Podcasts on the Gilded Age and answer the following Q's that go with the Video Podcast and the Gilded Age Doc.

Please e-mail me the answers to the Q's below by Monday, March 30 by Noon for a HW Grade!

1. What is vertical integration?
2. What is horizontal integration?
3. Approximately how much of the oil industry did John D. Rockefeller own?
4. When Standard Oil was broken up, what companies were created that still exist today? -- check out the infographic!
5. What happened to Chicago in 1871?
6. What is the largest American company?
7. What were some negative effects of urbanization or movement to the cities?
8. What are two positive and negative effects of immigration in general? (These are not necessarily IN the reading or podcast, you have to THINK about this answer and provide your opinion)

Gilded Age Podcast II

SHORT Gilded Age Podcast III